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Notes for Elizabeth Jones: James and Eliza Smyth had seven daughters and one son. Sara was the oldest daughter's name, and Whitlock Smyth was the name of the only son. He eventually moved to Arkansas and settled at portia. Sarah had a very thrilling romance and married a Mr. Redick and moved to Security Plantation, not far from Jonesville. Later on, James and Eliza Smyth moved to Lousiana and bought a cotton plantation next to Security. My grandmother was in her late teens at that time. Shje married James Norment, son of James and Elizabeth Miller Norment, who lived on Normandy Plantation, not far from Natchez, Mississippi. When their son, James and Sydney Smyth married, James and Elizabeth gave them a plantation adjoining theirs. They called the plantation "Norma," which was just across the Black River from Security. (Helen Martin King) _________________________________- Died - at Security Plantation July 21, 1874 Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, in the seventy second year of her age, MRS. ELIZABETH SMITH, formerly a resident of New Orleans. A native of Jefferson County, Kentucky, she was married in her twentieth year, in Vincennes, Indiana, to Mr. James Smith, a brother of Rev. Dr. Smyth of Charleston, South Carolina. For thirty-four years a member of the Presbyterian Church, by her consistent living, she adorned the doctrine as a "weeper at home" and as one who trained her children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Much of her life was passed in New Orleans, and the writer holds in grateful remembrance the aid given by the blameless walking of these two fellow helpers who cheered his heart and strengthened his hands in his opening ministry in the Fulton Street [now Lafayette] Presbyterian church in New Orleans. Passing beyond life's allotted limit, the burdens and infirmaries of age were born with Christian patience and sustained by the promise "to old age I am He; and to hoar hairs will I carry you," she entered into rest. May her name be "as ointment poured forth" to her children and their households, and may our aged brother, amid his desolation, find God "a refuge a strength, and a present help." TRM From the Norment Family Bible, in possession of Jack Butt, Fayetteville, AR. _______________________________________ · 1834, May 19, "Vincennes, My Dear Thomas.....You have no doubt received our Father's letter telling you of our noble, highminded, beloved Sam's death on board the Steam boat Warren, of cholera, and of his burial in Vicksburgh, Mississippi.....he was so much like our Mother, so honorable, so talented, so retiring, so feeling, so every thing.....his religious opinions were not infidel at all, he believed the principles he was raised in.....On the 15th of April, Thursday, he left New Orleans on board the Steam Boat Warren for Louisville; previous to his leaving N.O. he had had a severe but short attack of illness, but was almost entirely recovered, on Thursday evening a man on board was attacked with Cholera; his brave kind heart, and the almost frightful familiarity with the disease in his campaign as a soldier induced him to attend the poor victim he sat up with, and others, all night; the man died next morning; all day Sam felt a little unwell, about 6 in the evening he took a dose of calomel and went to bed, about 10 he waked up a physician and told him to give him more medicine; he was attacked shortly after with spasms, several boatmen from Vincennes came to wait on him, also 2 Irishmen, one an old and tried friend; ever thing was done, rubbing, blistering, salt water bath, &c. In all his fierce agony he never complained, he only moaned; he was perfectly sensible to the last. He told them he had the Cholera---that all the medicine in the world could not save him, he then said to Mr. Paterson, his Irish friend, "go and get my coat, take my pocket book, give it to Robert, tell him I want him to have everything of mine; and" said he, "if it is possible, when I die, bury me decently." He continued worse and worse, about half past 5 the boat came to Vicksburg. 2 physicians were sent for, in which measure he acquiesced; they could do nothing for him; at 6 o'clock he---died.....Anna and Mr. Plunket---she is still my own one sister, he is everything you can wish almost.....and their darling Anna .....Your fond sister, Isabella." S. Autobiographical Notes, Letters and Reflections, 1914, by Thomas Smyth, D.D., Edited by Louisa Cheves Stoney, P. 317-19. · ca. 1834, "Dear Thomas.....James never made money to hoard away, they still had plenty to live on, and he has left enough honestly acquired claims behind him to pay all his debts. I have written to a friend of mine living in Vixburgh to have a Toomb Stone put over his grave, with an inscription suitable to his character.....I remain you Ever affectionate Brother Robert Smith.....P.S.....James.....and his partner having lost by fire $19,000., $4000. of which was an individual loss to his partner Mr. Welch, the remaining $15,000. equal. that is $7,500. each lost, there was a subscription of $12,000. raised and offered to them, but they both declined receiving a cent. James thinks that in two years if they have their health, they will make up the loss. William is at the South, doing no good for himself or anybody else, as far as I can learn; he has not written home since he left. I gave him a $100.00 the day he left, he would not stay here atal because he was so watched he could not do as he pleased; suffice it to say he is a gone case." S. Autobiographical Notes, Letters and Reflections, 1914, by Thomas Smyth, D.D., Edited by Louisa Cheves Stoney, P. 319-20. · 1834, September 5, "Samuel Smith Sen personally appeared in open court and made oath that he would support the constitution of the United States & the Constitution of the State of Indiana and that he renounces forever all allegiance & fidelity to every foreign prince potentate and power and more especially to William the fourth King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland." S. Original Record, Knox Co, IN Circuit Court Order Book E Page 430. · 1836, June 18, "Indenture between Charles Jones of the Parish of Rapides in the State of Louisiana and George Ewing in consideration of the sum of $3,200.00..... parcels of ground situate NW of St. Louis Street and SW of St. Peter Street known and designated on the plat by the number 17 and bounded and described as follows Viz beginning at the E corner of said lot formed by the intersection of St. Louis and St. Peters streets 36' 6" distance from the stone in the centre of said street on a course of N82 1/2 W thence with St. Louis or first street L 55 1/4 W 87' to the edge of St. Peter Street and thence with St. Peter street S 38 1/4 E to the place of beginning. Also all that certain piece of lot or parcel of ground situated immediately SE of St. Louis Street and SW of St. Peter Street known as lot number 42.....lot number 59." S. Original Record, Book H, Pages 559-62, Knox Co, IN. · LA Land Records - There is a master card index to the cash entries for ..... Louisiana for the Cash Entry Files [Act of 1820][ govt land sold at $1.25 per acre]. · The National Archives has records of private land claims relating to Louisiana. Some of the available records include certificates of survey, surveyors' reports, Congressional reports, board of commissioners' reports, journals, claims papers, certificates of confirmation, and maps. Many of these records are indexed. · Land Records, LA - LA land transactions are held by Recorder of Mortgages and Register of Conveyances in the parish. · ?1836? "Smith, Jas. and Harris Hove (or Hoce) Docket Number 4139, Smith, Sam. (see Yates doc. 4736)." S. Private Land Claims of Louisiana, Ainsworth. [Follow This] · 1836, September 22, "Alexandria. Michael Welch of Parish of Rapides ratifies to James Smith and William Washington Holland, a certain division line of two adjoining preemptions in the Parish of Catahoula sold this date to P.D. Mason to James Smith and Wm. W. Holland - said preemption being bounded above and below by lands of Welch and Mason. Witness A. L. Bringhurst." S. First Settlers of Catahoula Parish, 1808-39. · 1836, September 22, "Phillip Dixon Marun to James Smith of Rapides Parish, LA and William Washington Holland." S. Abstracted Record by Sherry Manuel of Deed Book E, Page 447. · 1836, September 22, " .....came Philip Dixon Masons of Catahoula.....consideration .....sold.....unto James Smith of Rapides and William Washington Holland of Catahoula.....two preemption rights of land in Catahoula on Black River Twp N7 Ran 6E bonded on the upper sides by lands belonging to Welch, Masons, the natural Boundaries being a large Sycamore Tree on the Bank of the River and a small one growing out of an old levee running to Black River which old levee is to be the division by a line running parallel for one hundred yards with said levee from the River bounded on the front by Black River, on the lower end by the first large Bay on which is to be the division by a line running parallel with the Center of said bayous for one hundred yards with said Bayou from the River, and on the opposite side of which is land purchased by said Mason from Hugh Ramsey and being the same acquired by said Masons from Robert Fristoe and Stephen Bawers by deed of record in the office of the Parish Judge of Catahoula.....consideration of two thousand dollars, cash.....and the said Smith and Holland dispences with the production and mention herein of any certificate of the Recorder of Mortgages as required by law. [Signatures] P. D. Mason, James Smith, W.W. Holland. Recorded December 24, 1840." S. Original Record, Book E, Pages 477-8, Record 556E, Catahoula Parish, LA. · 1839, "Josephine Smith New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA." S. 1860 Catahoula Parish, LA Census. · In New Orleans, there are birth records from 1790 and death records from 1803, while there was not state-wide registration in LA until July 1914. · Land Records, LA; Rapides, Catahoula, Concordia, Orleans. · 1840, "James Smith, Males 5-10, 1 [Ambrose]; 15-20, 1 [son # 1]; 40-50, 1 [James]; Females U5, 1 [Josephine]; 5-10, 1 [Mariah L.]; 10-15, 1 [Sarah Ann]; 30-40, 1 [Eliza]. [Also listed nearby is Nathaniel Ewing, William Campbell, Charles Jones, Samuel L. Smith]." S. Catahoula Parish Census, Page 63. Follow William Campbell 1850, 1860 census · 1840, "Qualified voters of the 'Whig Party' in Catahoula Parish, October 1840: Charles Jones, St. John R. Liddell, James Smith." S. Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, Memory Lane. · 1840, December 30, "Sydney W. Smith born Catahoula Parish, LA." S. 1860 Catahoula Parish, LA Census, Tombstone Inscriptions, Powhatan Cemetery, Lawrence County, Arkansas, Enid Wells Sitton. · 1841, August 7, "Bushby Creek Post Office [Locate this Post Office]. Dear Thomas. It is now I believe 4 years since I had this pleasure, and not having ought of you for 2 years, I am anxious to have a letter. In the interval that has elapsed since we last parted, I have had perhaps as fortunate an existence as most children of men. My family now consists of 5 daughters and 2 sons. If I live until 21 Sept. next I shall have arrived at the age of 42 which here in the South is at least 6 generations. I have been Cotton Planting in one of the richest regions of Louisiana. We can make on an average 1 1/2 Bales Cotton to the acre. I have 1,000 acres of the best land, but not enough hands to work it, and as I have always been a true Whig, I have abstained from going in debt. If any of your acquaintances in Carolina that have a number of hands will come here with them, I will give them an opportunity of putting them to work where their services will pay. During 10 years that I have lived in Louisiana I have had my family every Summer in the Pine Woods [Locate Pines Woods]. My Summer house is 20 miles from my Plantation. We come here in May by water and move back in October. *I should be more pleased to see you than you can imagine. Although we are 1000 miles apart, yet now a-days it is nothing. I observe they are traveling on the Eastern Rail Roads 48 miles per hour for the entire trip. Say whether or not you could bring your family and spend a month or two with me next Summer; I have then full leisure and should like, before the grim messenger should have paid his devoirs to either of us, again to meet. I have not heard from Joseph since his family and self were at Vincennes, neither have I heard from Father or Isabella nor Anna for a year. In fact I have not heard from Mrs. Plunkett nor her husband for several years. We have steam boat navi-gation from New Orleans to my place all year. I live 7 miles below the mouth of Little River on Black River, Parish Catuhoulu. Yr. truly affectionate brother, James Smith." S. Autobiographical Notes, Letters and Reflections, 1914, by Thomas Smyth, D.D., Edited by Louisa Cheves Stoney, P. 347-48. · 1842-43, ".....there were several Smiths living, or connected in business with Smiths living, on Magazine between Race and Robin Streets. This is near the address of J. W. Smith in 1842 and 1843. The names were Samuel, Robert, E. W., and A.W. (too early for Ambrose)." S. Letter from Jane Gardner Aprill, CGRS May 23, 1997. [Check 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 Census Records for these Smiths along with conveyance records.] · 1843, April 3, "Transcript of Judgment. Frederick B. Leonard vs. Jones & Smith. No. 654 ==== 7th District Court, Parish of Catahoula, March Term 1843.....in favor of plaintiff, and the confession of the defendant.....he recover from the defendants, Charles Jones and James Smith, in solido, the sum of four thousand dollars, with seven per cent per annum interest thereon from December 11, 1837 until paid, and twenty five dollars cost of protest....." S. Original Record, Book G, P. 23, 58G. · 1844, January 31, "New Orleans. Dear Thomas, By the Rev. Colin Shaw, a Presbyterian Minister. (who has made a trip with me on the Steamer Buckeye to the place, and who, I found in conversation with him, was acquainted of you, he immediately recognized a likeness between you and myself and asked if we were not brothers. So I find that you must have some marks of antiquity about you as well as myself. In your last letter to me you asked my opinion on the choice of location, Natchez or New Orleans. I thought your situation in Charleston was perhaps equal to either, but if you should think of leaving there, New Orleans is the best. It must eventually be the greatest City in the world, and when once a person becomes acclimated and survives Yellow fever, it is as healthy as any other town on the Continent. There is a Rev. Doctor Clapp, formerly of your profession, thought for 10 years a seceder from Old Presbyterianism, who has a very respectable congregation here. He is also a very eloquent & impressive speaker. I once had a pew in his church and was always pleased with his sermons. They were so argumentative and altogether out of the old track. He belongs to no particular creed, had the church in which he preaches presented to him for live by a jew, and makes I suppose $5000 per annum in the sale of the Pews. His house is full every Sunday. He is a gentleman of family and can be found every morning very early at Market with his basket under his arm. The Cotton business was so dull last year, prices from 5 to 6 cts per lb, that this year I have purchased an interest in the Buckeye and receive $100 per mo. as first clerk. As yet the boat has made but little, but even should she not loose, my $100 per mo. will enable me to make up for a short crop. My family reside on the Plantation and are all in excellent health, I expect shortly to have an addition heir which will make 9, all of who, except Peter, are alive & all fine looking children. Where I live however I have no opportunity of getting them to School and will first good opportunity, sell my Plantation and remove to a denser neighbourhood for the purpose of educating my younger children. 3, say 2 girls and 1 boy, are grown. Sam the eldest is 6 feet 2 inches and weighs 175 lb. He is a Catholic, having received his education at St, Louis College, a Catholic institution,---all the Professors being Belgian Priests. It appears to me the Catholic are altogether the most assiduous class & their policy for increasing their church the most certain. They have Schools every here and all of them are in good repute as establishments of learning, besides they make it their chief study to make a catholic impression of the young minds. We had a Sermon on the Buckeye from Mr. Shaw which is the first I have heard in 2 years, and he done his test justice. I was quite pleased with him. My regards to your family and affection to yourself. James Smith." S. Autobiographical Notes, Letters and Reflections, 1914, by Thomas Smyth, D.D., Edited by Louisa Cheves Stoney, P. 349-50. · 1844, November 26, "John Jones brother to the late Humphrey Jones.....I hereby agree to go on his security bond.....Respectfully James Smith." S. J-13 Original Record Catahoula Parish, LA provided by Sherry W. Manuel. · 1845, April 5, "16633. Mrs. Jas. Smith vs her husband. On motion of J. P. Stone Esq. of counsel for plaintiff, it is ordered by the court that a commission issue divided to any Judge or Justice of the Peace in & for the Parish of Catahoula to take depositions of witnesses residing in said Parish, and that 15 days has granted for the return thereof." S. Orleans Parish, LA Parish Court Minute Book, Vol. 18, 1845 (mf. VCP 300, 1845-46, NOPL). · 1845, "16633. Eliza Jones wife of James Smith vs her husband.....J. P. Stone for plff., Defendant in person. After hearing testimony, the Court being satisfied that the affairs of the defendant are in a damaged [?] state & that he has reserved Four thousand dollars of the parashimal [?] property of the plaintiff. It is ordered adjudged and divided that then he judgment of deparation of property between the plaintiff Eliza Jones and the defendant James Smith her husband - that the said plaintiff remove from the said husband the sum of Four thousand dollars ($4000...), with cost of suit and with the mortgage and privilege granted by law to married women for the security of their parashinal [?] rights. Adjourned." S. Orleans Parish, LA, Parish Court Minute Book, Vol. 18, 1845 (mf. VCP 300, 1845-46. NOPL). · 1845, April/May, "16633. Mrs. James Smith, Eliza Jones vs Her Husband. Filing records totaling $5.00." S. Suit 16633, Orleans Parish, LA, Parish Court, General Docket (mf. VCP 350, Vol. 5, 1840-1846, NOLP.) · 1845, May 24, "Sale of Land and Slaves..... on the 19 day May 1845, Eliza Smith obtained a final judgment against James Smith her husband in the Parish Court for the Parish and city of New Orleans for the sum of $4,000.00 being for her part personal funds.....Therefore I James Smith convey unto said Eliza Smith, my wife, the following described property to wit. Sec 1 Twp 6N R 6E also the E2 NE4 sec 2 T 6N R 6E both tracts having been purchased by me at public auction land sale held at Monroe in June 