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Subject: SMOCKs in need of parents
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 20:44:10 EST

Of Pope and Hardin Co., IL
-Madison (Martin Madison) SMOCK, b. 1836 AR, m. Lavinia HOLLOMAN
-Nancy SMOCK/HUGHES, b. 31 Jan 1819, m. John DAVIS
-Thomas SMOCK, b. 29 May 1821 IL, m1. Unk, m2. Mary SIMMONS
I have no parents for the above three.

Given that there was one large SMOCK family in Southern IL in 1810 (USC 1810
Randolph Co., IL Terr.) and the family descendants stayed in the area well
after 1900, it is reasonable to assume that all subsequent SMOCK families
were derived from the initial settlers, C. and Sarah (?) SMOCK. Of the six
male children in 1810 only three are known, Hiram (1800 KY), Barney (1808)
and Alfred (1810). There were five female children of whom the two youngest,
Matilda and Nelly are known. This leaves three males and three females
unknown.

By the USC 1820 Pope Co., IL C. SMOCK had died, and Sarah , Widow SMOCK, was
head of household. The males in her household had grown to ten while the
females were reduced to two. Among the males there were two born after the
1810 census, while the remainder, eight, included Hiram, Barney and Alfred,
were old enough to be in the 1810 census. Of these, five were unknown and
two were additions to the previous census. The addition of older household
members suggests that they were new husbands of SMOCK women or they were
boarders and not SMOCK related.

One insight maybe the IL State Census of 1818 in which Widow SMOCK had a
family of nine including herself. Of the eight household members one was an
adult and seven minors (<16). Since Hiram was b. 1800 he would be 18 and the
adult. Leaving seven minors of whom we can identify four-Barney, Alfred,
Matilda, and Nelly. This leaves three unknown household members. Chances
are that these were males considering the distribution of the 1810 census.

With three unknown SMOCK males in 1818 the identity of the parents of the
original unplaced SMOCKs-Madison, Nancy and Thomas-may well rest with these
unknown males.

Looking for SMOCK families in the 1830 time frame, aside from Sarah in Pope
Co., IL, there were in AR Alfred (single), Casper (married), and Barret
(married). Subsequent census in IL show that Barney SMOCK had children born
in AR which indicated that Barret was in fact Barney/Barent who returned to
IL by 1840. Alfred returned to IL to marry in 1832. There is no further
info on Casper.


Best regards,
Hugh

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