PARENTS: Anderson Smith, Sr. & Priscilla Williams.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: John Smith & Rebeckah Anderson.
Anderson was born ca 1743 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ. Anderson married Priscilla 4 Sept. 1763 in Rowan Co., NC.
The various members of the Poteet family moved to Pulaski Co., KY, then on to Bedford Co., TN.
Note: Mary Smith Poteet was the sister of Anderson Smith, Jr. who is buried in the Wamsley Cem., Fordham, DeKalb Co., MO, Memorial 93465488.
She was also the mother of Mary Rebecca Poteet Gilmore, also buried in this cemetery.
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Husband Samuel Poteet data:
b. 1765, Baltimore Co., Maryland; d. May 28, 1808, Jonesville, Lee Co., Virginia.
Samuel's parents were Capt. James Poteet, Sr. and Elizabeth Crabtree. James was b. 2 July 1728 in the Baltimore, Colony of Maryland and died after 1783 in Bedford, VA. Elizabeth was b. 5 Nov. 1728 in St. John's Parish, Kingsville, Baltimore, Colony of Maryland. They were married 20 Sept. 1748 at St. John's Church in Jappatown, Baltimore, Colony of Maryland.
Samuel m. Mary "Polly" Smith 1785 in Virginia.
They had the following children:
*James H. Poteet, b. 29 Nov 1784, d. 8 Mar. 1884 MO
Priscilla Poteet, b. 1786, Lee Co., VA d. 1819, MO
Amelia "Milly" Poteet
Jane Poteet
Elizabeth Poteet
*Mary Rebecca "Becky" Poteet, b. 9 Jan 1792, d. 30 Nov 1845
*Mary "Polly" Poteet b. 3 Nov 1793, d. 19 Nov 1881, OR
*Mahala Poteet b. 28 Nov 1800, d. 11 May 1882, MO
*Samuel Poteet Jr. b. 1805, d. May 1861, MO
*See links below. All these children were b. in Powell's Valley, Lee Co., Virginia.
Daughter Priscilla married Wesley "Shank" Higgins in 1806 at Lee County, Virginia.
His daughter, Mary Poteet, married James Gilmore and they are buried in the Gilmore Cem., Roseburg, Douglas Co., Oregon. Mary and her husband came to Oregon with their children and their families in 1852.
There's no further data for the remaining children.
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Thanks to Julie Grabill Rasmussen for providing the following information (Contributor #47927883):
"History of Gilliam Crawford Nelson Families", page 1, shared by Nancy Phillips 12 May 2016:
In June 1844, a wagon train left Missouri for Oregon. At this time, Oregon was claimed by England and not yet a territory. Among the pioneers were Margaret (Crawford) Nelson, the wife of George Stephen Nelson and Mary Elizabeth (Crawford) Gilliam, the wife of Col. Cornelius Gilliam. These ladies were orphaned sisters, reared in the home of MARY POTEET, the sister of Elijah Smith.
"History of Clay County" (Missouri), found on page 280:
The first settlers in (now) Liberty Township were two sons and two sons-in-law of Samuel Gilmore. In the spring of 1820, they left their families down in the Petite Osage bottom, a/k/a Tete Saw, in Saline County, and three of the four settled in the southeastern part of Liberty township on Rush Creek. Richard Hill settled on section 9, about 2 miles east of Liberty, once the town was founded. They built their homes and put in some crops. Their families joined them in the fall, along with the Samuel Gilmore household.
Samuel Gilmore was the father of Robert and James, and the father-in-law of Richard Hill and Elijah Smith. MRS. MARY POTEET, a widow lady, was the sister of Elijah Smith, and the mother-in-law of James and Robert Gilmore. MARY POTEET came with these people and made her home with her brother. She raised Mary Crawford, an orphan, who married Cornelius Gilliam and was the first white woman married in Clay County (Missouri).
∼Mary "Polly" SMITH was born about 1776 in Rowan Co, North Carolina. She married Samuel POTEET probably in Virginia in the late 1780s. He died relatively young in 1808 and married raised a family of at least eight children possibly ten children alone. I have that she died in 1856 in Lee Co, Virginia but I suspect that she probably moved with her family west to Missouri.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: John Smith & Rebeckah Anderson.