1840, also the E2 NE4 Sec 36 T 7N R 6E being the same obtained by me by pre-emption right the whole three tracts containing 724 A. situated in the Parish of Catahoula for the sum of $2,000.00 also the following Slaves for life, Austin, Milly, Christopher, Learte, Phil, Henry." S. Deed Book G, Page 411, Catahoula Parish, LA. [James was a plantation owner and required large loans to fund the operation, particularly during years of flooding. To do this, he had to mortgage his assets. A spouse could protect a portion of the assets through certain legal maneuvers such as the above.] · 1845, June 23, ".....we William Dunbar of New Orleans and Charles Jones and his wife Laura of Catahoula.....for ten dollars.....sold to Mrs. Eliza Smith the wife of James Smith now of New Orleans but lately residing in the Parish of Catahoula.....about five acres fronting on Black River.....part of Sec 25 Twp 7 Ran 6E lying between lands sold by us to P.R. Nichols & land lately owned by sd James Smith and which have been conveyed by him to the sd Mrs. Eliza Smith his wife. Recorded May 11th 1846." S. Original Record, Book H, Pages 159-61, Record 155H, Catahoula Parish, LA. · 1845, July 19, "Sale of Slave. New Orleans.....Hilary Breton Cenas Notary Public.....William Dunbar of this city.....attorney in fact of Charles Jones of the parish of Catahoula.....Edward A. Leon and late of the parish of Rapides this State deceased did by his last will and testament give and bequeath unto Maria Smith minor daughter of James Smith, now of this city the sum of five thousand dollars in this draft.....First the undivided part or ?moity? of a certain tract or parcel of land being fractional Sec 21 in Twp 6N R 6E in the District of Lands subject to Sale at Orachita.....lying on the west bank of Black River in Catahoula being known as the Little "Prairie Landing" and containing six hundred acres and upwards which undivided half is valued at three thousand two hundred dollars. Second a Slave named Marina.....valued at eight hundred dollars the joint property of Charles Jones and William Dunbar.....delivered to James Smith..... one thousand dollars drawn by Charles Jones in favor of the said Smith upon Messr William C. Stewart of Cincinnati.....original signed.....A Register of conveyances certify that the present act has been this day recorded in my office in Book No. 37 of 436 New Orleans 19th July 1845. Bernard A Carigny Rev." S. Original Record, Book H, Pages 62-4, Catahoula Parish, LA. · 1846, March 10, "To Mrs. Plunket, Franklin, Tennessee. Charleston March 10, 1846. My Dear Anna.....Affy Yrs. Thomas Smyth. N. B. Dr. Scott of N. Orleans wrote that our brother James was to join the church last Sabbath morning & had 8 children to baptize. He hoped his wife would also. Would that Mr. P. could become one with us in our common faith & hope." S. Autobiographical Notes, Letters and Reflections, 1914, by Thomas Smyth, D.D., Edited by Louisa Cheves Stoney, P. 363-64. [Locate Baptismal Records] · 1846, November 12, "New Orleans. Dear Thomas. I waited on Mr. Scott since his return and he informed me of the success of your Mission to Ireland. He said he believed that Aunt Magee died about the same day you landed at Liverpool, and that she had remembered you by a small legacy. I read of her death in our Newspapers and her munificent donation to the Irish Presbyterian Church. I have no other particulars. Her Irish relatives at home must have been quite disappointed. Mr. Scott preached on Sunday after his arrival, but did not in any way refer to the dangers of your voyage. He had a large Congregation; many were there to hear the details of the voyage and were quite disappointed. *Since the 1st Inst. I have opened a general commission, forwarding, & Grocery business under the names of James Smith & Co., No. 21 Gravier St. New Orleans. [Locate] I have no partner and have added the Co. to be identified at the Post Office. If any of your mercantile friends have use for an Agent here, I can do their business satisfactorily. I have rec'd no letter from you since the one written on the eve of your departure from Boston. You then mentioned the delicate health of Mrs. Jo. whom I have since heard has died. I have written two letters to Jos. directed to Paterson N.J. and have received no reply. What is the reason? *Isabella wrote to me of her (Mrs. Jos.) death & also that Joseph had a son in business in New York. Write to me what is the style of the house and what business they are engaged in, I think we might profit each other. *Since becoming a member of the Church I have been very attentive to the outward observances of its institution. I have attended Prayer Meetings twice each week & abstained from all business matters on Sunday. I have endeavored to persuade my acquaintances to accept of the Saviour when opportunity presented. I have held nightly family devotion by singing a hymn, reading a chapter (regularly through the New Testament), & latterly by audible extempore prayer. In all this I trust I am influenced by the Holy Spirit and am perfectly convinced there is no other foundation for an inheritance in heaven, than by faith in the atonement made by Jesus Christ. I grieve often to find myself so absorbed by the world & have been examining my heart to see the line of demarcation between temporal & spiritual duty. I have a large family, 8 children, 3 of whom are grown. Sam, Sarah, & Maria; |Sarah is also a member of the Church and I trust feels the unspeakable gift of God in sending His Son to die for Sinners. *When do you expect to visit New Orleans? Mr. Scott said you spoke of making a visit here. *My best regards to your wife and family. Yr affectionate brother, James Smith." ." S. Autobiographical Notes, Letters and Reflections, 1914, by Thomas Smyth, D.D., Edited by Louisa Cheves Stoney, P. 403-04. · ca. 1845-50, "James Smith of N. O. to John King of Wilkinson Co, MS Sec. 12 T6N R6E 566 A. which he got from the gov. Certificate #6717 issued 9 Aug 1845. And E2 of NE4 Sec. 2 T6N R6E which he got from the government, Certificate #6718 issued 23 Dec. 1843[2]. For the sum of $10,000. Eliza Jones, wife of James Smith release any claim she has to the property and wishes that it be sold." S. Abstracted Record by Sherry Manuel from Deed Book H, Page 360 Catahoula Parish, LA. · · 1847, "Clara Smith born [Prob N. O.] LA." S. 1860 Catahoula Parish, LA Census. · ca. 1848-49, "Mariah L. Smith m. John De Arman. [Likely in New Orleans as John Jr. was born there on January 15, 1850 per his tombstone]" S. Sherry Manuel Notes. · 1848, March 14, "Sale of Land. City of New Orleans.....Albert Childe Ainsworth Notary Public Parish of Orleans.....appeared James Smith of this city who declared that for ten thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.....grants.....unto John King of Noodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi.....1st The whole of Sec 1 Twp 10 Ran 6 E.....five hundred sixty-six and twenty hundredths acres acquired by the pre-sent vendor from the Government of the United States as for Certificate No. 6717 dated twenty ninth of August 1845.....2nd E2 NE4 Sec 2 Twp 6 Ran 6E containing twenty nine and seventy three hundredths acres acquired by the present vendor from the Government of the united States as for certificate No. 6718 dated twenty third of December 1842.....in the Parish of Catahoula.....payable at the Canal Bank of New Orleans.....Eliza Smith has a legal mortgage on the property of her husband in the following cases....." S. Original Record, Book H, Pages 360-2, Record 428H, Catahoula Parish, LA. · 1849, March 10, ".....[paraphrasing Sherry Manuel] they lived on Clio Street, bounded by Baccus and Apollo." S. Sherry Manuel letter dated March 9, 1997. · 1850 Census, Probably New Orleans, LA. It is possible that the family was split at this time. (See Sydney Smith for letter from New Orleans, August 31, 1850) · 1850 Census Family Listing · James Smith, 51 · Eliza Smith, 48 · Son, ca. 26 · Sarah Ann Smith, 24 · Mariah L. Smith, ca. 22 · Ambrose W. [A. W.] Smith, 19 · ?? C. L. Smith, 16 ?? · Josephine Smith, 11 · Sydney Smith, 8 · Clara Smith, 3 · I theorize that the reason the family is not listed in the 1850 census is that Catahoula Parish was flooded and had a cholera epidemic during 1850 and the family had temporarily moved to another area. · 1851, July 8, "Sarah Ann Smith m. Ransom Reddick." S. Notes from Sherry Manuel. · ca. 1860-5, "Josephine Smith m. William A. Mount." S. Sherry Manuel Notes. [validate date, probably in Lawrence Co, AR] · 1852, ".....At this time the population of Trinity amounts to two hundred, and was greater in 1849, but owing to the cholera and high water of 1850, many persons left." S. Jonesville Through the Mirror of Time, Volume 1, December, 1978. · 1853, May 12, "Parish of Catahoula.....Mr. Felix Robb, a notary public.....Henry Scott .....for sum of six hundred dollars.....deliver unto James Smith of the City of New Orleans who is personally present accepting for himself.....Lots two & three being the fractional E2 S(N)W4 Sec 8 Twp 6N Ran 7E containing 77 A.....he acquired against his ?series? ?find? on Robert W. Prater." S. Original Record, Book J, P. 124-25, Record 132J, Catahoula Parish, LA. · 1853, May 31, "Mr. James Smith, of this city [New Orleans], for sum of $2,000.00 to him paid by Noah Reddick of Parish of Catahoula.....property to wit: First E2 NE4 Sec 36 T7N R6E in land district north of Red River 79.45A. Being the same tract of land which the present vendor acquired under patent no 7731 issued to him by the government of the U. S. on the 20th day of August 1845.....Second, land fronting West bank of Black River containing 8 A. of the SE4 Sec 25 T7N R6E having been cleared and enclosed with a rail fence by said James Smith in the year 1842 and reserved for him in a sale made by Jones & Dunbar to P, R. Nichols, in the year 1843 and for which the said Smith hereby grants a quit claim title only.....Mistress Eliza Jones..... wife of the said James Smith." S. Book J, Pages 140-2, Catahoula Parish, LA provided by Sherry Manuel. · 1853, May 31, "ditto above entry." S. Orleans Parish, LA, New Orleans Notarial Archives, Act 61, Page 112, 3, William L. Poole Acts, No. 3, January 1853-December 1854. (Above from Steve Kellar - See James Smith/Smyth for first part and Sidney Welch Smith/Smyth for third part) |
