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From: "Nena Smothers" <>
Subject: [TN] Re: Wm Smeathers-1790 Montgomery Co TN
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 22:14:13 -0700


Does anyone have access to the Montgomery Co Tn census....1790...would like
to know if Wm Smeathers is on it..also a Jonny Smeathers and a James
Smeathers....or Moses Winters
If they are not there would they possibly be in Washington Co NC? As noted
below** or Sumner Co Tn?

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nightshade/index.html

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~nightshade/Public_Folks.html **

From: History of Montgomery County, Tennessee

88 APPOINTEES 1790

Attorneys:
James White
Josiah Love
James Mountflorence
John Overton
Howell Tranum
David Allison
Andrew Jackson

County Attorney:Bennet Searcy

Judge:Anthony Crutcher

Straymaster:John Phillips

Constable:William Smeathers **

Justices of the Peace:
Martin Duncan
Ezekial Polk
John Phillips
Benjamin Menees **
George Bell
Jacob Pennington
Francis Prince

Militia Captains:
William Glass
Jesse Cain
James Fleming
Thomas Johnson

Ensigns:
Archibald Mahan
John Edwards
David McFaddin
Abraham Harden

Lieutenants:
John Wilcox
John Codry
John Couts
Philip Parchment

Lieutenant-Colonel:Isaac Titsworth

First Major:Jacob Pennington

Second Major:Josiah Ramsey

Sheriff:Joseph Neville
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
These is some background date that leads me to believe its the same Wm
Smeathers.
and Benjamin Menes/Menees

1787-Listed as C. Winters with M(oses) Winters on 1787 Davidson Co tax roll
with 2 taxables (ref 75b). Genealogical Records: Early Tn Settlers,
1700s-1900s Census of the Cumberland Settlements, 1770-90 Davidson Co Census
Pg 133
Winters, Moses - DAR Membership on this line; Marr Elizabeth Head (ref 76a);
Settled at Heaton's Station (ref 76b); Listed in the NC Preemption Act of
1784, as one of settlers on Cumberland 1780, who stayed and defended the
settlements, and entitled to 640acs without any price to be paid to the
public (ref 76c);
Summoned from Tn Co for Jury Duty on the Superior Court of Law and Equity,
May 1789 (ref 76d):
Winters, Aaron ~ Son of Moses Winters.
Winters, Amy ~ Daughter of Moses Winters.
Winters, Caleb ~ Son of Moses Winters, born ca. 1765, married 1st Sarah
Harris, 2nd Mary Duncan.
Listed in the NC Preemption Act of 1784, as one of the settlers of the
Cumberland at the time of the 1782 Preemption Act, too young to receive a
grant, but who was now entitled to 640 acres (ref 75a);
Listed as C. Winters with M(oses) Winters on the 1787 Davidson Co tax roll
with 2 taxables (ref 75b).

1790-Carter, Clarence Edwin, compiler and editor-The Territorial Papers of
the United States
Vol. IV The Territory South of River Ohio, 1790-1798-US Gov Printing Office
Washington; 1936
p. 438 Wednesday December 15th 1790**...The governor laid out the tract of
country
p. 439 - Also that tract of country heretofore distinguished and known by
the name of Sumner Co in the State of North Carolina into a County to be in
future distinguished and known by the name of Sumner County in the territory
of the United States of America south of the river Ohio
p. 442 Joseph Nevil sheriff and *William Smeathers Constable* for the said
County until the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in July next, and to
the end thereof and no longer.


1791-1796-1791-"TENN.COUNTY, N.C. EARLY RECORDS DEEDS VOL. ONE" by Laura
Willis DEED BOOK A PAGE 57 Page 21:
Deed from JONNY SMEATHERS TO BENJAMIN MENES 1791-Indenture made this day
18th day of July 1791 between John Smeathers of the county of Tennessee and
Teritory of the United States, south of the River Ohio, and Benjamin Menes
of the county and territory aforesaid,for and in consideration of the sum of
Thirty-Two pounds of current money,in hand paid, for a tract of land
containing by estimation thirty-six acres, being on the Sulpher fork on Red
River, being a part of a preemtion granted by the State of North Carolina to
Andrew Thompson. In witnes I have set my hand and seal the day and date
above written. James Smeathers.
[this John Smeathers could be the father to the Margaret Smeathers]

[MOSES WINTERS IS FATHER TO WM SMEATHERS 2ND WIFE MARY WINTERS-MY 4x
grandmother]
1791-Pages 22: DEED BOOK A PAGE 57
Deed from MOSES WINTER TO BENJAMIN MENEES
Indenture made this 18th day of July 1791 between Moses Winter to the county
of Tennessee and Teritory of the United States of America South of the River
Ohio, and Benjamin Menees of the County and Territory aforesaid,for and in
consideration of the sum of Seventy-nine pounds current money to him in
paid, for tract on land containing two hundred acres on the Sulpher fork of
Red River. In witness he has set his hand and affixed his seal the day and
date first above witten. Moses Winters

