An American Family History

Elizabeth (Nancy) Pitts may have been the daughter of Lewis Pitts of Washington County, Virginia.

She married James Smith. James was born about 1752. She may have been his second wife since he had a daughter as early as 1775.

James was a private in the Virginia militia during the American Revolution.

They lived in the part of Washington County, Virginia that became Scott County on Blue Spring Branch on the north fork of the Holston.

James Smith's children may have included:

James Smith, Jr.
Nancy Smith (1775, married George Rouse in 1794)
Alexander Smith (1787)
Nathan Smith
Sarah Smith (married Brown),
Rebecca Smith (married Bledsoe),
Thomas Smith
Benjamin Smith (1788, married Martha Denison and Nancy Gardener).

In 1777 James signed the 1777 petition of men living on the north Holston River complaining about the division of Fincastle County. They felt the line was not equitable and the court house was too far away.

In 1795, James received treasury warrant for 50 acres on both sides of the north fork of Holston River including the mouth of Blue Spring branch

Smith, James 14 Feb 1806 30 acres Warrant No. 3038 dated 09 Dec 1800 both sides Blue Spring Branch [a south branch of the North Fork of the Holston River]
adj: corner to said Smith, crossing the North Fork of Holston River, corner to said Smith & William King

At the time of the 1820 census, there were two James Smith families in Scott County.

James received his pension in 1833 and died the same year at age 81.