An American Family History

Heinrich Smith and Mary Polly Honaker

Heinrich (Henry) Schmidt was born on August 27, 1760 in Dusemond, Hessin Kassel, Germany. He was a blacksmith. He is NOT the Henrich Smith from Piney Flats, Tennessee.

He married Mary Polly Honaker on February 20, 1787 in Frederick County, Virginia Mary was the daughter of Hans Honaker and Maria Goetz. She was born about 1768 in Frederick County. The marrage was perfored by Simon Harr.

Mary and Heinrich's children may have included:

John Smith (1787),
Henry Smith (1795, married Elizabeth),
Mary Smith (1796, married John McLaughlin),
Martin Smith ( 1797, married Mary Ann May)
Isaac Smith ( 1798, married Elizabeth Hess),
Elias Smith (1805, married Jane King),
Martha Smith (1810, married George Thomas Maynard),

On June 4, 1788 Henry obtained 237 acres on Passage Creek in Powell's Fort Valley, Shenandoah County, Virginia. His land was next to Henry Walters and John Spingler's lands. They lived there until 1797 when they moved to Russell County, Virginia.

In 1823 they moved to Pike County, Kentucky. They settled near the mouth of Meathouse Fork of Johns Creek. Henry bought 100 acres from Moses Maynard. The land was located on Upper Johns Creek, near the mouth of Meathouse.

Mary died about 1826 and Henry died on December 05, 1830 in Johns Creek, Pike County, Kentucky.