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Isaac Smith was born about 1719-1720 at Saint Mary’s Parish, Essex County, Virginia, a son of William Smith and Elizabeth Downing. Isaac married Margaret, a daughter of Captain John Rucker and Susannah Coghill, at Orange County, Virginia. Isaac appears in his father's 1739 Will along with the names of his mother, brother, and sisters. Isaac was active in purchasing land at Orange County in the 1740s, resulting in financial woes. This caused him to borrow money from his father-in-law to satisfy mortgages and other debts. It required Isaac ten years to get out from under the accumulated debt and pay off the Rucker family heirs.
Margaret Rucker Smith was devised one shilling in her father's Will, likely the result of him helping pay off Isaac's debts. Isaac and Margaret relocated a few miles north to newly-formed Culpeper County by 1750 and settled in the vicinity of present-day Rixeyville, Virginia. In late 1752, Isaac received a land grant for 480 acres at Culpeper County.
Margaret and Isaac had ten children. Their names are noted through numerous land records and the will of Isaac's brother, Benjamin. Isaac enlisted in the Culpeper County Minutemen Militia in 1775-1776 and is listed in the DAR Patriot Index, Volume One. He would have been about 56 years of age and may have fought in the 1775 battle of Great Bridge.
By the time of Isaac's death in 1802, this area had become part of Madison County, Virginia.
References
1. Orange County, Virginia, Deed Book 12, Pg.117-118, 1 July 1752; recorded 23 November 1752.
2. Land grant 23 November 1752. Culpeper County, Description: 480 acres on the branches of Stanton River, adjoining Benjamin Smith. Northern Neck Grants H, Pg. 238; Reel 293. Virginia State Land Office. Northern Neck Surveys Reel 5.
3. Madison County, Virginia Will Book 1, Pg. 342-343 (Benjamin Smith).
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