Daughter of Richard Smith. Mary A. is living at home in the 1850 & 1860 US census.
Suggested edit: Stanhope Pullen was Mary Ann 1st cousin, not sister.
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Suggested edit: From NCpedia entry for R Stanhope Pullen. Is this the same Mary A Smith?
In 1850 Pullen listed his occupation as merchant and seems to have been employed by Richard Smith, even though he continued to reside on his father's plantation a few miles north of Raleigh. Two years later his uncle died leaving his aunt, Penelope Smith, a comfortable estate but one encumbered with complex business arrangements. With no sons to turn to, Penelope prevailed upon her nephew, who moved to Raleigh and assumed control of her financial matters. Out of love and respect for his aunt and deceased uncle, Stanhope Pullen refused any wages for his services. Through the dark days of the Civil War and the financial woes of Reconstruction, he managed to hold the Smith fortune intact. Penelope Smith planned to reward her nephew with a cash bonus of $4,000 upon her death, but a family dispute erupted when her daughter and primary heir, Mary Jones (widow of Kimbrough Jones) entered into a contract to marry James T. Morehead. Horrified by the idea that Morehead would acquire any part of her estate, she changed her will in 1868 leaving nearly everything to her "faithful agent and friend Richard Stanhope Pullen who has served me very faithfully . . . and relieved me from many annoyances and troubles in my old age." From the bitterness of a family quarrel, Pullen emerged a wealthy man, a condition he turned to maximum advantage during the next quarter century.
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Suggested edit: Mary Ann Smith (Morehead)'s will written in 1863 directed that a college for agricultural science be established with free tuition. After her death, R Stanhope Pullen gave the land, and a college now known as NC State Univ was established. There are several estate folders for Mary as both Smith and Morehead. From these we learn that she left her husband soon after their marriage, then later left her mother too, and went to live in Franklin Co with William K Davis and wife Mary A Jones Davis, daughter of Kimbrough Jones. Mary Ann became mentally unstable and later in the 1860's was declared a lunatic. William K Davis was her guardian until 1883, after that J S Wynne. There are several bills from a hospital in Philadelphia. According to her obit, she died in Philadelphia. She had named her mother as an heir in her 1863 will. Penelope Jones Smith had died and had no other surviving children, so Penelope's siblings or heirs had to be located. An ad was placed in the paper naming them. From this ad we learn that Penelope Jones Smith was the daughter of Westwood Armistead Jones (son of Vinkler Jones) and Delilah/Delia/Dilley Jones, daughter of Tignall Jones Sr. Penelope was named as a dau of Westwood Jones in Tignall's will. Westwood moved with some of his children to Haywood Co, TN where he appears on the 1840 census as a Rev War pensioner in the home of James Waddell and wife Margaret (Jones). The newspaper ad referred to him as Weston Jones, and Mariah Jones Hunter named a son Weston Hunter. Kimbrough Jones' last wife/widow was not Mary Ann Smith. His widow was Mary Warren, dau of Rev Henry Warren according to the Jones Bible records. The two families were quite close though. Tignall Jones Sr was the brother of Nathaniel Jones Sr, so Penelope was a cousin to Kimbrough Jones. One of Kimbrough's daghters was named Penelope Smith Jones. Mary Ann Smith's father, Richard Smith, was the Wake Co Reg of Deeds. He owned many tracts of land including Isaac Hunter's tavern tract which adjoined tr he Nathaniel Jones Sr &Jr-Kimbrough Jones property. John T Pullen as the administrator and commissioner of Mary Ann Smith's estate sold the tavern tract after her death.
Contributor: Frances Morgan (48991595) •
Suggested edit: Stanhope Pullen was Mary Ann 1st cousin, not sister.
Contributor: Brenda King (48153734) •
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Suggested edit: From NCpedia entry for R Stanhope Pullen. Is this the same Mary A Smith?
In 1850 Pullen listed his occupation as merchant and seems to have been employed by Richard Smith, even though he continued to reside on his father's plantation a few miles north of Raleigh. Two years later his uncle died leaving his aunt, Penelope Smith, a comfortable estate but one encumbered with complex business arrangements. With no sons to turn to, Penelope prevailed upon her nephew, who moved to Raleigh and assumed control of her financial matters. Out of love and respect for his aunt and deceased uncle, Stanhope Pullen refused any wages for his services. Through the dark days of the Civil War and the financial woes of Reconstruction, he managed to hold the Smith fortune intact. Penelope Smith planned to reward her nephew with a cash bonus of $4,000 upon her death, but a family dispute erupted when her daughter and primary heir, Mary Jones (widow of Kimbrough Jones) entered into a contract to marry James T. Morehead. Horrified by the idea that Morehead would acquire any part of her estate, she changed her will in 1868 leaving nearly everything to her "faithful agent and friend Richard Stanhope Pullen who has served me very faithfully . . . and relieved me from many annoyances and troubles in my old age." From the bitterness of a family quarrel, Pullen emerged a wealthy man, a condition he turned to maximum advantage during the next quarter century.