i. | Josephine Smith, married William G. Mount. |
Notes for Josephine Smith: · Dau of James Smith, # 36, b. ca. 1799, Probably Belfast, Ireland, d. 1876, January 18, Catahoula Parish, LA and Eliza Jones, # 37, b. ca. 1802, Jefferson Co, KY, d. ca. 1875, Catahoula Parish, LA · Birth Record, Orleans Parish · Baptismal Record, Orleans Parish · Church Affiliation · 1840, "James Smith, Males 5-10, 1; 15-20, 1; 40-50, 1; Females U5, 1; 5-10, 1; 10-15, 1; 30-40, 1. [Also listed nearby is Nathaniel Ewing, William Campbell, Charles Jones, Samuel L. Smith]." S. Catahoula Parish Census, Page 63. · 1850 Census Family Listing · James Smith, 51 · Eliza Smith, 48 · Son, ca. 26 · Sarah Ann Smith, 24 · Mariah L. Smith, ca. 22 · Ambrose W. [A. W.] Smith, 19 · Josephine Smith, 11 · Sydney Smith, 8 · Clara Smith, 3 · 1860, June 26, "Dwelling 140, Family 139; James Smith, age 61, Occ Planter, Real Estate 30,000, Personal Estate 1,500, POB Ireland; Eliza, age 58, POB KY; Josephine, age 21, POB LA, Attending School; Sydney, age 18, POB LA, Attending School; Clara, age 13, POB LA, Attending School; R. Brown, age 25, Overseer, Personal Estate 200, POB TN. [Listed above is: R. Reddick, age 48, Occ Planter, Real Estate 10,000, Personal Estate 2,000, POB NC; Sarah, age 34, POB IN; Ema, age 35, POB KY; Ana, age 3, POB LA; W. Griffin, age 28, Occ Lab., Personal Estate 1,500, POB NC]" S. 1860 Census, Page 444, Black River Twp, Catahoula Parish, LA, P.O. Trinity. · ca. 1865/68, "Josephine Smith m. William A. Mount." S. Sherry Manuel Notes. · 1868, February 28, "William G. Mount to C. J. Smyth. On Feb 24 1868 the rites of matrimony according to the Presbyterian church were solemnized between William G. Mount of Lawrence Co. Ark. aged 28 years & Miss Charlotte J. Smyth of the same co. & State aged 30 ys. By Lewis McVelly." S. Copy Original Record provided by William Mount. · 1870, "Mount, Wm. G., 29, commission mch 350/1000, MS; Josephine I., 30, LA; Wm. J., 1, AR; Smith, Eliza, 63, IN; Woodruff, Elizabeth, 13, LA." S. Census, Black River Twp, Lawrence Co, AR provided by William Mount. · 1875, March 17, ".....we A. W. Smith and Josephine S. Mount (brother and sister of Sarah Ann Reddick deceased) and William G. Mount husband of Josephine S. Mount in consideration of the natural love and affection we bear our father James Smith and our decision to see him provided for in his declining years do hereby release unto our father all our inheritance to the estate of Sarah Ann Reddick." S. Original Record Conveyance Book O, Page 618, Catahoula Parish, LA provided by Sherry W. Manuel. · 1877, August 4, "James R. Norment as agent for Mrs. Josephine S. Mount and W. G. Mount her husband, Ambrose W. Smith of Arkansas, Mrs. S. W. Norment also came and appeared John DeArman representing Mrs. Maria L. DeArman his wife, the said Mrs. Mount, A. W. Smith, Mrs. DeArman and Mrs. S. W. Norment being the sole heirs and legal representatives of their father James Smith.....lands owned by James Smith.....1st the John Henry Rignet known as the security of Catahoula lying in Townships 5, 6, 7 Ranges 6 and 9E containing 676 A. 2nd tract NW4 Sec 5 containing 89.75 A tract NE Sec 6 containing 51.3 A. the E2 SW4 of same Sec containing 77.50 A. Lots 3&4 of Sec 6 containing 70.70 A. and the N@ Sec 9 containing 304.3 A. all the above in Twp 7 R 5E which they have divided into four lots described and valued as follows viz Lot 1@ $1,200.00, Lot 2 $2,000.00, Lot 3 $1,000.00, Lot 4 $1,000.00 said parties declare that having divided the aforesaid lands in lots.....written on slips..... placed in a box were drawn as follows Mrs. E. H. Campbell drew Lot 1 for her father A. W. Smith, C. C. Duke drew Lot 2 for Mrs. S. W. Norment, John DeArman drew Lot 3 for his wife Mrs. Maria L. DeArman and Leonard F. Mason drew Lot 4 for Mrs. J. G. Mount.....the difference in value of said lots is to be equalized in the final partition." S. Original Record Conveyance Book P Pages 406-9, Catahoula Parish, LA provided by Sherry W. Manuel. · 1880 Census, Catahoula Parish · 1880/81 Death Record, Catahoula Parish · Tombstone Inscription · Obituary · Probate Record, Catahoula Parish · General, "William H. Mount, former proprietor of the Glade Plantation in Catahoula Parish, was a native of Arkansas, but spent most of his life in Louisiana. Mr. Mount was born in Lawrence County Arkansas, June 21, 1869, son of William G. and Josephine (Smith) Mount. *William G. Mount had moved to Arkansas after the Civil War to take over the management of his deceased brother's gristmill. He married in Arkansas, Miss Josephine Smith, who was visiting there. She was born and reared in New Orleans, daughter of James Smith, owner of the extensive plantation on Black River in Catahoula Parish. In 1878, the Mount family moved from Arkansas to this plantation, locating at the village of Security. Mrs. Josephine Mount died there at the age of 42, and her husband subsequently returned to Mississippi and died at the age of 62 at Lake Providence, Louisiana. *William H. Mount was one of two sons. Since the age of eleven years he had his home in Louisiana. After finishing his education, he was employed in government work and in sawmills and in 1900 began farming on Horseshoe Lake. In 1901 he took management of the plantation left by his mother which had been a part of the old Security Plantation. *Mr. Mount married in 1903, Miss Ella Cross, daughter of Jonathan Cross, a native of Texas. Their children were Hobart, Eugene, Whitlock, Merthyr, and Katherine Bell." S. "Jonesville Through the Mirror of Time", Volume II, December, 1978. · General, "William H. Mount, Proprietor of the Glade plantation.....born in Lawrence County, Arkansas, June 21, 1869, son of William G. and Josephine (Smith) Mount. His father.....served in the Confederate Army.....just three days before the surrender of Lee, was captured. One of his brothers who was killed in the war owned a grist mill near Powhatan, Arkansas, and after the war W. G. Mount moved to Arkansas to take charge of the operation of this property. He married in Arkansas, Miss Josephine Smith, who was visiting there. She was born and raised in New Orleans, daughter of James Smith, owner of the extensive plantation of Black River in Catahoula Parish.....In 1878, the Mount family moved from Arkansas to this plantation, locating at the village of Security. Mrs. Josephine Mount died there at the age of forth-two, and her husband subsequently returned to Mississippi and died at the age of sixty-two at Lake Providence, Louisiana.....William H. Mount is one of two sons. His brothers Fred S. lived at Lismore in Concordia Parish and died in Natchez, Mississippi. William H. Mount since the age of eleven years has had his home in Louisiana.....Mr. Mount married in 1903, Miss Ella Cross, daughter of Jonathan Cross. She is a native of Texas. Their children are Hobart S. Eugene, Whitlock, Murthys and Katherine Bell." S. Wilderness--Colony--Providence--Territory--State--People, Volume II, by Henry E. Chambers, provided by William Mount. · Son William H. Mount, b. 21Jun1869, Lawrence Co, AK, m.1 Ella Cross, dau. Jonathan Cross of Texas. Issue: 1. Hobart 2. Eugene 3. Whitlock 4. Merthyr 5. Katherine Bell · Son # 2 (Above from research of Steve Kellar)Died on her father's plantation at age 42. ("A History of Louisiana, Wilderness Colony;" Volume 2, page 381, by Henry Edwards Chambers, Published by the American Historical Society, 1925, Call # F 369 C45) Information from William Mount |
Notes for William G. Mount: Spent early life in Washington County, MS. In 1878, the Mount family removed to the James Smyth Plantation. ("A History of Louisiana, Wilderness Colony;" Volume 2, page 381, by Henry Edwards Chambers, Published by the American Historical Society, 1925, Call # F 369 C45) Information from William Mount |
ii. | Samuel Jones Smith, born 1823 in [Prob Vincennes], [Knox, Co], IN; died 1852 in Prob N.O./Catahoula Parish. | |||
iii. | Sarah Ann Smith, born Abt. 1825 in [Prob Vincennes], [Knox Co], IN; died 1874 in Catahoula Parish, LA; married Ransom Reddick 1851 in [Prob Catahoula, Parish], LA; born 1812 in NC; died June 12, 1872 in Catahoula Parish, LA. |
