Elizabeth Echols (Smith) Croy (1797 - 1879)

Born 2 Jun 1797 in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1879 at age 81 in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States

Biography

Sources

• Virginia, Select Marriages
• Find A Grave: Memorial #102245031

Acknowldedgement: WikiTree profile Smith-28938 created through the import of AMYFAMILYTREE_2012-05-17.ged on May 18, 2012 by Amy Bazar

Notes

Author: Richard Smith Title: Richard Smith Email, Recipient: Amy Bazar, Author E-mail: rs39402@yahoo.com Publication: Name: July 9, 2006;
Researching - Rec'd email from Richard Smith and Have been unable to contact Richard - mail is returned. Email follows: Hello! My name is Richard Smith. I live in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and recently found messages in GenWeb from each of you concerning the Smith and Croy families in Virginia. My father: Rex Stedman Smith His : Clarence Ethelbert Smith His : Robert Jefferson Smith His : Charles Black Smith, born Blacksburg, Va. His : William D. Smith, married to Elizabeth Croy His : David Smith, I have been told, married an Elizabeth Jones Children of David Smith and Elizabeth Jones that I have been able to find are: Elizabeth, William D., Wilson, Sarah, and John D. Elizabeth married Adam Croy, and I have their children as: Elizabeth, Thomas, Rosanna, Virginia, Zachariah, Matilda, and William. I have also been given, but unable to verify anywhere, Cornelius, John, Jordan, and Davidson. I may have gotten that information at Va. Tech library, but I cannot put my hands on the source for those last four names. William D. married Elizabeth Croy after being married to a Martha Sudduth, (from Wilson Smith family Bible). According to the Bible Elizabeth died, in 1844, and William getting on in age moved north to Pike County, Ohio to live out his years with son William, and grandson Charles Black Smith. He died and was buried there. Wilson, married a Mary Ann ?, and also moved to the Jasper, Ohio area, and then further north to work as an agent for the railroad in Ashville, Ohio. raised his family, and died there. Sarah married Andrew Croy. I suppose he was a brother to Elizabeth, and the families must have lived in close proximity. I also have an Adam Croy born 3 years before Elizabeth. I have not found any record of them leaving the Montgomery County area. I have John D. Smith as marrying a Sarah Blessing, and no further information on him. Charles Black Smith is the only child I have been able to find of William D.. He is the only only one listed in the Smith Bible. Charles moved from Fayette County, West Virginia in 1851 with his wife Lucinda Withrow Campbell Smith, and possibly one son, born in 1851, the oldest of four. I am not sure if he was born in W. Va. or Ohio. Charles became possibly the best known educator of his time, in Pike County Ohio. Wife Lucinda died, and Charles married a Catherine Jones, and had two daughters by her. All are buried in Jasper, Ohio. I have other Smith contacts living in Virginia who think but cannot confirm kin to this same family. (I am sending CC to each of them.) One question we all have is this. In I believe the 1820 Montgomery County, Virginia census, I found David, but it does not list names of children. Later, I found them in Greenbrier County, W. Va., and still later, in Fayette County, W. Va.. Now, I understand that Greenbrier was evolved from Mongomery County, Va., and the Fayette from Greenbrier. And Fayete and Greenbrier the transferred to West Virginia. The question is this. Did the Smiths always live up around Fayetteville, W. Va when it was Mongomery County, Va., and live in the same place still when it became Greenbrier, and then Fayette County? Or did the live around Blacksburg, and move to a point in Greenbrier, W. Va., and then move again to Fayetteville area in Fayette County? In Charles' obit, he is said to have claimed to have been born in Blacksburg, and that the Black in his name came from family connection to the founder of Blacksburg, though I have been unable to find any connection to a family named black, OR a family named Black that settled Blacksburg. I would greatly appreciate it if any of you can, and would straighten me out on any of the above, or add any information to it.

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