Contributor: Genie Velvin Haley (47648547) • [email protected]
Suggested edit: Mary Ann Smith (Morehead)'s will written in 1863 directed that a college for agricultural science be established with free tuition. After her death, R Stanhope Pullen gave the land, and a college now known as NC State Univ was established. There are several estate folders for Mary as both Smith and Morehead. From these we learn that she left her husband soon after their marriage, then later left her mother too, and went to live in Franklin Co with William K Davis and wife Mary A Jones Davis, daughter of Kimbrough Jones. Mary Ann became mentally unstable and later in the 1860's was declared a lunatic. William K Davis was her guardian until 1883, after that J S Wynne. There are several bills from a hospital in Philadelphia. According to her obit, she died in Philadelphia. She had named her mother as an heir in her 1863 will. Penelope Jones Smith had died and had no other surviving children, so Penelope's siblings or heirs had to be located. An ad was placed in the paper naming them. From this ad we learn that Penelope Jones Smith was the daughter of Westwood Armistead Jones (son of Vinkler Jones) and Delilah/Delia/Dilley Jones, daughter of Tignall Jones Sr. Penelope was named as a dau of Westwood Jones in Tignall's will. Westwood moved with some of his children to Haywood Co, TN where he appears on the 1840 census as a Rev War pensioner in the home of James Waddell and wife Margaret (Jones). The newspaper ad referred to him as Weston Jones, and Mariah Jones Hunter named a son Weston Hunter. Kimbrough Jones' last wife/widow was not Mary Ann Smith. His widow was Mary Warren, dau of Rev Henry Warren according to the Jones Bible records. The two families were quite close though. Tignall Jones Sr was the brother of Nathaniel Jones Sr, so Penelope was a cousin to Kimbrough Jones. One of Kimbrough's daghters was named Penelope Smith Jones. Mary Ann Smith's father, Richard Smith, was the Wake Co Reg of Deeds. He owned many tracts of land including Isaac Hunter's tavern tract which adjoined tr he Nathaniel Jones Sr &Jr-Kimbrough Jones property. John T Pullen as the administrator and commissioner of Mary Ann Smith's estate sold the tavern tract after her death.
Contributor: Frances Morgan (48991595) •
Daughter of Richard Smith. Mary A. is living at home in the 1850 & 1860 US census.
Suggested edit: Stanhope Pullen was Mary Ann 1st cousin, not sister.
Contributor: Brenda King (48153734) •
[email protected]
Suggested edit: From NCpedia entry for R Stanhope Pullen. Is this the same Mary A Smith?
In 1850 Pullen listed his occupation as merchant and seems to have been employed by Richard Smith, even though he continued to reside on his father's plantation a few miles north of Raleigh. Two years later his uncle died leaving his aunt, Penelope Smith, a comfortable estate but one encumbered with complex business arrangements. With no sons to turn to, Penelope prevailed upon her nephew, who moved to Raleigh and assumed control of her financial matters. Out of love and respect for his aunt and deceased uncle, Stanhope Pullen refused any wages for his services. Through the dark days of the Civil War and the financial woes of Reconstruction, he managed to hold the Smith fortune intact. Penelope Smith planned to reward her nephew with a cash bonus of $4,000 upon her death, but a family dispute erupted when her daughter and primary heir, Mary Jones (widow of Kimbrough Jones) entered into a contract to marry James T. Morehead. Horrified by the idea that Morehead would acquire any part of her estate, she changed her will in 1868 leaving nearly everything to her "faithful agent and friend Richard Stanhope Pullen who has served me very faithfully . . . and relieved me from many annoyances and troubles in my old age." From the bitterness of a family quarrel, Pullen emerged a wealthy man, a condition he turned to maximum advantage during the next quarter century.
