Family Group Sheet Name: WATT SMITH ---------------------------------------- Birth: GEORGIA Father: 1800 1900 SMITH Spouse: ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" MOTT ---------------------------------------- Birth: Feb 1835 PERRY CO. MISS Death: 1926 Occupation: FARMER Father: BORN IN INDIAN TERRITORY MOTT Mother: BORN IN VIRGINIA Children: ---------------------------------------- 1 F: AMANDA MOTT (Step) Birth: 1852 MISSISSIPPI Death: abt 1957 Spouse: WILLIAM MCCARTY ---------------------------------------- 2 M: JOHN SMITH Birth: 1863 MISSISSIPPI Spouse: JUDIE ---------------------------------------- 3 F: JULIA SMITH Birth: 1867 MISSISSIPPI Death: 1944 Spouse: GILES MCCARTY ---------------------------------------- 4 M: LEVI SMITH Birth: 1872 MISSISSIPPI Spouse: MAMIE JONES ---------------------------------------- 5 M: CHARLIE SMITH Birth: abt 1875 MISSISSIPPI Spouse: ELLA ---------------------------------------- 6 M: MATHEW SMITH Birth: Mar 1877 MISSISSIPPI Spouse: MATILDA "ANNIE" HOWARD Marriage: 1899 MISSISSIPPI ---------------------------------------- 7 F: MARGARET SMITH Birth: 1880 Spouse: GEORGE HOWARD ---------------------------------------- 8 M: VJ SMITH Birth: 1887 ---------------------------------------- 9 M: HERMAN SMITH ---------------------------------------- 10 F: ARLENE SMITH Notes for WATT SMITH I CAN'T FIND ANY GENEALOGY ON HIM, I DO KNOW THAT HE DIED SOMETIME BEFORE 1890 AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH WOULD BE GIVEN OWNERSHIP OF THEIR HOME IN TOWNSHIP 10N., I ALSO DON'T KNOW IF WATT WAS HIS NAME OR NICKNAME, AND THAT HE MAY HAVE POSSILY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE OTHER SMITHS I ALREADY HAVE IN THIS RESEARCH. Notes for ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" MOTT 1900 WAYNE CO-BEAT 4-DISTRICT 114 (IMAGE 18) ELIZABETH IS LIVING HERE WITH HER SON MATHEW, HIS WIFE ANNIE & THEIR DAU. MARIAH, HER DAUGHTER MARGARET (ELIZABETH) LIZZIE IS WIDOWED, AND LISTS GIVING BIRTH TO 12 CHILDREN, 7 LIVING DURING THE 1900 CENSUS. GRAND DAUGHTER 'S NORA MCCANN HOUSEHOLD IS THE PREVIOUS HOUSEHOLD, THE NEXT HOUSEHOLD IS SON JOHN SMITH. DAUGHTER MANDY MCCARTY IS 2 PREVIOUS. 1910 WAYNE COUNTY-BEAT 4- DISTRICT 135 (IMAGE 2) LIZZIE IS THE HOUSEHOLD OF HER DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW, MARGARET AND GEORGE HOWARD AND THEIR DAUGHTER ELIZA. SAM AND MARY JOHNSON'S HOUSEHOLD IS ON THE SAME IMAGE/PAGE (MARY IS GRAND DAUGHTER). 1920 WAYNE COUNTY-BEAT 4-DISTRICT 151 (IMAGE 21) LIZZIE IS IN THE HOUSEHOLD WITH HER LEVI AND HIS FOUR CHILDREN. **ALSO ON THIS SAME IMAGE ARE THE HOUSEHOLD OF HER DAUGHTER MANDY, SON LEVI, GRANDCHILDREN ARMETTE AND JERRY,SOME OF THESE OTHER HOUSEHOLD COULD POSSIBLY RELATED SINCE I DON'T HAVE ALL OF LIZZIE'S CHILDREN LISTED NOR DO I KNOW THE RELATIVES OF WATT SMITH. ALSO THEY ALL WORKED FOR (SHARECROPPED) FOR BOB AND LULA STANLEY, YOU CAN USUALLY FIND SOME MEMBERS OF THESE FAMILIES SOMEWHERE NEAR THEM IN THE CENSUS** FAMILY I'VE TALKED TO SAY THAT VJ "VERNON' AND HERMAN ARE NOT LIZZIE'S CHILDREN, THEY ARE HER GRAND CHILDREN, NO ONE KNOWS WHO ARLENE IS. I'M CURRENTLY RESEARCHING JONES COUNTY SINCE IN THE ORAL HISTORY OF OSEOLA MCCARTY SHE SAYS THAT HER GRANDMOTHER JULIA SMITH-MCCARTY WAS BORN IN KELLY SETTLEMENT, JONES COUNTY. ---------------------------------------- Last Modified: 8 Jul 2005 Created: 8 Jul 2005