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Title: The Rectors of Wayne County, Kentucky
Review: This is an extraordinary book, probably one of the most readable "homegrown" geneaologies in print. It was clearly compiled as an act of love. Mrs. Smart appears to have spent a considerable part of her adult life gathering information about her mother's family (The Rector Family of Wayne County, Kentucky). This Rector family descends from the 1714 Germanna Colonists of Fauquier County, Virginia. Her book tracks the descendents of Samuel Rector and Rutha Simpson, who emigrated through the Cumberland Gap into Wayne County, Kentucky and were married there in 1807. Their large family and many descendents are documented in this book well into the mid-1970's. Mrs. Smart's special talent was in doggedly pursuing all leads. She has sections on related families that are quite interesting. Please note the book was published by The Wayside Press, Charlottesville, VA in 1975.
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