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John Buchanan's Journal, Permanent Settlement, Dunmore's War, The Revolution, County Organization, Political Notations, Churches, Schools, Newspapers, Industries, Banks, Transportation, The War between the States, Negroes of Smyth, World War, Southwestern State Hospital, Towns, Benjamin Franklin Buchanan, Villages and Communities, and Laurel Farm. 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A few examples of this can be found in the histories of such families as the Coles and Wheelers from New England, the Bishops and Sherwoods (the latter family via New Brunswick, Canada) from New York (and just across the line in Washington County, Virginia, the Aylesworths (Rhode Island to Saratoga, New York to Washington County, Virginia), Dentons (New York), and Thompsons (stonemasons from Connecticut). The county also harbored a number of persons from Maryland (such as the Talbot [Talbert], Smallwood, Vermillion, Smallwood, and Poston families [and right across the line in Washington County, Virginia, the McNew, Cawood and Athey families], as well as \"Delaware Swedish \" (Stalcop\/Stolcup). Some German speaking persons might have come via North Carolina such as the Swiss Billetor\/Billeter family (Stokes County, North Carolina). But, of course, it was the Pennsylvania settlers that, by far, dominated the ranks of the early settlers of the county. This likely put the \"Eastern Virginia English\" into a quite small minority although some few families from the Virginia Piedmont did appear in early times, such as the Harris, Thompson, and McGhee families (Louisa Co), the Crenshaw family (Amelia, Nottoway County - originally in St. Martin's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia), and the Ferguson and Lee families (both from Buckingham County, Virginia). 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The tables are comprised of two different types of information: \"A Register of Children of Colored Persons Whose Parents Had Ceased to Cohabit Which the Father Recognizes to be His\" and \"A Register of Colored Persons Cohabiting Together as Husband and Wife\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Register of Children usually gives the child's name, age, place of birth, residence, and the last owner. Also included are the parent's names, ages, residences, and last owner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cohabiting Records generally include the husband's and wife's names and ages, their residence, their last owner with his\/her residence, and a list of their children and ages plus a date of the start of their cohabitation or the number of years together.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlthough the information in each table is similar, it may be arranged in different sequences. The place of birth is usually the county and the residence is usually the town. 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More often the LWT is written fairly soon before the death of the testator, but in some cases, quite some years before. Sometimes \"bonus\" information is captured in the will such as the metes and bounds of land conveyed by the LWT.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e(b) \u003cu\u003eAppraisal and Inventory of Estates\u003c\/u\u003e: This provides some clue as to the wealth (or lack thereof) of the individual concerned, proving articles which are provided to the (usually) three appraisers and the price assigned to each article. These have generally not been transcribed beyond mentioned the size of the estate, the major composition of the estate and the total, if given (frequently no total is given). For those interested in the size and wealth of their subject's estate, the information is readily available to transcribe and is frequently, in the case of large estates, exhaustive.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e(c) \u003cu\u003eSale Bill of Estate\u003c\/u\u003e: The Sale Bill generally follows pretty closely the Inventory\/Appraisement of Estate. In the case of these sales, I have recorded the names of purchasers, but attempting to only make one mention of each name or form of name (some repeats). Prices paid have not been transcribed but are easily available to the researcher. In the case of slaves, the name of the slave and the price at sale are transcribed and a few other interesting articles sometimes mentioned.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e(d) \u003cu\u003eSettlement of Estates\u003c\/u\u003e: These entries contain the \"bookkeeping\" of the estate administrator and lists the debits and credits of the estate; proper names are recorded (usually \"received from\" or \"paid to\". These entries can also sometimes be exhaustive and are difficult to sometimes make sense of even in full transcription. These settlements sometimes contain valuable information regarding the heirs to include their names and the amount to be distributed to each heir (at times being more specific regarding the heirs than the LWT itself.).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e(e) \u003cu\u003eAssignment of Dower\u003c\/u\u003e: By law of the commonwealth, a widow was entitled to 1\/3 of the estate of her husband; these assignments of dower are listed in this LWT and are frequently good sources of the location, metes and bounds of the land assigned.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e(f) \u003cu\u003eRenunciation of Dower\u003c\/u\u003e: Not infrequently the husband of a widow would leave specific amounts to his widow in his will, instead of dower, but the widow had the right to renounce the provisions made for her in the LWT and in such cases, request her dower.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e(g) \u003cu\u003eOther\u003c\/u\u003e:\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cu\u003eSlaves\u003c\/u\u003e: Information on slaves can be found in several areas, including LWTs, Estate Sales, Inventories, and sometimes other places. 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It should here be pointed out that a great number of the early inhabitants listing \"NC\" as place of birth were short-term persons of NC background, coming primarily also from PA to NC and thence to Smyth; a fairly rare, small group of persons coming from the counties in or bordering the Piedmont of NC may have come there from the E. of NC or from VA. Lastly, the minority of persons who crossed the water gaps, deemed frequently \"Eastern Virginia English\" trickled into Smyth, mainly from the Piedmont Counties of Louisa, Amelia, Powhatan, Buckingham, Cumberland et al. Finally, particularly in the St. Clair District, the \"New England Colony\" were a strong and fairly numerous contingent, originating in MA, CT and RI, frequently stopping in Ulster and Westchester Counties, NY and thence to (now) Smyth County. This \"colony\" had a small spillover into neighboring Washington County; many of them were former tenants of the patroons in NY. 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