News: Looking for females who are in the pure female lines (mother to daughter) from William and Sarah who are willing to do an mtDNA test. Such a person would be descended along an all female line from Mary DEVIN Biggers or Margaret DEVIN Reynolds. The hope is to identify the markers for Sarah SMITH Devin to help identify her parents. Contact the webmaster if interested.

Devin descendant, Stanley Wayne Devin, passed away at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2014. He was the last living child of Ira & Oleta Devin.
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    Booker Smith[1]

    Male - 1841


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    • Name Booker Smith 
      Gender Male 
      Died 23 Sep 1841  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • The records show that Booker Smith, private and sergeant, (2nd) Company C, 46th Regiment Virginia Infantry (also known as 1st Regiment of Infantry, Wise Legion and 2nd Regiment Wise Brigade) Confederate States Army and enlisted 13 November 1862 at Chaffins Farm (Virginia). The company muster roll for January and February 1865, last on file,
        shows him present. Union prisoner of war records show that he was captured 6 April 1865 at Farmville, Virginia and was imprisoned at U.S. Military Prison, Newport News, Virginia where he died 3 May 1865.

        Their brother, Joseph Smith also served in the Civil War. [2]
      Person ID I12833  Devin Timber
      Last Modified 27 Oct 2011 

      Father Ralph Smith,   b. 01 Sep 1813, Tomahawk, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Jan 1902, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
      Mother Ardinnia Wright,   b. 14 Jan 1827, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1904, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
      Married 07 Dec 1843  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • WAR RECORDS

        War Records of Sons of Ralph Smith and Ardinnia Wright Smith
        From Council Journal 1776-1777
        Letter received 5 September 1950 from the Adjutant General giving the following information:
        The records show that one George Smith, born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, age 17 years, private (2nd) Company C, 46th Regiment Virginia Infantry, (also known as 1st Regiment of Infantry, Wise Legion and as 2nd Regiment Wise Brigade), Confederate States Army, enlisted 15 Dec 1863 at Camp Dismal, South Carolina, (also shown as 16 Dec 1863 at Adams Run, South Carolina). The company muster roll for January and February 1865, dated 28 February 1865, last on file, shows him present and no later record has been found. [2]
      Family ID F3705  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        1. Booker (Bowker) Smith was never married. He built the R.J. Reynolds tobacco factory and manufactured tobacco. He had a train of wagons and sold it through the Carolinas and Georgia. He died in early manhood so showed a genius for business ability quite young. (This line of Smith's are related to R.J.Reynolds' wife according to Dr. George Smith Anderson, nephew of Booker Smith). According to his tombstone at the old Smith home near Tomahawk he died Sepember 23, 1841.

      2. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/genealogynotes2.html