So more digging turns up that William SMITH, husband of Philadelphia FRANKLIN, is the father of Harriet SMITH, and thanks to information from the VA AMHERST rootsweb message board, I discover that Jacob SMITH is his father. And I believe that Millicent POWELL is his mother.

So, I compiled all the deeds for William Smith in Amherst County from the Deeds of Amherst County, 1748-1807 and published them. Obviously not all of these are my William SMITH because he died around Sep 1798. But I list them all because it may jog someone else’s memory or give them that ah ha moment they’ve been looking for.

I also found an abstract of a Revolutionary War Application for William Smith that I’ve posted. I’m not sure if this is my William or not. Interesting reading; he entered the war around the age of 14. It’s not very clear in this abstract who is applying.