Notes for Ransom Reddick: James Smyth owned a plantation on the Black River in Louisiana but lived and worked a great deal in New Orleans. Sarah Smyth fell in love with her father's plantation overseer, a fellow named Ransom (some accounts say "Noah" Redick). However, her father would not consent to her marriage because Mr. Reddick was not "landed" - he did not own any property, which apparently James Smyth considered a requirement for any serious suitor of his daughter. Mr. Reddick was a good overseer and businessman, though, and with money he earned, he loaned money to one of the local planters on Black River, in Catahoula Parish, and took back as security the planter's plantation. The planter defaulted on the loan, Mr. Reddick claimed his plantation security, and now he was a property owner. At that time Sarah Smyth was living with her father, James Smyth, in New Orleans. Reddick caught a river steamboat down the Black River and Mississippi River to New Orleans and went to claim his bride. However, he feared that James Smyth might still deny his daughter's hand. He paid the steamboat captain $400 to delay departure back up river, went to the Smyth house and somehow got Sarah out, and eloped with Sarah back up to his new Black River plantation, which they named "Security" because of the way the came into it. There is still a point on the Black River named "Security Landing." Soon Sarah's parents, James and Eliza Jones Smyth, forgave Reddick. They then bought a nearby plantation, Ashcot, seven miles below trinity on Black River to be near their daughter. Another Daughter, Sidney, soon (October 1863) was married to James Norment at their home, Ashcot, and lived across the Black River in Concordia Parish at either Norma or Normandy Plantation. Another family member was Eliza Jones Smith's brother, Charles Jones, said to have come from Ireland to Catahoula parish about 1840. In 1841, he received Elmly Plantation through a land grant patent. By 1860, he was considered a wealth man; Elmly and its slaves were valued at $250,000. He also owned Troy Plantation at the present location of Jonesville, which is named for his family. According to comments in the Thomas Smyth book (Smyth Ge neology) he was said to have been very handsome, influential, and politically powerful. The comment was also made that the two families lived close together but did not have anything to do with each other. For the entire story of the Jones-Liddell feud, see Red River Valley Historical Review or Helen Martin Kings' account in the transcription of a tape she made) Security Landing remains a a place on the 1988 maps. It went to Sarah Reddick's parents, Eliza and James Smyth after she and Ransom died. After the death of the Smyth's, it went to Sidney Smyth Norment who moved there sometime between the end of the Civil War and the early 1880's. She was left a widow when her husband, James Norment, died of a heart attack on a boat en route home from New Orleans. She was pregnant at the time and already had four other children. The two grown boys, "Zip" and Jim, died tragically in the 1880's. Letters from 1890-1893 indicate the hardships she faced during periods of great financial difficulty in the area, devastating floods, typhoid epidemics. At one time she may have operated a small store at Security, as one store account book was found among her things as well as commissary jars for storing small candies and such. In the early 1890's family letters speak of freed blacks who are unable to get work and were starving, of the trials of trying to raise crops and keep some cattle. And also a great spirit of mutual concern and neighborly help that prevailed. Sarah Norment married Judson Moore of Powatan, AR, in June of 1893 and left to make her home there with him. Soon the other daughter, Belle Norment, married J.W. Martin, and also moved there. Mother Sidney continued to live at Security until Sarah died in childbirth with her third (and stillborn) baby. Then Sidney moved to Powatan to care for Sarah's children, Jessie Moore and Sam Moore. When the Martin's moved to Batesville, AR in 1903, John Martin built a house for the Moore children and Sidney Norment directly across the block behind the Martin house (Judson Moore having remarried by then). They lived there until Sidney's death, at which time Sam was grown and employed in the civil service. Jessie became a missionary, spending many years in Brazil, but staying at the Martin home whenever she returned to Batesville. In the ensuing years, the Reddicks prospered but had no children. They both died before her father, James Smyth, and he inherited Security Plantation and its furnishings from his daughter at her death. In his last years, he moved into the Security house. His daughter, Sidney, grandmother of Thomas K. Butt and William Jackson Butt, II, had married into the Norment family plantations, either "Norma" or "Normandy." James Smyth was successful himself in his business life, and at is death at Security Plantation in 1886 he owned many beautiful things. As told by Helen Martin (King) to William Jackson Butt (See Sidney Smyth (Norment) for remainder of story) ________________________________________________________________________________________ Noah Reddick 0001000000000 0000000000000 (1840 Census from ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/catahoul/census/cen1840.txt) Ransom Reddick 0000100000000 000000000000 (1840 Census from ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/catahoul/census/cen1840.txt) _________________________________________________________________________________________ Old Flat Silver The silver forks or spoons, and butter knife marked REDDICK belong to Sarah Smyth Reddick and her husband, Ransom Reddick. She was the sister of Sidney Smyth Norment, and her home was Security Plantation, in Catahoula Parish, LA. Sarah and Ransom Reddick both died before her parents (James and Eliza Smyth) did, and her parents inherited Security Plantation, the land, house and household furnishings. Eliza died before James Smyth. Upon his death (so it is told) all property was divided by lots among the remaining children. One daughter, Marie, was married to John DeArman. They lived in Indiana and took much of the family silver back home with them. Eventually, they or some of their descendants, moved to Arkansas. There is a complete genealogy of the DeArman family in the "genealogy box" that I (Cecilia) am always revising and never finishing. It was prepared and sent to me by Ben Stephens in Meridian, MI in 1973. The closest descendents are now Tom and Maggie Sparks Waldron at Walnut Ridge, AR. The oldest silver, marked with REDDICK, and EJS, were in possession of Cousin Josie Campbell, a DeArman descendent who lived near Walnut Ridge, AR. J.W. and Belle martin had helped Josie and Will Campbell out in a time of great need (I believe she was a paid housekeeper for the Martins for awhile). In the 1940's Josie felt that she did not have long to live and sent word to Helen martin King to come and get the old pieces of family silver, and they were later given to me. The fork tines were so used and worn down on one side that I had them all cut off to use for salad or dessert forks, and had them all professionally polished. There were also very old coin silver serving spoons and teaspoons, too thin and fragile to bear any use at all. The oldest pieces are those marked REDDICK and those with script initials EJS (Eliza Jones Smyth), the mother of Sidney, Sarah and Marie, and the wife of James Smyth (Cecilia King Butt) __________________________________________ · 1850, September 20, "Ransom Reddick, 40 Planter, $5,500, N.C." S. Census Catahoula Parish, LA. (Steve Kellar) ___________________________________________ · Dau of James Smith, # 36, b. ca. 1799, Probably Belfast, Ireland, d. 1876, January 18, Catahoula Parish, LA and Eliza Jones, # 37, b. ca. 1802, Jefferson Co, KY, d. ca. 1875, Catahoula Parish, LA. · 1812, October 19, "Ransom Reddick born, NC." · Birth Record Knox Co IN · Baptismal Record Knox Co IN · Church Affiliation · 1830, "James Smith, Males 5-10, 1; 15-20, 2; 20-30, 1[4]; Females U5, 2 [Sarah Ann]; 15-20, 1; 20-30, 1." S. 1830 Census, Page 265, Knox Co, IN. · 1840, "James Smith, Males 5-10, 1; 15-20, 1 [Sarah Ann]; 40-50, 1; Females U5, 1; 5-10, 1; 10-15, 1; 30-40, 1." S. Catahoula Parish Census, Page 63. · 1849, September 10, "Before James M. Martin Notary of Catahoula, Ransom Reddick and Noah Reddick of Catahoula to John C. King of Wilkinson Co. Miss [8 properties in Sec's 2, 35, 36] for $16,000, $8,000 1 Jan. 1850 when he shall take possession. $4,00 1 Jan 1851, $4,000 1 Jan. 1852, at 8% interest. Wit. Marceline Gillis, P. Houey." S. Abstracted by Sherry Manuel from Book I Page 190. · 1850 Census Family Listing · James Smith, 51 · Eliza Smith, 48 · Son, ca. 26 · Sarah Ann Smith, 24 · Mariah L. Smith, ca. 22 · Ambrose W. [A. W.] Smith, 19 · Josephine Smith, 11 · Sydney Smith, 8 · Clara Smith, 3 · 1850, May 9, "Before James M. Martin Notary of Catahoula, Joseph White and Elizabeth White residents of Catahoula sell to Ransom Reddick of Catahoula 5 tracts of land. E2 SW4 Sec 9 T5 R6 80 A.; Nefract4 Sec 9T5 R6 103 A.; E2 NW4 Sec 9 T5 R6 80 A.; Lot 5 Sec 4 T5 R6 46 A.; Land above Island Bayou and S of Nefract4 Sec 9 T5 R6 for $600.00 cash with a note of $900.00 due 1 Nov. 1859 or a male slave of equal value." S. Abstracted by Sherry Manuel from Book I Page 161. · 1850, June 1, "Joseph Miller of Catahoula to Ransom Reddick of Catahoula, the E2 of SW4 Sec 4 T5 R6 82 A. for $820.00. $500.00 in cash and a note for the rest on 1 Jan. 1852. Daniel H. Thompson and Andrew McViliely have a lease on the property and are to be allowed to remain until their lease expires. Thompsons expires 1 Jan. 1852. McViliely's expires on 1 Jan. 1851." S. Abstracted by Sherry Manuel from Book I Page 167. · 1850, September 20, "Ransom Reddick, 40 Planter, $5,500, N.C." S. Census Catahoula Parish, LA. · 1851, May, "The John Henry Requet was granted by virtue of settlement under the Spanish Government. John M. Phillips resided on the property on 28 Dec. 1848. One other tract of land 44 A. adjacent to land owned by Cary Nernsom, one-half the NWfrac4 Sec. 5 T6 