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From: "Betty A. Pace" <>
Subject: [RowanRoots] Re: DREW SMITH -NC>TN
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:29:26 +0000


Francie,
Thanks for responding.
It is possible that there were two Drew/Drury Smiths. The one in my
Rowan Co., family was the son of John and Polly Bryan Smith (of Schmidt
line). I did find a deed where my Margaret Smith (a sister of Drew
Smith) inherited land from her father John Smith. Named also was a Drew
Smith (b. abt. 1810), who I take to be her brother Drew. Their brother
Wiley was not mentioned, by the way. By that time, my Margret Smith had
married Isaac Earnhardt and the deed was among the Earnhardt papers..
This was in Rowan Co. NC.

I take it that the Drury Smith you reference (son of James Smith) lived
in Davidson (now Rockingham Co.). Perhaps we are dealing with two
different Drury Smiths. I had never heard of Paw Paw, NC until Sherie's
posting.

Betty Pace


On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:28:07 -0800 "Francie Lane" <> writes:
> Re: "I also believe that this head of household (Drury Smith) is a
> descendant of Drury Smith (b. 1796 in Paw Paw, NC; the s/o Frank
> Smith and
> Anny Grogan." "Because of family recollections of the surname
> "Pitcher";I
> also believe that this head of household (Drury Smith) is a
> descendant of
> Drury Smith (b. 1796 in Paw Paw, NC; the s/o Frank Smith and Anny
> Grogan.
> {Frank Smith was also m to Elenor[Nellie] Grogan} Drury; s/o Frank
> Smith was
> married once to Francis Pitcher and later to Sally Sims Wilkes
> Claybrooks(I believe that Claybrooks was the surname of Sally's
> former
> husband). I BELIEVE all of this good stuff but can't make the link.
> (Too
> many Drury Smiths in NC and no clue where Paw Paw, NC is!)"
>
> Paw Paw Creek is in Rockingham Co., NC, and "home" of the Smiths in
> question.
>
> Taken from "The Heritage of Rockingham Co., NC" 1983 - submission
> by Jamie
> C. Smith:
>
> Drury Smith, b. 1796 m. #1 Frances Pitcher and #2 Sarah Sims
> Claybrook
> Wilkes, d/o Josiah & Martha Johnson Claybrook. (This is the Drury
> Smith of
> legendary wealth)
> Drury was the son of:
>
> Frank Smith, (1772-1856) m. Annie Grogan. Frank was son of:
>
> Drury Smith, b. c1745 m. #1 Betsy Vaughn and #2 Nellie Smith -
> received
> grant in then-Guilford Co. for the Paw Paw Creek land, in what's
> now
> Rockingham Co.
>
> I'm not a Paw Paw Creek Smith researcher; however, I recently saw a
> notice
> that
> Elvin Perkins has completed his book on the family, so you may want
> to
> contact him
> for further information: - or check the
> archived
> messages to the Rockingham Co. Rootsweb mailing list.
>
> Francie
>
>
>

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