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CALEB SMOOT5
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HIS DESCENDANTS
Caleb Smoot, son of John and Sarah Smoot, was born 1747 in St. Mary's
County, Maryland. He married first a maiden of Maryland, but so far her
identity is unknown. At the census of 1790, he was listed as the head of a
family in St. Mary's County, with four women and two slaves.
Children of Caleb Smoot
1. Caleb Smoot married Nancy ----. q.v.
2. Sarah P. Smoot married Frederick Thompson. License Madison
Co., Va., June 22, 1795.
3. Anne Grace Smoot married Joseph Ham. License Orange Co.,
Va., Mar. 5, 1803.
Caleb Smoot ultimately moved to Orange County, Virginia, and settled
in St. Thomas Parish. On September 10, 1795, he obtained license in that
parish to marry Martha McClamrock, spinster. His bondsman was James
Smoot. Apparently no issues resulted from this union. His will was dated
March 1797, and proved in Orange County on July 24, 1797. He
bequeathed his entire estate to his wife, Martha, during life, then to his
three children--Caleb Smoot, Sarah Thompson, and Anne Grace Smoot.
CALEB SMOOT6
Caleb Smoot, son of Caleb, was born between 1765-1784, in St. Mary's
County, Maryland. He undoubtedly accompanied his parent to Orange
County, Virginia, but he left that county shortly after his father's death in
1797. Sometime after 1800 he settled in Rowan County, North Carolina,
where in 1805 he witnessed the land transaction between James Smoot
and another party. On February 4, 1808, he sold to William Knight for
the consideration of £100 a tract of land consisting of 520 acres which
had been granted to Gasper Sain on the waters of Bear Creek. At this
time his wife Nancy waived her dower. The transfer was witnessed by
James McGuire, George Clamroach, and David Clamroach. He was the
head of a family in Rowan County in 1810 with a female born 1794-
1800, a male within the same period, and one girl and three boys born
1800-1810. He was not the head of a family in that county at the next
census.
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