R7. Above is property of Volney B. Penny and Widow Kelley. Sale set for 1 Saturday in May 1851. Purchased by Ransom Reddick for $700.00." S. Abstracted by Sherry Manuel from Book I Page 364. · 1851, July 8, "Ransom Reddick purchased 44 A. at sheriffs sale in the suit of John M. Phillips Vs. Volney B. Penny et al. At his death he willed his entire estate to his wife Sarah Ann Smith. At her death the property went to her father and at his death in 1876 was divided among the heirs." S. Abstracted by Sherry Manuel. · 1850-5, "Sarah Ann Smith m. Ransom Reddick." S. Notes from Sherry Manuel. · 1851, December 24, "John M. Tully of Concordia conveys to Ransom Reddick of Catahoula, land on the right bank of Black River. Same land as above [ref Book I Page 364]." S. Abstracted by Sherry Manuel Book I Page 364. · ca. 1853, "Levi Dobbar and Martha R. Dobber his wife [Martha B. CeClum] of Natchez, Adams Co. Miss to Ransom Reddick for $250.00 Lot 1 Sec 6 T6 R7." S. Abstracted by Sherry Manuel from Book J. Page 444. · 1860, June 26, "Dwelling 140, Family 139; James Smith, age 61, Occ Planter, Real Estate 30,000, Personal Estate 1,500, POB Ireland; Eliza, age 58, POB KY; Josephine, age 21, POB LA, Attending School; Sydney, age 18, POB LA, Attending School; Clara, age 13, POB LA, Attending School; R. Brown, age 25, Overseer, Personal Estate 200, POB TN. [Listed above is: R. Reddick, age 48, Occ Planter, Real Estate 10,000, Personal Estate 2,000, POB NC; Sarah, age 34, POB IN; Ema, age 35, POB KY; Ana, age 3, POB LA; W. Griffin, age 28, Occ Lab., Personal Estate 1,500, POB NC]" S. 1860 Census, Page 444, Black River Twp, Catahoula Parish, LA, P.O. Trinity · 1870, June 20, "Dwelling 50, Family 60; Reddick Ransom, age 54, Occ Farmer, Real Estate 1,000, Personal Estate 2,750, POB NC, Male Citizen; Sarah, age 44, Occ Dry Goods Merchant, Personal Estate 5,000, POB IN; Molly Bunch, age 16, Attending School, POB NC; Anna Noelle, age 23, occ School Teacher, POB LA; Emma Smith, age 15, Attending School, POB KY; Anna Smith, age 13, Attending School, POB KY; James Smith, age 70, Occ ???????? [Cleaning Stores], POB Ireland, Father of Foreign Birth, Mother of Foreign Birth, Male Citizen; Eliza, age 67, Occ Keeping House, Personal Estate 100, POB KY; ???? Black, age 13, Black, Occ Domestic Servant, POB LA, Cannot Read or Write; Elwood Johnson, age 11, Black Occ Domestic Servant, POB LA.." S. 1870 Census, Pages 8 & 9, Ward No. 13, Catahoula Parish, LA, P.O. Trinity. · 1872, June 16, "Security Plantation, 1 mile south of Moss Grove Plantation on Whitehead Bend. This road is on the levy. Reddick, Ransom Native of North Carolina. Birth Oct. 19, 1812, Death June 16, 1872." S. Catahoula Parish Cemeteries, Thelmarie Scott. · ca. 1872, "Last will and testament of Ransom Reddick, R. H Cuny and James r. Norment of Concordia Parish, La. proved the will." S. Abstracted by Sherry Manuel from Conveyance Book O Page 124. · 1872, July 24, Ransom R. Brown, claiming to be a relative applies for administration of the estate. On 26 June 1872, Sarah A. Reddick, wife of Ransom Reddick, maiden name Sarah A. Smith opposes the petition of Brown claiming he has no interest in the estate. She presents a oloegraphic will made by Ransom Reddick before his death leaving his whole estate to his wife Sarah. She is appointed executrix and sole possessor on 13 Oct. 1872." S. Abstracted by Sherry Manuel from Succ. R-48. · 1874, Sarah Ann [Smith] Reddick died Catahoula Parish, LA. [Sarah's husband, Ransom, preceded her in death June 1872, Catahoula Parish, LA]. " S. Sherry Manuel Notes. · Death Record · Tombstone Inscription · Obituary · 1875, March 17, ".....we A. W. Smith and Josephine S. Mount (brother and sister of Sarah Ann Reddick deceased) and William G. Mount husband of Josephine S. Mount in consideration of the natural love and affection we bear our father James Smith and our decision to see him provided for in his declining years do hereby release unto our father all our inheritance to the estate of Sarah Ann Reddick." S. Original Record Conveyance Book O, Page 618, Catahoula Parish, LA provided by Sherry W. Manuel. · 1875, March 25, "We Sidney Norment and James Norment her husband of Concordia Parish release unto James Smith of Black River Catahoula Parish who is the father of said Sidney Norment all or our right to the estate from Sarah Ann Reddick." S. Original Record, Conveyance Book O Page 633, Catahoula Parish, LA provided by Sherry W. Manuel. · 1876, January 31, ".....did proceed at the late residence of the deceased an inventory of cause to be appraised by G. B. May M. D. and James Young.....estate of James Smith in Parish of Catahoula.....a tract of land containing 676 A. containing the plantation and improvements situate on Black River in which John M. Phillps resided on the 28 day of December in 1848 and being the same confirmed to John Henry by the U. S. by virtue of the Settlement and occupation under the Spanish Government by one Joseph Thomas.....the said Jas Smith resided at the time of his death. The said land and all the buildings improvements therein value at the sum of $5.00 per acre []$3,380.00] also one other track containing 44 A. being 1/2 of the NWfral4 Sec 5 T 6N R 1E valued at $1.25 per acre [$55.00]. The above described land being the same land purchased by Ransom Reddick on 8th day July 1851 at Shffs sale in suit styled John M. Philips vs. Volney B. Perry et al. [letterhead of Mrs. S. A. Reddick Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats; Fresh Drugs and Medicines Always on Hand]." S. S-117 Original Record Catahoula Parish, LA provided by Sherry W. Manuel. This document has this letterhead: "Security Black River, LA..........18.....Fresh Drugs and Medicines Always on hand. Bought of Mrs. S. A. Reddick Dealer in Drygoods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats. Queensware, Hardware, Tinware, and Plantation Supplies. Jas. A. Gresham, Print, 92 Camp St, N. O. · Probate Record · 1883, June 27, "Moss Grove Yard located south of Jonesville, LA. Reddick, Caroline Birth Jan. 20, 1815, Feb. 8, 1817, Death June 27, 1883." S. Catahoula Parish Cemeteries, Thelmarie Scott. (Above from research of Steve Kellar) |
iv. | Maria Louise Smith, born July 26, 1828 in [Prob Vincennes], [Knox Co], IN; died August 26, 1890 in Prob Portia/Powh, Lawrence Co, AR; married John De Arman in Probably, Catahoula Parish, LA; born November 30, 1818 in PA; died October 21, 1895 in Lawrence Co, AR. |
Notes for Maria Louise Smith: · "DeArman, Marie Louise July 26, 1828 - August 26, 1890." S. Cemetery Records of Lawrence County, Arkansas, Powhatan, AR. (Steve Kellar) |
Notes for John De Arman: · "DeArman, John November 30, 1818 - October 21 1895." S. Cemetery Records of Lawrence County, Arkansas, Powhatan, AR. (Steve Kellar) |
v. | Ambrose Whitlock Smith416,417,418, born January 02, 1831 in Vincennes, Knox County, IN; died October 22, 1898 in Portia, Lawrence County, AR; married (1) Julia F Chadwick419,420; born 1829421; died January 20, 1887 in Lawrence Co, AR; married (2) Sarah Ellen Kellar August 15, 1853 in Jefferson Co, KY422; born February 14, 1834 in Jefferson Co, KY422; died June 22, 1858 in Jefferson Co, KY422; married (3) Laura [Morrill] January 23, 1888 in Lawrence Co, AR; married (4) A A [Baker] September 14, 1892 in Lawrence Co, AR. |
Notes for Ambrose Whitlock Smith: Moved to Arkansas and settled at Portia...Belle [Clara Isabelle Norment Martin] and Sarah[Sarah Ann Smyth Reddick] visited their uncle Whitlock in Portia, Arkansas. By the way, Whitlock had changed his name to Whitllock SMITH. (Helen Martin King) __________________ 1870 Lawrence County Census, Black River Township, 10/68 Smith, Andrew W. 39 dry goods merch 4000/3000 IN Julie F. 41 IL Emma H. 16 KY Anna A. 14 KY Raney, Lizzie F 14 Belle E. 10 AR ________________ 1880 Lawrence County, AR Census, Town of Walnut Ridge, Campbell Township 23/24 Smith, A.W. 49 drgst IN IN KY Smith, J.F. 51 wife TN TN AR Wilson, Kate 9 niece TN TN AR Chadwick, J. 15 nephew TN IL GA Martin, Eliza 24 cook AR TN TN bf /24 DeArman, J. 30 drgst LA PA LA Lizzie 23 wife AR NY IL Lola 3 dau AR LA AR Hary 6 1/2 son AR LA AR |
vi. | Mary Elizabeth Smith, born Abt. 1833 in Prob Rapides/Catahoula Par, LA; died 1850 in Prob N.O./Catahoula Par, LA. | |||
vii. | Peter Smith, born 1836 in Prob Rapides/Catahoula Par, LA; died 1837 in Prob Rapides/Catahoula Par, LA. | |||
viii. | Charlotte Josephine Smith, born 1839 in New Orleans, Orleans Par, LA; died in Security Plantation, Catahoula Par, LA; married William Grover Mount February 24, 1868 in Powhatan, Lawrence Co, AR; born Abt. 1840 in Vicksburg, MS; died Abt. 1901 in Lake Providence, LA. | |||
47 | ix. | Sidney Welch Smith, born December 30, 1840 in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA; died February 24, 1907 in Batesville, Independence County, AR; married James R. Norment October 1863 in Concordia Parish, LA. | ||
x. | Margaret Ellen Smith, born 1844 in Prob N.O./Catahoula Par, LA; died 1846 in Prob N.O./Catahoula Par, LA. | |||
xi. | Clara Smith, born Abt. 1847 in [Prob N.O.], [Orleans Parish], LA; died 1868 in Prob Security Plantation, Catahoula Par, LA. |
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I figured out why everyone likes this crap. To paraphrase James Spencer from BBR, "It's a canoe beer...........It's f*ckin' close to water!" There is nothing to it. This way you don't have to think about what you are drinking or even enjoy it. You just put it down. I guess my buddies just drink this crap to lubricate the throat in between cigarettes.It all makes sense now.
