Place: North East Revenue District, Fauquier, Virginia, United States[12]
Note
Note: Amanda was Presley's third wife. She was the widow of John Heath Hunton, whose first husband was a brother of General Hunton. She was of "White Hall" in Loudoun County, and in " Makers of History", she is spoken of as "a very beautiful woman and of great charm of manner" (Butcher Sketch). She was a descendant of Euriee Humphreys, a sister of Colonel David Humphreys, and a descendant of the brother of Sir Francis Drake.---Drake Sketch.
Lucy Montgomery Smith Price, "Sydney-Smith, Clagett-Price, and Allied Families, Shenandoah Publishing House, Strasburg, VA. 1927
Title: 081- AMANDA MELVINA (BUTCHER) SMITH (b. 1822)
Sources
↑ Butcher-1440 was created by Katharine Mounger through the import of Jones and Brookfield ancestry.ged on Jun 15, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
↑ Source: #S-483076659 Page: Source number: 499.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CB1 APID: 1,7836::187962
↑ Source: #S-483241624 Page: Year: 1880; Census Place: Center, Fauquier, Virginia APID: 1,6742::18756781
↑ Source: #S-483080428 Page: Year: 1870; Census Place: Scott, Fauquier, Virginia; Roll: M593_1645; Page: 607A; Image: 749; Family History Library Film: 553144 APID: 1,7163::37117209
↑ Source: #S-483241002 Page: Year: 1860; Census Place: North East Revenue District, Fauquier, Virginia; Roll: M653_1344; Page: 39; Image: 44; Family History Library Film: 805344 APID: 1,7667::33987924
Source: S-483076659 Repository: #R-998365617 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7836::0
Source: S-483080428 Repository: #R-998365617 Title: 1870 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,7163::0
Source: S-483241002 Repository: #R-998365617 Title: 1860 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,7667::0
Source: S-483241624 Repository: #R-998365617 Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,6742::0
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFLY-4B4 : accessed 2 February 2016), Amanda Smith in household of Presley A L Smith, Virginia, United States; citing p. 29, family 185, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,144.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amanda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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