William Smothers

i. ?William1, born say 1760, a man of color born in Albemarle County, Virginia, who enlisted in the Revolution from Powhatan County [NSDAR, African American Patriots, 154]. He sued Jesse Stovall in Powhatan County court for trespass, assault and battery on 22 November 1794 and the jury awarded him 12 pounds currency on 20 March 1795 [Orders 1794-8, 32, 74]. He was taxable in Powhatan County from 1793 to 1804, called a "Mo" in 1793 and 1803 [PPTL, 1787-1825, frames 98, 123, 111, 138, 170, 193, 230, 266, 282]. He married Nancy Brown, 17 September 1795 Powhatan County bond.

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From http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SMOTHERS/2005-03/1111...

"JFYI- the file on Wm Smothers of VA, is a BLACK negro md to Nancy Brown. I know of him because prior folks in my Smeathers family used this fella's military records to get into DAR under our William Smeathers. This Smothers never left Virginia and he was illiterate and a labourer."

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• http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Slaxton-Stephens.htm
• William Smothers' Revolutionary War Pension Application Claim July 26, 1824. Cumberland County, Virginia
• Albemarle County: Free People of Color William Smothers, Revolutionary War soldier.