JAMES McKINNEY name passed to SMITH ?
HELP!
I have been given this information and need your help with the MARTIN family. Some of the following information reads like it came from a book written on the MARTIN family.Is this a possibility?If so - could you give me the books name & how I can get hold of it.I would like to be able to confirm this branch of the family.
Where do the names JAMES McKINNEY SMITH & NEILL CHILDRESS SMITH come from as these brothers names were passed on to the next generation?They must be have been important to the parents.
The paper I was given also states, "Our lines are MARSHALL, CLAY & MARTIN."
MATT MARTIN d. Oct 16, 1846, Bedford Co., TN
ma.
SALLIE CLAY b. Nov 16, 1765 d. Jan 2, 1842, Bedford Co., TN
children of MATT MARTIN & SALLY CLAY:
1) RACHEL BOVALL MARTIN
2) MARY POLLY MARTIN
3) REBECCA MARTIN
4) LUCY GREEN MARTIN
5) LETTIE MARTIN
6) HENRETTA B. MARTIN
7) SALLIE CLAY MARTIN b. Nov. 4, 1798 ma. COL. JOHN NEILL
8) ABRAM MARTIN
9) BARKLEY MARTIN
10) ELIZABETH MARSHALL MARTIN b. DEC 13, 1804 Westmoreland Co., VA
11) HENRY CLAY MARTIN
12) MATTIE BEDFORD MARTIN
13) MATT MARTIN b. June 18, 1812
#7) SALLIE CLAY MARTIN b. Nov 4, 1798 MA. Col. JOHN NEILL
SALLIE CLAY MARTIN & COL. JOHN NEILL daughter:
MARY CLAY NEILL ma. ? SMITH
THEIR SON:
ALEX SMITH ma. ?
THEIR CHILDREN:
1) JAMES McKINNEY SMITH b. 1898, FAYETTEVILLLE, TN, D. JAN 1, 1963, TALLAHASSEE, FL
2) LUCY SMITH, Waycross, GA
3) NEIL CHILDRESS SMITH ma. LUCILLE OF Roanoke,VA- Ran, Ware Hotel
4) HAIL SMITH, Navy - Maybe died in air crash
Thank you for your HELP!LIZ