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From: Kathleen <>
Subject: [Fwd: {not a subscriber} Re: [SMITH] Re: [INDIAN] Native American or Melungeon SMITHS in Virginia]]
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 07:07:54 -0600

"Willie D. Smith" wrote:

> The Helms and Presley's were heavily intermarried in Mecklenburg County,
> N.C. My ancestors in that line were John Henry Hargett III and Isabelle
> Presley. Some of her brothers and sisters married children of Richard
> Presley and Mary Helms, and these three families: Hargett, Helms, and
> Presley, settled in what is now Putnam County, Tennessee. John Hargett and
> Isabelle Presley settled in Franklin County, Alabama near Russellville,
> while their son (my ancestor) Holden Hargett settled in Putnam County, TN.
> Holden's daughter, Isabelle Hargett, married Charles Smith Sr. on December
> 24, 1847. She was 25 years his junior, his previous wife having been Jane
> Love.
> Will
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kathleen" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: July 31, 2000 12:40 AM
> Subject: [Fwd: {not a subscriber} Re: [SMITH] Re: [INDIAN] Native American
> or Melungeon SMITHS in Virginia]
>
> >
> >
> > "K. McGee" wrote:
> >
> > > Janice,
> > > I thought I might have something, I'm kinda related to the Presleys in
> NC
> > > and knew of the given name Milas -- it jumps up there a lot in a
> variety
> > > of surnames. Searching through some materials I have, I did find a
> > > Pinckney Presley, but not yours in my opinion -- but I thought I'd
> mention
> > > it since the location might help:
> > > Conecuh County, AL
> > >
> > > Name: Presley,Pinkney Sex: M
> > > Birth: 1825
> > > Place: ,Conecuh Co.,Alabama
> > > Death:
> > > Place:
> > > Burial:
> > > Place:
> > > Father: Presley,Floyd
> > > Mother: MNU,Mary Ellenda (Ellender)
> > > Spouse: MNU,Amanda
> > >
> > > and there was another Pinkney Presley born in 1872, md to a Helms --
> > > probably NC. Neither of these appear to connect even further down the
> line.
> > >
> > > If any of you run in to a Rockybottom Smith born prior to 1813
> (possibly
> > > SC), give me a holler! I think my NA is going to take an unusual effort
> :-)
> > >
> > > Good luck to you all,
> > > Kay McGee
> > > ~~~~
> > > Genealogy: http://home.earthlink.net/~kmcgee03/
> > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cousins
> > >
> > > At 12:07 AM 07/31/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> > > >Will:
> > > >My family has always been told that our gr grandmother was Indian.
> She was:
> > > >Mary Jane Smith, born 1835/36 in TN; married to Milas Pinckney Presley,
> > > <snip>
> > > >able to find the parents of Mary Jane Smith from TN. Any help would
> be
> > > >appreciated. I have a picture of her daughter, Mahala and she
> certainly
> > > >looks Indian, as do the other children of Mary Jane and Milas.
> > > >Thanks for any help.
> > > >
> > > >Janice Sanders Callahan
> > > >(near St. Louis)
> > > <snip>
> >
> >
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> >
> >

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