Smith DNA Matched Group GRP-R-M269-106- Alexander Smith d Washington Co , VAÂ William Smith b 1678 Northumberland, VA for the Smith Official DNA Project (All) at FamilyTreeDNA
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Regarding relationship of John Smith and Alexander Smith, whose descendants match in R-M269-106. There is a strong possibility that they were brothers or first cousins, because two men with these names purchased treasury warrants in Washington County, Virginia on the same date, 02 Dec 1809. John purchased Warrant No. 4951 and Alexander purchased Warrant No. 4589. Surveys done in 1811 and 1809 indicate that their properties were adjacent to each other in the vicinity of Abraham's Creek, a south branch of the North Fork of Holston River, in Washington County, Virginia, in or near the current Scott County. I think John and Alexander were in the same generation because they married only one year apart in Washington County and had children in the same time period. John Smith married Elizabeth Thomas on 15 June 1787 and Alexander Smith married Hannah Roman on 29 Nov 1798 in Washington County. John Smith and wife Elizabeth moved on to Tennessee and then to Missouri, where they died. Alexander Smith's family (at least those whose descendants tested Y-DNA) seemed to have stayed in southwestern Virginia and adjacent Tennessee.
Statistics: Total Members: 8 Total YDNA: 6 Total mtDNA: 0 Total autosomal: 1 Total tree only: 1 Total Big-Y: 0
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