I'd take the case and keep it for company that doesn't like HB. It's nice to have something in the fridge for the plodding masses.

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Las Cruces, NM — If you have any unwanted electronics but don't know how to get rid of them, you're in luck if you are the Las Cruces area. The South Central Solid Waste Authority is hosting its 5th Annual Electronics Recycling event this weekend in Las Cruces and it's free.
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Unfortunately the laws are set up to protect the buyers and renters which sometimes leaves the seller or landlord at a steep disadvantage. Buyers usually receive little or no penalties for backing out of deals even just days before closing. Sellers should ask for more earnest money when negotiating price to protect themselves and weed out the flaky buyers but nothing is "fool" proof.
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It's a gutsy move for Stephan Boillon: The founder and chef of El Floridano, the superb international sandwich truck, is planning to open a full-service restaurant and bakery on Georgia Avenue NW in the Park View area south of Petworth. It'd be a stretch to call the neighborhood, in the parlance of developers and real estate agents everywhere, "in transition."
But Boillon has his reasons for signing a 10-year lease for the former Brown's Caribbean Bakery at 3301 Georgia Ave. NW, and they start in the kitchen. The space is crammed with all manner of tantalizing equipment: pizza ovens, rotating decks ovens, industrial dough mixers, dough sheeters, dough shapers, a walk-in and much more.
Yes, the wealth of kitchen gadgetry appealed to the 37-year-old chef, but so did the economics of the deal. "The price was right," he notes. "I'm priced out of everywhere else. I just saved so much money with all the equipment here."
Boillon is going into the brick-and-mortar business with his eyes wide open. His business plan — at least at present — includes a strategy to open a retail and wholesale bakery, offering not only artisanal breads but also the some of the sweet Jamaican loaves once sold by the previous tenant.
"I want to keep doing the wholesale bread," says Boillon, noting that he's hiring the former pastry chef from one of his earlier career stops, Chef Allen's, in the Miami area. "I might as well make extra while I can."
What's more, Boillon is developing a cuisine that draws on his formative cooking experiences in South Florida, that unique culinary incubator that combines Caribbean and Latin American influences. He's envisioning small plates, long braises, gourmet pizzas, Jamaican patties and other dishes.
"I'm trying to coin a term right now: Neuvo Retro," Boillon says. "Just modernized versions of a lot of comfort foods."
But Boillon is quick to add: "Once everything kind of falls into place, it's going to dictate the menu a lot more."
Boillon's new place also will serve as the commercial kitchen for El Floridano, which will continue to roll through D.C. neighborhoods, selling its short menu of sandwiches, but with a new supplemental mission — serving as a rolling billboard for the brick-and-mortar space. The relationship between the chef's fixed location and his food truck (and possible wholesale bakery) is what inspired his name for the place: Mothership.
" 'The Hub' sounded kind of weird," Boillon notes.
The chef has plenty of work to do before he opens (he hopes) in mid-May. He's building two new restrooms, converting a freezer into a walk-in cooler, laying new pipes, applying for a full liquor license and drawing up plans to convert a former carryout into a full-service 45-seat plus restaurant. All on a shoestring budget, with the help of a single silent investor.
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Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. More than 500,000 new cases are reported each year-and the incidence is rising faster than any other type of cancer. While skin cancers can be found on any part of the body, about 80 percent appear on the face, head, or neck, where they can be disfiguring as well as dangerous.
Who Gets Skin Cancer…And Why
The primary cause of skin cancer is ultraviolet radiation -most often from the sun, but also from artificial sources like sunlamps and tanning booths. In fact, researchers believe that our quest for the perfect tan, an increase in outdoor activities, and perhaps the thinning of the earth's protective ozone layer are behind the alarming rise we're now seeing in skin cancers.
Anyone can get skin cancer-no matter what your skin type, race or age, no matter where you live or what you do. But your risk is greater if…
- Your skin is fair and freckles easily.
- You have light-colored hair and eyes.
- You have a large number of moles, or moles of unusual size or shape.
- You have a family history of skin cancer or a personal history of blistering sunburn.
- You spend a lot of time working or playing outdoors.
- You live closer to the equator, at a higher altitude, or in any place that gets intense, year-round sunshine.
- You received therapeutic radiation treatments for adolescent acne.
Types of Skin Cancer
By far the most common type of skin cancer is basal cell carcinoma. Fortunately, it's also the least dangerous kind–it tends to grow slowly, and rarely spreads beyond its original site. Though basal cell carcinoma is seldom life-threatening, if left untreated it can grow deep beneath the skin and into the underlying tissue and bone, causing serious damage (particularly if it's located near the eye).
Squamous cell carcinoma is the next most common kind of skin cancer, frequently appearing on the lips, face, or ears. It sometimes spreads to distant sites, including lymph nodes and internal organs. Squamous cell carcinoma can become life threatening if it's not treated.
A third form of skin cancer, malignant melanoma, is the least common, but its incidence is increasing rapidly, especially in the Sunbelt states. Malignant melanoma is also the most dangerous type of skin cancer. If discovered early enough, it can be completely cured. If it's not treated quickly, however, malignant melanoma may spread throughout the body and is often deadly.
Other Skin Growths You Should Know About
Two other common types of skin growths are moles and keratoses.
Moles are clusters of heavily pigmented skin cells, either flat or raised above the skin surface. While most pose no danger, some-particularly large moles present at birth, or those with mottled colors and poorly defined borders-may develop into malignant melanoma. Moles are frequently removed for cosmetic reasons, or because they're constantly irritated by clothing or jewelry (which can sometimes cause pre-cancerous changes).
Solar or actinic keratoses are rough, red or brown, scaly patches on the skin. They are usually found on areas exposed to the sun, and sometimes develop into squamous cell cancer.
Recognizing Skin Cancer
Basal and squamous cell carcinomas can vary widely in appearance. The cancer may begin as small, white or pink nodule or bumps; it can be smooth and shiny, waxy, or pitted on the surface. Or it might appear as a red spot that's rough, dry, or scaly…a firm, red lump that may form a crust…a crusted group of nodules…a sore that bleeds or doesn't heal after two to four weeks…or a white patch that looks like scar tissue.
Malignant melanoma is usually signaled by a change in the size, shape, or color of an existing mole, or as a new growth on normal skin. Watch for the "ABCD" warning signs of melanoma: Asymmetry-a growth with unmatched halves; Border irregularity-ragged or blurred edges; Color-a mottled appearance, with shades of tan, brown, and black, sometimes mixed with red, white, or blue; and Diameter- a growth more than 6 millimeters across (about the size of a pencil eraser), or any unusual increase in size.
If all these variables sound confusing, the most important thing to remember is this: Get to know your skin and examine it regularly, from the top of your head to the soles of your feet. (Don't forget your back.) If you notice any unusual changes on any part of your body, have a doctor check it out.
Diagnosis and Treatment
Skin cancer is diagnosed by removing all or part of the growth and examining its cells under a microscope. It can be treated by a number of methods, depending on the type of cancer, its stage of growth, and its location on your body.
Most skin cancers are removed surgically, by a plastic surgeon or a dermatologist. If the cancer is small, the procedure can be done quickly and easily, in an outpatient facility or the physician's office, using local anesthesia. The procedure may be a simple excision, which usually leaves a thin, barely visible scar. Or curettage and desiccation may be performed. In this procedure the cancer is scraped out with an electric current to control bleeding and kill any remaining cancer cells. This leaves a slightly larger, white scar. In either case, the risks of the surgery are low.
If the cancer is large, however, or if it has spread to the lymph glands or elsewhere in the body, major surgery may be required. Other possible treatments for skin cancer include cryosurgery (freezing the cancer cells), radiation therapy (using x-rays), topical chemotherapy (anti-cancer drugs applied to the skin), and Mohs surgery, a special procedure in which the cancer is shaved off one layer at a time. (Mohs surgery is performed only by specially trained physicians and often requires a reconstructive procedure as follow-up.)
Discussing Your Options and Concerns
All of the treatments mentioned above, when chosen carefully and appropriately, have good cure rates for most basal cell and squamous cell cancers -and even for malignant melanoma, if it's caught very early, before it's had a chance to spread.
You should discuss these choices thoroughly with your doctor before beginning treatment. Find out which options are available to you…how effective they're likely to be for your particular cancer…the possible risks and side effects…who can best perform them…and the cosmetic and functional results you can expect. If you have any doubts about the outcome, get a second opinion from a plastic surgeon before you begin treatment.
