"DeAnna Fisher" <Byram@msn.com>

Nancy Ellen Ritchie Smith  (1833-1904), Nelson Co.

     Nancy Ellen Smith (wife of Walton Smith), granddaughter of Cornelius 
RITCHIE (son of John Ritchie and Jemima QUICK, from Scotland and Holland 
respectively) and Kesiah JUPIN Ritchie, of Nelson Co., owned about 450 acres 
of the old Charles Smith homestead, Bellwood, Nelson Co., Ky., he being her 
father in law and one of the earliest settlers of Nelson Co. 

     The Smiths built a vat and tanned their own leather, in that time 
shoemakers went to the house taking measurements and returning later with 
shoes for the family. 

     The original Smith house burned before 1850 and was replaced with one 
built of logs hewed on all four sides and and fitted neatly in the corners. It 
is the oldest house in that community, the others having been burned or torn 
down. There is a large meathouse built of white limestone by James Cork, 
formerly of Boston, Nelson Co., Ky. that is an excellent piece of workmanship. 
The stone fence surrounding the property was built by his slaves and is in 
good preservation. The family cemetery is upon a hill and Charles Smith is 
buried there.

     Across the valley from his house is a negro cemetery where Smith and his 
neighbors buried their slaves, their children and grandchildren brought their 
dead there in the late 1890s. It is among the largest burial ground for slaves 
and their descendants in the state of Ky.

     The Smiths raised flax and made it into cloth, they also kept a flock of 
sheep and carded the wool into rolls for weaving. Nancy Ellen Smith and her 
daughters all carded, spun, and wove, making socks, stockings, linsey for 
petticoats, blankets, and carpets."

     Nancy Ellen (daughter of Lewis RITCHIE and Mary Christina RAZOR, 
granddaughter of Adam Razor and Martha LeMASTER and great granddaughter of 
Hugh LeMASTER and Mary JUPIN) was born in 1833 and died in 1904, she is buried 
at St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Bardstown, Nelson Co., Ky., her husband 
Walton ( son of Charles Smith and Ellender MARRIMAN) died in 1882, buried in 
Smith Cemetery, Bellwood, Nelson Co., Ky. They had 12 children.

Mary Ellen, b. Nov. 22,1852, d. Feb. 25, 1900, >married 1st, William C. 
RITCHIE, May 12, 1874, 4 children, 2nd, Samuel HASTINGS; Margaret Ann July 
1856- 185_; Matilda Susanna 1857-1900, m. Mar. 19, 1879, Thomas Y. BOONE, son 
of Charles Boone and Priscilla Ann BURCH, 3 children; Nancy E. 1859-1918 m. 
Aug. 13, 1888, Nelson Co. GEORGE WASHINGTON SMITH, b. Mar 13, 1867, died Mar. 
6, 1926, son of JAMES SMITH, (son of CHARLES SMITH and ELLENDER MARRIMAN) and 
Laura Ann DAWSON, both are buried in Smith Cemetery, Bellwood, Nelson Co., 
Ky., 5 children; Charles Louis 1861-1889 m. Mary A. ICE, Jan. 1887, buried St. 
Thomas Catholic Cemetery, Bardstown, Nelson Co., Ky., 1
child; Frances Ann 1864-1889 m. Samuel L. ICE, it appears she died shortly 
after they were married, giving birth to twins, which may not have survived, 
Samuel married 2nd  Alice Barnes; Martha 1866-1926  m. Aug. 6, 1889, John 
VITTITOW, son of Samuel L. Vittitow and Sarah CORBETT, he died 1939, both are 
buried in Smith Cemetery, Bellwood, Ky., 9 children; Cora Lee 1867-1886 never 
married, buried in Smith Cemetery; Florence b. 1868, William R. 1871-1938 m. 
June 1 1910, Ida Mae HALL, dau. of Elijah M. Hall and Pearl E.
LESHI, 4 children; John S. 1876-1944 m. May 22, 1900, Mary Ora BEAN, dau. of 
Irvin and Mary Bean, buried St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky, 7 
children; Walter.

Smith Ritchie Quick Jupin Cork Razor LeMaster Marriman Hastings Boone Burch 
Dawson Ice Vittitow Corbett Hall Bean
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Scotland Holland

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