Contributor: Genie Velvin Haley (47648547) • [email protected]
Suggested edit: Mary Ann Smith (Morehead)'s will written in 1863 directed that a college for agricultural science be established with free tuition. After her death, R Stanhope Pullen gave the land, and a college now known as NC State Univ was established. There are several estate folders for Mary as both Smith and Morehead. From these we learn that she left her husband soon after their marriage, then later left her mother too, and went to live in Franklin Co with William K Davis and wife Mary A Jones Davis, daughter of Kimbrough Jones. Mary Ann became mentally unstable and later in the 1860's was declared a lunatic. William K Davis was her guardian until 1883, after that J S Wynne. There are several bills from a hospital in Philadelphia. According to her obit, she died in Philadelphia. She had named her mother as an heir in her 1863 will. Penelope Jones Smith had died and had no other surviving children, so Penelope's siblings or heirs had to be located. An ad was placed in the paper naming them. From this ad we learn that Penelope Jones Smith was the daughter of Westwood Armistead Jones (son of Vinkler Jones) and Delilah/Delia/Dilley Jones, daughter of Tignall Jones Sr. Penelope was named as a dau of Westwood Jones in Tignall's will. Westwood moved with some of his children to Haywood Co, TN where he appears on the 1840 census as a Rev War pensioner in the home of James Waddell and wife Margaret (Jones). The newspaper ad referred to him as Weston Jones, and Mariah Jones Hunter named a son Weston Hunter. Kimbrough Jones' last wife/widow was not Mary Ann Smith. His widow was Mary Warren, dau of Rev Henry Warren according to the Jones Bible records. The two families were quite close though. Tignall Jones Sr was the brother of Nathaniel Jones Sr, so Penelope was a cousin to Kimbrough Jones. One of Kimbrough's daghters was named Penelope Smith Jones. Mary Ann Smith's father, Richard Smith, was the Wake Co Reg of Deeds. He owned many tracts of land including Isaac Hunter's tavern tract which adjoined tr he Nathaniel Jones Sr &Jr-Kimbrough Jones property. John T Pullen as the administrator and commissioner of Mary Ann Smith's estate sold the tavern tract after her death.
Contributor: Frances Morgan (48991595) •
Suggested edit: Stanhope Pullen was Mary Ann 1st cousin, not sister.
Contributor: Brenda King (48153734) •
[email protected]
Suggested edit: From NCpedia entry for R Stanhope Pullen. Is this the same Mary A Smith?
In 1850 Pullen listed his occupation as merchant and seems to have been employed by Richard Smith, even though he continued to reside on his father's plantation a few miles north of Raleigh. Two years later his uncle died leaving his aunt, Penelope Smith, a comfortable estate but one encumbered with complex business arrangements. With no sons to turn to, Penelope prevailed upon her nephew, who moved to Raleigh and assumed control of her financial matters. Out of love and respect for his aunt and deceased uncle, Stanhope Pullen refused any wages for his services. Through the dark days of the Civil War and the financial woes of Reconstruction, he managed to hold the Smith fortune intact. Penelope Smith planned to reward her nephew with a cash bonus of $4,000 upon her death, but a family dispute erupted when her daughter and primary heir, Mary Jones (widow of Kimbrough Jones) entered into a contract to marry James T. Morehead. Horrified by the idea that Morehead would acquire any part of her estate, she changed her will in 1868 leaving nearly everything to her "faithful agent and friend Richard Stanhope Pullen who has served me very faithfully . . . and relieved me from many annoyances and troubles in my old age." From the bitterness of a family quarrel, Pullen emerged a wealthy man, a condition he turned to maximum advantage during the next quarter century.
Contributor: Genie Velvin Haley (47648547) • [email protected]
Suggested edit: Mary Ann Smith (Morehead)'s will written in 1863 directed that a college for agricultural science be established with free tuition. After her death, R Stanhope Pullen gave the land, and a college now known as NC State Univ was established. There are several estate folders for Mary as both Smith and Morehead. From these we learn that she left her husband soon after their marriage, then later left her mother too, and went to live in Franklin Co with William K Davis and wife Mary A Jones Davis, daughter of Kimbrough Jones. Mary Ann became mentally unstable and later in the 1860's was declared a lunatic. William K Davis was her guardian until 1883, after that J S Wynne. There are several bills from a hospital in Philadelphia. According to her obit, she died in Philadelphia. She had named her mother as an heir in her 1863 will. Penelope Jones Smith had died and had no other surviving children, so Penelope's siblings or heirs had to be located. An ad was placed in the paper naming them. From this ad we learn that Penelope Jones Smith was the daughter of Westwood Armistead Jones (son of Vinkler Jones) and Delilah/Delia/Dilley Jones, daughter of Tignall Jones Sr. Penelope was named as a dau of Westwood Jones in Tignall's will. Westwood moved with some of his children to Haywood Co, TN where he appears on the 1840 census as a Rev War pensioner in the home of James Waddell and wife Margaret (Jones). The newspaper ad referred to him as Weston Jones, and Mariah Jones Hunter named a son Weston Hunter. Kimbrough Jones' last wife/widow was not Mary Ann Smith. His widow was Mary Warren, dau of Rev Henry Warren according to the Jones Bible records. The two families were quite close though. Tignall Jones Sr was the brother of Nathaniel Jones Sr, so Penelope was a cousin to Kimbrough Jones. One of Kimbrough's daghters was named Penelope Smith Jones. Mary Ann Smith's father, Richard Smith, was the Wake Co Reg of Deeds. He owned many tracts of land including Isaac Hunter's tavern tract which adjoined tr he Nathaniel Jones Sr &Jr-Kimbrough Jones property. John T Pullen as the administrator and commissioner of Mary Ann Smith's estate sold the tavern tract after her death.
Contributor: Frances Morgan (48991595) •
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