Anderson was born ca 1743 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ. Anderson married Priscilla 4 Sept. 1763 in Rowan Co., NC.
The various members of the Poteet family moved to Pulaski Co., KY, then on to Bedford Co., TN.
Note: Mary Smith Poteet was the sister of Anderson Smith, Jr. who is buried in the Wamsley Cem., Fordham, DeKalb Co., MO, Memorial 93465488.
She was also the mother of Mary Rebecca Poteet Gilmore, also buried in this cemetery.
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Husband Samuel Poteet data:
b. 1765, Baltimore Co., Maryland; d. May 28, 1808, Jonesville, Lee Co., Virginia.
Samuel's parents were Capt. James Poteet, Sr. and Elizabeth Crabtree. James was b. 2 July 1728 in the Baltimore, Colony of Maryland and died after 1783 in Bedford, VA. Elizabeth was b. 5 Nov. 1728 in St. John's Parish, Kingsville, Baltimore, Colony of Maryland. They were married 20 Sept. 1748 at St. John's Church in Jappatown, Baltimore, Colony of Maryland.
Samuel m. Mary "Polly" Smith 1785 in Virginia.
They had the following children:
*James H. Poteet, b. 29 Nov 1784, d. 8 Mar. 1884 MO
Priscilla Poteet, b. 1786, Lee Co., VA d. 1819, MO
Amelia "Milly" Poteet
Jane Poteet
Elizabeth Poteet
*Mary Rebecca "Becky" Poteet, b. 9 Jan 1792, d. 30 Nov 1845
*Mary "Polly" Poteet b. 3 Nov 1793, d. 19 Nov 1881, OR
*Mahala Poteet b. 28 Nov 1800, d. 11 May 1882, MO
*Samuel Poteet Jr. b. 1805, d. May 1861, MO
*See links below. All these children were b. in Powell's Valley, Lee Co., Virginia.
Daughter Priscilla married Wesley "Shank" Higgins in 1806 at Lee County, Virginia.
His daughter, Mary Poteet, married James Gilmore and they are buried in the Gilmore Cem., Roseburg, Douglas Co., Oregon. Mary and her husband came to Oregon with their children and their families in 1852.
There's no further data for the remaining children.
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Thanks to Julie Grabill Rasmussen for providing the following information (Contributor #47927883):
"History of Gilliam Crawford Nelson Families", page 1, shared by Nancy Phillips 12 May 2016:
In June 1844, a wagon train left Missouri for Oregon. At this time, Oregon was claimed by England and not yet a territory. Among the pioneers were Margaret (Crawford) Nelson, the wife of George Stephen Nelson and Mary Elizabeth (Crawford) Gilliam, the wife of Col. Cornelius Gilliam. These ladies were orphaned sisters, reared in the home of MARY POTEET, the sister of Elijah Smith.
"History of Clay County" (Missouri), found on page 280:
The first settlers in (now) Liberty Township were two sons and two sons-in-law of Samuel Gilmore. In the spring of 1820, they left their families down in the Petite Osage bottom, a/k/a Tete Saw, in Saline County, and three of the four settled in the southeastern part of Liberty township on Rush Creek. Richard Hill settled on section 9, about 2 miles east of Liberty, once the town was founded. They built their homes and put in some crops. Their families joined them in the fall, along with the Samuel Gilmore household.
Samuel Gilmore was the father of Robert and James, and the father-in-law of Richard Hill and Elijah Smith. MRS. MARY POTEET, a widow lady, was the sister of Elijah Smith, and the mother-in-law of James and Robert Gilmore. MARY POTEET came with these people and made her home with her brother. She raised Mary Crawford, an orphan, who married Cornelius Gilliam and was the first white woman married in Clay County (Missouri).
∼Mary "Polly" SMITH was born about 1776 in Rowan Co, North Carolina. She married Samuel POTEET probably in Virginia in the late 1780s. He died relatively young in 1808 and married raised a family of at least eight children possibly ten children alone. I have that she died in 1856 in Lee Co, Virginia but I suspect that she probably moved with her family west to Missouri.
