Elizabeth Smith

On 22 Nov 1757 Edward Goodrich, Isaac Rowe Walton and John Maclin, gentlemen, laid off and assigned to Elizabeth Lanier, widow of Sampson Lanier, deceased, her dower of said Sampson's estate.

Marriage bond, dated 23 July 1758 on file Brunswick Co, VA, shows Elizabeth Lanier, widow, marrying Cuthbert Smith, and an order dated 27 Feb 1759 appointed Cuthbert Smith guardian of Rebecca Lanier, orphan of Sampson Lanier, and an order dated 5 Sept 1759 appointing Lemuel Lanier as guardian for Burwell Lanier, Buckner Lanier, Winifred Lanier, Martha Lanier and Anne Lanier

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A105312 Cross reference to DAR # A 208445

After the death of her son, Sampson Lanier Jr in 1752, Elizabeth Washington Lanier sued his widow, Elizabeth Chamberlain, who has married again, Cuthbert Smith. (Court Order Book 10, p. 30, Nov 1765)