A Word About Reconstruction
The different techniques used in treating skin cancers can be life saving, but they may leave a patient with less than pleasing cosmetic or functional results. Depending on the location and severity of the cancer, the consequences may range from a small but unsightly scar to permanent changes in facial structures such as your nose, ear, or lip.
Often the treatment of skin cancer involves Mohs Micrographic Surgery (MMS), a highly specialized form of surgery that results in the highest cure rates. The surgery is performed under local anesthesia in our comfortable surgical suites.
The Mohs procedure involves surgically removing skin cancer layer by layer and examining the tissue under a microscope until healthy, cancer-free tissue around the tumor is reached. Mohs surgery is unique and highly effective because of the way the removed tissue is microscopically examined, evaluating 100% of the surgical margins. The pathologic interpretation of the tissue margins is done on site by the Mohs surgeon, who is specially trained in the reading of these slides and is best able to correlate any microscopic findings with the surgical site on the patient. Once the skin cancer has been removed, the physicians will perform reconstruction of the wound. Often, one of our plastic surgeons performs this surgery.
Preventing A Recurrence
After you've been treated for skin cancer, your doctor should schedule regular follow-up visits to make sure the cancer hasn't recurred.
Our Dermatologist's, however, can't prevent a recurrence. It's up to you to reduce your risks by changing old habits and developing new ones. (These preventive measures apply to people who have not had skin cancer as well.)
Avoid prolonged exposure to the sun, especially between 10 a.m. And 2 p.m. and during the summer months. Remember, ultraviolet rays pass right through water and clouds, and reflect off sand and snow.
When you do go out for an extended period of time, wear protective clothing such as wide brimmed hats and long sleeves.
On any exposed skin, use a sunscreen with an SPF (sun protection factor) of at least 15. Reapply it frequently, especially after you've been swimming or sweating.
Finally, examine your skin regularly. If you find anything suspicious, consult a plastic surgeon or a dermatologist as soon as possible.
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Encephalitis Eradication Movement planning questionnaire
Furious residents of encephalitis-hit eastern Uttar Pradesh have said they intend to make the Central and State governments' poor public health policies an election issue when the State goes to the polls next year.
Eminent paediatrician R.N. Singh told The Hindu that the newly formed Encephalitis Eradication Movement — set up in the midst of a devastating epidemic that has claimed over 500 lives, mainly of children — will confront candidates with a questionnaire asking their plan of action to tackle the disease.
In 2009, the Union government sanctioned Rs.588.17 crore under the National Rural Health Mission to pay for 135 additional staff to deal with the annual outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome — which has claimed 15,000 lives, and left a similar number permanently disabled, since it first appeared in the region in 1978 but no funds were sanctioned last year. This year only Rs. 63.25 lakh has been sanctioned.
Last year, no funds were sanctioned to pay for the staff — and this year, the amount covers the salaries of only 36 staff members.
Dr. Singh said a seven-point questionnaire would be distributed to the estimated 2 crore voters in the eight worst-affected districts of Uttar Pradesh to confront the candidates with policy relevant questions. He complained that though the region is represented by 42 members of the Legislative Assembly and 9 members of Parliament, they have never lobbied as a group for better health infrastructure.
The Movement wants Japanese encephalitis and its water-borne cousin enteroviral encephalitis declared national health emergencies. It also wants encephalitis management included in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, and wants funds to install a sanitary toilet and a hand pump, giving access to clean water, for every 10 homes.
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was given a representation on these issues during his recent visit to Gorakhpur, but he has only promised to set up a Group of Ministers to look into the issue. "The issue is not to be looked into," local activist Manoj Kumar Singh said. "We already know what the issues are. We need a remedy to save our children."
In 2006, the Allahabad High Court ordered that the disease "must be taken as health emergency by both the Central and the State governments." Its order said: "A concrete action plan must be drawn in this regard."


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Bloomberg's top billionaires increase their wealth – but not Gina Rinehart
PUBLISHED: 06 Nov 2013 10:53:01 | UPDATED: 07 Nov 2013 07:11:02PUBLISHED: 06 Nov 2013 PRINT EDITION: 06 Nov 2013Gina Rinehart's net worth has slipped by by 0.7 per cent to a net worth of $US18.5 billion, says the new list published by Bloomberg. Photo: AAP
The collective fortunes of the world's top 100 billionaires have soared $US200 billion ($210.84 billion) to $US2.1 trillion since Bloomberg Markets published its inaugural list in December last year.
However, the only Australian in the top 100, Gina Rinehart, has lost money, says the new list, published by Bloomberg.
Her net worth has slipped by 0.7 per cent to $US18.5 billion.
The second-richest Australian, James Packer, was placed 196th in the world with a net worth of $US6.8 billion.
This year's top 100 are a diverse bunch, ranging from owners of discount supermarkets and luxury brands, to oil refineries and cement factories, reports Bloomberg.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not only the youngest billionaire at 29, he's the biggest gainer, having doubled his fortune to $US24.5 billion from January 1 to September 30.
Microsoft chairman and co-founder Bill Gates, 58, bumped Carlos Slim, last year's No. 1, to second richest. Gates's net worth surged $US10.2 billion to $US72.9 billion. The fortunes of Slim, who controls Latin America's biggest telecom company America Movil SAB, fell by 12.9 per cent to $US65.5 billion.
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Wizards | 66 | Final |
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Game 3: Friday, March 28th | ||
Pacers | 78 | Final |
Wizards | 91 | |
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Coverage: CSNB
7:00 PM ET, March 28, 2014
Verizon Center, Washington, DC
WASHINGTON -- Just when it appeared that the intensity of a run to the playoffs was getting to be too much for the Washington Wizards, they pulled off a solid win over the Indiana Pacers.
And the Pacers? They played so poorly that it made this week's win over the Miami Heat look more like an aberration in some late-season doldrums.
John Wall scored 20 points, and Marcin Gortat added 17 points and 12 rebounds Friday night as the Wizards avenged two of their biggest losses of the season, never trailing in a 91-78 win over the cold-shooting, turnover-prone Pacers.
"We're at the point where we can't just get up for the Miamis or the Chicago Bulls and then come out and get doughnuts against the Wizards or these other teams," said David West, who committed four of Indiana's 17 turnovers. "I just don't know if we are handling success and being out front the right way."
The Heat beat the Detroit Pistons on Friday night, essentially negating Indiana's victory over Miami on Wednesday in the standings. The Pacers' lead is back to two games atop the Eastern Conference.
"The game Wednesday doesn't mean anything if we don't get the one tonight, and we're back at square one," Pacers guard George Hill said. "We gave up another game where we should have won."
The Wizards, meanwhile, sit sixth in the East and are almost certainly playoff-bound for the first time since 2008, but their recent uninspired play had led to questions as to whether young players Wall and Bradley Beal had the mettle for a postseason push. Washington had lost four of five, with games featuring wild swings and deficits too big to make up.
"Our intensity level for 48 minutes had waned," coach Randy Wittman said. "And we'd lost that edge a little bit, in terms of we waited until we got down before we really played with effort and intensity."
Not so Friday night against the Pacers, who are responsible for two of Washington's three losses by 20-plus points this season. This was one of those prove-yourself wins that counts a little extra.
"They had our number the first two games," Beal said. "They played way more physical than we did. They kind of did whatever they wanted to when they were at home, but once we got them here we did a great job of just hitting them -- and we kept hitting them throughout the whole game."
Paul George scored 19 points, and Lance Stephenson had 13 points and matched a career-high with 14 rebounds for the Pacers, who have lost a season-high four straight road games. Indiana committed five turnovers in the first four minutes Friday and shot 35 percent overall.
By halftime, the Pacers were up to 10 turnovers. No. 11 came on the first possession of the second half, when center Roy Hibbert threw the ball out of bounds. After scoring in the 70s only once in their first 69 games, the Pacers have held below 80 in three of their last four.
"I'm tired of talking about it," said Hibbert, who went 3-for-8 from the field and had only two rebounds. "We've been in this rut for a month. I don't know. I've made my suggestions. You take one step forward and three steps back. One game, and then we play like this. ... We've talked about that for great length amongst ourselves, private team meetings, all that (stuff), and I don't know."
The Pacers finished 2-for-13 from 3-point range. Stephenson went 3-for-13 and missed all five of his 3-pointers. George was 6-for-22 and was unhappy he didn't get more calls.
"It's just crazy," George said. "We played against a team the other night where if you breathe on the guy (LeBron James) you know he went to the line. I'm not saying I'm that caliber player, but it's just frustrating."
As poorly as the Pacers played, the Wizards didn't truly pull away until late in the third quarter. Trevor Ariza and Martell Webster hit 3-pointers in a 10-0 run that made the score 77-56 early in the fourth. Ariza finished just 2 for 12 from the field, and Bradley Beal was 2 for 13.
"We guarded our butts off," Beal said. "We didn't necessarily shoot it too well, but we definitely defended."
Game notes
Beal played 35 minutes despite suffering a hip pointer in Wednesday's loss to the Phoenix Suns. ... Al Harrington accounted for all of the points in a 10-0 run by the Wizards over 2 1/2 minutes in the second quarter.
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