PARENTS: Anderson Smith, Sr. & Priscilla Williams.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: John Smith & Rebeckah Anderson.
Anderson was born ca 1743 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ. Anderson married Priscilla 4 Sept. 1763 in Rowan Co., NC.
The various members of the Poteet family moved to Pulaski Co., KY, then on to Bedford Co., TN.
Note: Mary Smith Poteet was the sister of Anderson Smith, Jr. who is buried in the Wamsley Cem., Fordham, DeKalb Co., MO, Memorial 93465488.
She was also the mother of Mary Rebecca Poteet Gilmore, also buried in this cemetery.
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Husband Samuel Poteet data:
b. 1765, Baltimore Co., Maryland; d. May 28, 1808, Jonesville, Lee Co., Virginia.
Samuel's parents were Capt. James Poteet, Sr. and Elizabeth Crabtree. James was b. 2 July 1728 in the Baltimore, Colony of Maryland and died after 1783 in Bedford, VA. Elizabeth was b. 5 Nov. 1728 in St. John's Parish, Kingsville, Baltimore, Colony of Maryland. They were married 20 Sept. 1748 at St. John's Church in Jappatown, Baltimore, Colony of Maryland.
Samuel m. Mary "Polly" Smith 1785 in Virginia.
They had the following children:
*James H. Poteet, b. 29 Nov 1784, d. 8 Mar. 1884 MO
Priscilla Poteet, b. 1786, Lee Co., VA d. 1819, MO
Amelia "Milly" Poteet
Jane Poteet
Elizabeth Poteet
*Mary Rebecca "Becky" Poteet, b. 9 Jan 1792, d. 30 Nov 1845
*Mary "Polly" Poteet b. 3 Nov 1793, d. 19 Nov 1881, OR
*Mahala Poteet b. 28 Nov 1800, d. 11 May 1882, MO
*Samuel Poteet Jr. b. 1805, d. May 1861, MO
*See links below. All these children were b. in Powell's Valley, Lee Co., Virginia.
Daughter Priscilla married Wesley "Shank" Higgins in 1806 at Lee County, Virginia.
His daughter, Mary Poteet, married James Gilmore and they are buried in the Gilmore Cem., Roseburg, Douglas Co., Oregon. Mary and her husband came to Oregon with their children and their families in 1852.
There's no further data for the remaining children.
**********
Thanks to Julie Grabill Rasmussen for providing the following information (Contributor #47927883):
"History of Gilliam Crawford Nelson Families", page 1, shared by Nancy Phillips 12 May 2016:
In June 1844, a wagon train left Missouri for Oregon. At this time, Oregon was claimed by England and not yet a territory. Among the pioneers were Margaret (Crawford) Nelson, the wife of George Stephen Nelson and Mary Elizabeth (Crawford) Gilliam, the wife of Col. Cornelius Gilliam. These ladies were orphaned sisters, reared in the home of MARY POTEET, the sister of Elijah Smith.
"History of Clay County" (Missouri), found on page 280:
The first settlers in (now) Liberty Township were two sons and two sons-in-law of Samuel Gilmore. In the spring of 1820, they left their families down in the Petite Osage bottom, a/k/a Tete Saw, in Saline County, and three of the four settled in the southeastern part of Liberty township on Rush Creek. Richard Hill settled on section 9, about 2 miles east of Liberty, once the town was founded. They built their homes and put in some crops. Their families joined them in the fall, along with the Samuel Gilmore household.
Samuel Gilmore was the father of Robert and James, and the father-in-law of Richard Hill and Elijah Smith. MRS. MARY POTEET, a widow lady, was the sister of Elijah Smith, and the mother-in-law of James and Robert Gilmore. MARY POTEET came with these people and made her home with her brother. She raised Mary Crawford, an orphan, who married Cornelius Gilliam and was the first white woman married in Clay County (Missouri).
∼Mary "Polly" SMITH was born about 1776 in Rowan Co, North Carolina. She married Samuel POTEET probably in Virginia in the late 1780s. He died relatively young in 1808 and married raised a family of at least eight children possibly ten children alone. I have that she died in 1856 in Lee Co, Virginia but I suspect that she probably moved with her family west to Missouri.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: John Smith & Rebeckah Anderson.
