Category: Orange County
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Claudius Smith’s Wife?
I am inclined to accept her version, though I do not have access to such proof
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John Earl’s Will
Here is the last will of John Earl, which gives some insight into his accumulated property and the regard he held his family members at the end of his life. I have a special place for old John in my heart. He is my 5X Great-Grandfather. He is the first…
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Some background on Claudius Smith
As in all things related to the Smith Gang, take with a grain of salt. SOURCE: “History of Orange County, New York” Ruttenber EM and Clark,LH. (Philadelphia: Everets and Peck, 1881) reprinted 1980 Claudius came to Knight’s Mill’s in the present town of Monroe with his father“where he grew up,…
