collecting the seeds of a Smith tree
William Smith was likely born in either Surry or Isle of Wight County, Virginia in about 1709. William Smith moved with his parents George Smith and Elizabeth Smith to Occoneechee Neck, Chowan Precinct, North Carolina in about 1719. William Smith appears in historical records for the first time when he purchases land in 1738 from... Continue Reading →
Around the time that George Smith was born, the Cheroenhaka Indian Tribe, or commonly called the Nottoway Indians, due to encroachment by the Colonials of Virginia moved from the Nottoway town of Tonnatorah in Sussex County, Virginia to the Assamoosick Swamp in what was then Isle of Wight County, Virginia. In 1705 the Virginia House... Continue Reading →
During the 1600s, in the Colony of Virginia, the laws allowed any person who settled in Virginia (personal right) or paid for the transportation expenses of another person who settled in Virginia (transportation right), to be entitled to receive fifty acres of land for each immigrant. This provision was known as a headright system. On... Continue Reading →
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