collecting the seeds of a Smith tree
In 17th-century Virginia, the primary purpose of the tithable list was tax assessment and collection. These lists identified individuals subject to taxation, known as 'tithables,' serving as crucial administrative tools for tax assessment, maintaining order, and gathering information about the colony's population and resources. During the 1650s and 1660s, colony law stipulated, "Bee itt enacted... Continue Reading →
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 →
digging our roots 