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Smith Peter [Male] b. BEF 8 OCT 1777 Bladen County, North Carolina - d. AFT 1853 Hancock County, Ms. (On 1853 Ms. Census with 5 males and 4 females in household)

Both Peter and Elenor are buried at "a grave site on this creek one mile or more from the old Salem Church and School" - note written by Louisa Jane Smith Megehee. [Peter & Elenor had 10 children, but only four, Andrew, Kennon, Elisa and Lott came with them to Mississippi - It is presumed the others had married and chose to remain in Bladen County, North Carolina.

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Smith Kennon [Male] b. MAY 1814 Bladen County, North Carolina - d. AFT 1900 St.Tammany Parish, La.

1850 Census, Beat 2, Hancock County, Ms. Census; page 63B:
Smith, Kennan (26 );Cooper; North Carolina
Wife Mary (20 ) North Carolina; children Sophia (5); Bunion (11); Caroline(1)
Smith, Sampson (18); cooper from North Carolina.
(Sampson could be another son as later census data shows error
in dates for Kennan & wife Mary.)
1870 Covington, Ward 1, St. Tammany Parish, La. Census:
Smith,K. (50);Farmer; North Carolina
Wife Mary (45); Missouri (17); Margaret (16)
B. (24); Nancy (20), Nancy (1)
Note: B. is son Bunion and wife Nancy Jane & dau Nancy
Voter Registration 1868-1870 St. Tammany Parish, La.:
Smith, Kenion #865; Bogue Chitto, farmer, age 53, Ward 6,
lived 4 yrs in Parish, native of North Carolina
(Note: this would mean Kenion was born about 1815)
1880 Census ,8th Ward, Pearl River Village, St. Tammany, La.;ED #177
Smith, Kenon(57);Laborer; born North Carolina
Wife Mary(50) North Carolina
Smith, Margaret (19) daughter Single At ho
1900 Census for St.Tammany Parish, La.; 6th Ward;ED84
Smith, CenionMay 1814; 86; married 70yrs; North Carolina
day laborer; rents house
wife Mary (Jan 1816) 84; 6 children/3 living; North Carolina
servant Johnson, May (50)
(Note: living next to son Bunion Smith)