Download [Page] [Document]
mcc-jrr_722-016
Smith Cemetery, 72-2 Summary Report, page 16
Nowlin (wife of A. G. Nowlin of Madison County, Alabama), Lucy Crisman (of Texnacana, Limestone Co., Texas), and C. A. Otey of Spring Hill, Lee Co., Arkansas. Isabella Smith married Christopher C. Otey, brother of John W. Otey, who married Isabella's sister Cynthia N. Smith. Isabella and Christopher were married in Madison County on February 10, 1831. After Isabella had died and Christopher had remarried, in the census of 1850, the household of Christopher included Mijahman Smith at age 36, born in SC. The family was living on the pre-arsenal lands, adjacent to the mulatto family headed by Isaac Jacobs that included white widow Mary E. Austin and her children. (4) Mary E. Parker (nee Smith), whose heirs were James A. Austin of Selma, Arkansas, and Prudence E. Ledbetter of Selma, Arkansas. Marriage records show that a Mary Smith married James R. Parker in Morgan County on December 27, 1870. However, this was far too late to be Hughy's child Mary, who would have been born in the early 1800s. Data in Madison County Probate Record Book 21, page 559, show that Mary E. Smith's husband was named William Parker. Furthermore, Madison County Marriage Book A4 on page 484 shows that Mary E. Austin married William Parker on November 4, 1852, with Thomas J. Owen, JP, officiating. William Parker was indeed the second husband of Hughy Smith's daughter Mary. Her first husband was Pleasant Austin. They were married in Madison County on October 26, 1827, per Marriage Book 3, page 523. The volumes of EARLY ALABAMA MARRIAGES give the marriage date as November 6, 1827 in Madison County, but the county's own records are more likely to be correct. A. G. Nowlin was noted as the Administrator of the estates of both Isabella E. Otey and Mary E. Parker, his sisters-in-law. The only listed child of Hughy Smith with unknown status (whether living or dead) and unknown residence was Rebecca J. Tanner (nee Smith). Rebecca married Meredith Tanner, who owned land near Hughy's at one time. Meredith and Rebecca are shown in Madison County Probate Record Book 21, pages 559 - 560. Additionally, John H. Shippey (Shiffey?), the 16 - (2629)