[JAMES SMEATHERS WOULD BE A BROTHER TO WM SMEATHERS]
1792-DEED BOOK A PAGE 115 1792
Deed from JAMSE SMEATHERS TO BENJAMIN MENEES
Indenture made this 14th day of April 1792 between James Smeathers and
William Smeathers of Tennessee County and Benjamin Menees of the same
place,for and in consideration of the sum of Forty-two pounds Virginia
currency, to him in hand paid, for a tract of land containing Thirty-four
acres, lying in Tennessee County on the north side of Sulpher fork of Red
River, being a part of a preemption granted by the state of North Carolina
to Andrew Thompson. In witness he has set his hand and seal the day and date
first above written. Witness: John Menees and George Blakely Signed James
Smeathers and William Smeathers

1794- Wm Smeathers #15 enlists in the Tn Militia, called the "Corn Stalk
Militia of KY" and is Prv with his brother Jas Smeathers#9, Caleb Winters#8
[half bro to Mary Winters] & friend James Gentry in a detachment of Troops
under the Command of Lt. Wm Conyers & Col. James Ford Regiment fr Oct 1 to
Oct 30 in Serv of the US at or from the TN Co Militia, Sw Territory. There
were 26 men in this Militia.

1794-"TENN. COUNTY, N. C. EARLY DEEDS VOL TWO" by Laura Willis DEED BOOK A
PAGE 290 1794 Deed to JAMES MENEES , assignee of JOHN OVERTON State of
North Carolina, Tennessee County, August 11th 1794 to John Overton, a
private in the Continental line, we give to James Menees, a tract of land
containing two hundred and seventy four acres in Tennessee County, on the
north side of Sycamore Creek, Military Warrant No. 3156, grant dated 31 of
Dec 1793
Proven in open court by the oath of Benjamin Menees, Esquire, this January
Term 1795
Proven in open county by the oath of Benjamin Menees,Esquire, a witness, at
October Term 1794

1794 - Proof of Wm being in Tn Militia and his children by Mary Winters all
born Tn by census, plus Moses Winters will listing Mary Smothers as his
daughter and same on his tombstone in Robertson Co Tn at the Head Cemetery.

1795-DEED BOOK A PAGE 385 1795
Deed from BENJAMIN HARDIN, SR TO JAMES MENEES
State North Carolina, Tennessee County, August 10th 1795.
Indenture made this 17th day March 1795 between Benjamin Hardin, SR of
Tennessee County and James Menees of the county aforesaid, for and in
consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds in hand paid, for a tract of
land containing one hundred and thirty-three and a half acres, lying in
Tennessee on the Sulphur fork of Red River.
Witness: Thomas Johnson and William Miles Signed Benjamin Hardin SR

1795-DEED BOOK A PAGE 425 1795
Deed from Benjamin Menees, Esquire to Hugh Lewis Tennessee County ,December
23rd 1796 Indenture made this 14th day of September 1795, between Benjamin
Menees, Esquire of Tennessee County and Hugh Lewis of the county aforesaid,
for and in consideration of the sum of Seventy dollars to him in hand paid,
for tract of land in Tennessee County, on Sulphur fork of Red River,and
being a part of Moses Winters preemption, containing sixty acres.Benjamin
Menees,Esquire

1796 - Tn became a state. We find that all children of Mary Winters/Wm
Smeathers claim being b Tn on census; John Bate sr, Archibald Jacob & sister
Mary Smithers [she used that spelling].

The area that was known as Tennessee County became part (or all) of several
newer counties: Stewart, Montgomery, Robertson, Houston, Cheatham, Benton,
Humphryes, Dickson and Hickman. If you will e-mail me with your complete
mailing address, I will mail you a photocopy of a map that shows the
location of Tennessee County and the present day county lines for that area.
Ronald A. Lee Tennessee State Library & Archives

Yolanda G. Reid Robertson County TN Historian
Tennessee County became Robertson and Montgomery County when the
State of Tennessee gained statehood in 1796. A small sliver of
eastern Robertson County had been Sumner County. The area west of the
mountains became Tennessee. It was originally Washington County, North
Carolina, but Davidson County was formed in Middle Tennessee in about 1782.
Sumner County was formed out of Davidson in 1786, and Tennessee County was
organized in 1788. East Tennessee was being settled even earlier and has a
very different history from that of Middle Tennessee.
Note where Tennessee County is located. With the outline of present-day
Tennessee in mind, this area was first known as **Washington County, North
Carolina**. In 1790, North Carolina turned the area over to the United
States and it became known as The Territory of the United States of America
South of the River Ohio. In 1796 when Tennessee entered the union, it became
the State of Tennessee. This was when Tennessee County became Robertson and
Montgomery County. Watch for those changing designations and you will know
what time frame is under discussion. Joyce

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