Anderson was born ca 1743 in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ. Anderson married Priscilla 4 Sept. 1763 in Rowan Co., NC.
The various members of the Poteet family moved to Pulaski Co., KY, then on to Bedford Co., TN.
Note: Mary Smith Poteet was the sister of Anderson Smith, Jr. who is buried in the Wamsley Cem., Fordham, DeKalb Co., MO, Memorial 93465488.
She was also the mother of Mary Rebecca Poteet Gilmore, also buried in this cemetery.
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Husband Samuel Poteet data:
b. 1765, Baltimore Co., Maryland; d. May 28, 1808, Jonesville, Lee Co., Virginia.
Samuel's parents were Capt. James Poteet, Sr. and Elizabeth Crabtree. James was b. 2 July 1728 in the Baltimore, Colony of Maryland and died after 1783 in Bedford, VA. Elizabeth was b. 5 Nov. 1728 in St. John's Parish, Kingsville, Baltimore, Colony of Maryland. They were married 20 Sept. 1748 at St. John's Church in Jappatown, Baltimore, Colony of Maryland.
Samuel m. Mary "Polly" Smith 1785 in Virginia.
They had the following children:
*James H. Poteet, b. 29 Nov 1784, d. 8 Mar. 1884 MO
Priscilla Poteet, b. 1786, Lee Co., VA d. 1819, MO
Amelia "Milly" Poteet
Jane Poteet
Elizabeth Poteet
*Mary Rebecca "Becky" Poteet, b. 9 Jan 1792, d. 30 Nov 1845
*Mary "Polly" Poteet b. 3 Nov 1793, d. 19 Nov 1881, OR
*Mahala Poteet b. 28 Nov 1800, d. 11 May 1882, MO
*Samuel Poteet Jr. b. 1805, d. May 1861, MO
*See links below. All these children were b. in Powell's Valley, Lee Co., Virginia.
Daughter Priscilla married Wesley "Shank" Higgins in 1806 at Lee County, Virginia.
His daughter, Mary Poteet, married James Gilmore and they are buried in the Gilmore Cem., Roseburg, Douglas Co., Oregon. Mary and her husband came to Oregon with their children and their families in 1852.
There's no further data for the remaining children.
**********
Thanks to Julie Grabill Rasmussen for providing the following information (Contributor #47927883):
"History of Gilliam Crawford Nelson Families", page 1, shared by Nancy Phillips 12 May 2016:
In June 1844, a wagon train left Missouri for Oregon. At this time, Oregon was claimed by England and not yet a territory. Among the pioneers were Margaret (Crawford) Nelson, the wife of George Stephen Nelson and Mary Elizabeth (Crawford) Gilliam, the wife of Col. Cornelius Gilliam. These ladies were orphaned sisters, reared in the home of MARY POTEET, the sister of Elijah Smith.
"History of Clay County" (Missouri), found on page 280:
The first settlers in (now) Liberty Township were two sons and two sons-in-law of Samuel Gilmore. In the spring of 1820, they left their families down in the Petite Osage bottom, a/k/a Tete Saw, in Saline County, and three of the four settled in the southeastern part of Liberty township on Rush Creek. Richard Hill settled on section 9, about 2 miles east of Liberty, once the town was founded. They built their homes and put in some crops. Their families joined them in the fall, along with the Samuel Gilmore household.
Samuel Gilmore was the father of Robert and James, and the father-in-law of Richard Hill and Elijah Smith. MRS. MARY POTEET, a widow lady, was the sister of Elijah Smith, and the mother-in-law of James and Robert Gilmore. MARY POTEET came with these people and made her home with her brother. She raised Mary Crawford, an orphan, who married Cornelius Gilliam and was the first white woman married in Clay County (Missouri).
∼Mary "Polly" SMITH was born about 1776 in Rowan Co, North Carolina. She married Samuel POTEET probably in Virginia in the late 1780s. He died relatively young in 1808 and married raised a family of at least eight children possibly ten children alone. I have that she died in 1856 in Lee Co, Virginia but I suspect that she probably moved with her family west to Missouri.
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