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The Smith River is shown on this map, but not named as such. | The Smith River is shown on this map, but not named as such. It appears as the Irvine River on this map, and was named thus after Alexander Irwin an early surveyor of the area. (The Mayo River a little further west was named after William Mayo, another early surveyor of the area.)<ref>[http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1023457 "Smith River"] - USGS: Geographic Names Information System</ref><ref>Clement, Maude Carter (2004) [1929]. "Chapter II: Natural Conditions". The History of Pittsylvania County Virginia. Santa Maria, California: Janaway Publishing, Inc. p. 26. ISBN 9780974195797. "The next two rivers were named Irwin and Mayo in honor of the two surveyors, Alexander Irwin and William Mayo."</ref> It can be found below 37 and at about 30-3. The path of the Smith River is currently broken by Philpott Lake, which is a reservoir created with the construction of the Philpott Dam between 1948 and 1952. | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_River_(Virginia) Smith River (Virginia)] - Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_River_(Virginia) Smith River (Virginia)] - Wikipedia | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philpott_Lake Philpott Lake] - Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philpott_Lake Philpott Lake] - Wikipedia | ||
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Formed from Pittsylvania County in 1777.
- Map - Google Maps
- Henry County, Virginia - Wikipedia
- Ancestry.com. A history of Henry County, Virginia : with biographical sketches of its most prominent citizens and genealogical histories of half a hundred of its oldest families. [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Hill, Judith Parks America.. A history of Henry County, Virginia : with biographical sketches of its most prominent citizens and genealogical histories of half a hundred of its oldest families. unknown: unknown, 1925.]
This is a county where William Cox lived during the late 1700's.
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Map of Virginia published in 1770. Henry County was formed in the area of the south-eastern half of what is here labeled the Irvin River, but which came to be called the Smith River.
The Smith River is shown on this map, but not named as such. It appears as the Irvine River on this map, and was named thus after Alexander Irwin an early surveyor of the area. (The Mayo River a little further west was named after William Mayo, another early surveyor of the area.)[1][2] It can be found below 37 and at about 30-3. The path of the Smith River is currently broken by Philpott Lake, which is a reservoir created with the construction of the Philpott Dam between 1948 and 1952.
See:
- Smith River (Virginia) - Wikipedia
- Philpott Lake - Wikipedia
References
- ↑ "Smith River" - USGS: Geographic Names Information System
- ↑ Clement, Maude Carter (2004) [1929]. "Chapter II: Natural Conditions". The History of Pittsylvania County Virginia. Santa Maria, California: Janaway Publishing, Inc. p. 26. ISBN 9780974195797. "The next two rivers were named Irwin and Mayo in honor of the two surveyors, Alexander Irwin and William Mayo."