Jo Ann,
Everett Smith who married Mary "Anna" Cagle in Lawrence Co., MS in 1827, was
from a family group which had migrated to Lawrence Co., MS from Moore Co., NC and which,
while still in North Carolina, had been neighbors of the Cagles on Bear and Cabin Creeks
in the NW Corner of Moore Co since the 1760s.
An older Everett Smith, c. 1751-1822, had lived in Moore Co., NC prior to 1800, near John
Dutchman Cagle, d. 1799, and Leonard Cagle, c.1730s-1800s. This older Everett Smith, upon
migrating to Mississippi, settled in Lawrence Co., in that part which eventually became
Lincoln Co in 1870, in the same area where John Cagle and William Cagle settled.
Everett Smith was murdered in Yazoo Co., MS in 1837. His father has been identified as
Eli Smith. The murder was written up in the Yazoo Co. Newspaper and reported in Vol 8,
Feb 1985 of Family Trails, a genealogy journal published by the Historical and
Genealogical Society of MS, on page 130, as follows: "$500 REWARD for apprehension
and delivery of John W Moseley, one of the murderers of Everett Smith of Yazoo Co on the
night of 2 July 1837 near this place. The said Moseley is between 25 & 30 yrs of age,
full six feet high, well proportioned, rather a down look and coarse harsh voice; dark
sandy hair inclined to be red, with a small scar supposed to be on the left side of his
face; also a scar on the right side of his head a little behind his ear, which may be
easily discovered when his hat is off. He has been employed as an overseer for some time
in this vicinity. Joseph J Pugh, Will D Hart, Wm S Rayner, Will Hines all of Livingston,
MS. plus W. Hause, the other acc!
omplice in the murder is now confined in jail in Canton, Madison Co., MS."
Lee Cagle
Okla City
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Looking for information on Everett Smith, born (I think) in 1809 in Moore county, North
Carolina; he is the son of Isaac Smith and Elizabeth Jane Furr. From what I understand
they went to Lawrence county, Mississippi and there Everett met and married Alma Cagle. I
have been unable to locate him in the 1850 census although I've been told he had a
son, Pearson, born in 1849 in Lawrence county, Mississippi Is it possible that the
son's name is actually Samuel Pearson? I have been unable to find anything at this
time on Alma Cagle - could her first name be Mary?
Would appreciate it if anyone could help me on this family.
Jo Ann Vitatoe
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