LUKE LEE SMITH, Sr.
Named In Various Wills
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Email of Sally: I found
some wills including Luke Lee Sr.'s, at least a review of the Probate. It
gives a lot of Genealogical information. Follows: William
Allen, 1852, Min Bk 16 pg 431 Will proven by William H. S. Hill and John M.
Winstead--Zachariah Allen and John W. Allen Executers issued letter of testamentary. Widow Susannah Allen (Editor's Note: Susannah Winstead
Allen. Her daughter was Mary Elizabeth Allen Smith Pate. Her maiden name was
Allen. She married Luke Lee Smith, Sr. and when he died, she marrried Jesse
Pate) Heirs: 1. John
W. Allen 2.
Zachariah Allen & 5 children: William Allen Nancy Allen Ella Allen John Allen Susan Allen ************************************************** 3. Elizabeth Allen (Editor's
Note: Mary Elizabeth Allen became Mrs. Luke L. Smith later Mrs, Jesse
Pate. Her mother was Susannah Winstead Allen) 4. Elizabeth Smith's 1 child: Susannah Catherine Smith 5. Sarah McPhail--1851--Min Bk 16 pg 300 Will proven by Mark L. Andrews--The maiden name of said
Sarah McPhail is Sarah Pryor. She is the daughter of Luke Pryor & sister of one John Pryor. She 1st
married David Squires, 2nd to one Hugh McCabe, 3rd to one Joseph Carter (of
Pike Co Bequeathes
to: Some of the heirs of deceased brother John Pryor to wit: Henry Pryor
of Pike Co, AL & 1 child Rhoda A.
Pryor (Mrs. Thomas Crocker) ************************************** Mary Ann
Pryor (Mrs. William B. Crocker) *************************************** Heirs of
deceased sister Catherine Pryor (Mrs. Thomas Smith) to wit: Mary H.
Smith (Mrs. William G. Taylor) & her 5 children: Francis
Taylor John L.
Taylor Thomas
J. J. Taylor James
Taylor Sarah
Thomas Taylor *********************** Luke L.
Smith William
Pryor Smith *********************** Note:
Reference Chancery case of John Hay, Administrator of Luke Pryor vs Henry B. Pryor
and also file relative to Luke Pryor and Eleanor (Nelly) Pryor Email of Sally: It will take awhile to think all of this through, but
should clear many questions. I need to study legal terminology of the 1800's Luke Pryor--1848--Min Bk 16 pg 69 Will proven by David Campbell & Mark L. Andrews and
John B. McEwen. Codicil proven by Luke
L. Smith, William P. Smith & John H. Briggs. A holographic attachment found sealed up
with the Will proven by William P. Smith & Luke L. Smith..James Green
Executer fails to appear and qualify.
John Hay issued Letters of Administration with the Will annexed with
Joel A. Battle, Thomas R. Cochran, James S. Owen, William B. Johnson and Joseph
John Green as sureties..Widow Eleanor (Nelly) Pryor (she as later wife of
said Luke L. Pryor and not the mother of his children) Devisees: Grandson Henry B. Pryor of China Grove, Pike Co, AL and
his children to wit: Luke Pryor Riggins Pryor Allen Pryor Roberson pryor Mary Ann Pryor (later Mrs. William B. Crocker) Rhoda Ann Pryor (later Mrs. Thomas W. Crocker) Said Henry B. Pryor the son of John Pryor a deceased son
of Luke Pryor ************************************************** To sister Sarah M. (Millie) Pryor (Mrs. Joseph Carter) of
Pike Co, MO. also later Mrs. Angus McPhail To Sarah Jane (Jincy) King and her children to wit: Mary King (Mrs. McCoy Stanfield) of Maury Co, TN Elizabeth (Betsy) King (Mrs. William Johnson) of Maury Co,
TN Sarah (Sally) King (Mrs. Bray Hawkins) of Hardeman Co, TN Martha Jane King (Mrs. Stephen Damron) of Hardeman Co, TN Ellen R. King (Mrs. Ansey Hobbs) of William B. King of Nolensville, Williamson Co, TN ************************************************* To heirs of deceased sister Catherine Pryor (Mrs. Thomas
Smith) William Pryor Smith &
Wife Martha H. (Patsy)
Luke L. Smith Mary H. Smith (Mrs. William G.
Taylor) & 5
children:
Francis L. Taylor
John L. Taylor
Thomas J. J. Taylor
James H. Taylor
Sarah Thomas Taylor ************************************************* Email of Sally: No one has bothered to find out who these people were.
William P. Smith is likely a relative. Courts are usually more precise than
census takers. 'Brother William' from the 1880 census in Hickman is William
J. Smith. I will write to someone in Luke L. Smith--1852---Min Bk 16 pg 393 William P. Smith
issued letters of Administration ************************************************** Luke L. Smith--1852--Min Bk 16 pg 394 One year provisions alloted to widow Elizabeth Smith ************************************************** Luke L. Smith--1852
Min Bk 16 pg 436 Petition for dower--Widow Elizabeth Smith--William P.
Smith Administrator Heirs: Susan C. Smith Mary E. Smith William T. Smith Luke L. Smith, Jr. Email of Sally: GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS THE AND THE By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith Copyright, Jonathan K.
T. Smith, 1997 (Page 8) REBECCA FEATHERSTUN w/o Burrel Featherstun, died Madison
Co., Ill, Feb. 4, 1852 in her 63rd year; d/o David and Rachel Adams of
Armolia /Amelia?/, THOMAS WALES PIRTLE born Va., March 22, 1789; moved with
parents, William and Mary Pirtle, at age of 4 years, to Washington Co., Ky.
where he lived until his death, March 5, 1852; md Mrs. Nancy Hays, Oct. 3,
1830. LUKE L. SMITH died Feb. 28, 1852 in his 34th year, Williamson Co., Major R. H. Mason born Davidson Co., Tenn., Dec. 23, 1797;
died Rutherford Co., Tenn., Jan. 1, 1852; veteran of Seminole War. FANNY WALKER SMITH born April 1831; died Feb. 6, 1852. Email of Sally: I found this in an abstract from the ' LUKE L. SMITH died Feb. 28, 1852 in his 34th year, Williamson Co., I gave this information to Vance Little a Genealogist at
that church about a year ago but have not heard back from him. Luke Lee Sr.'s other children are listed as: Susan C
Smith, Mary E.
Smith, William J Smith.
(Erroneously listed as James T William Smith. Do you have
any other information regarding their marriages or whereabouts?) Censuses after 1880 give State of birth for individual and
both parents. I need this to track Luke Lee Sr. and his father Thomas B
Smith. There is a |
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