Elizabeth Barton

• General Notes
  • Charles Smoot took for a third wife his cousin Elizabeth, the daughter of William and Rachel Barton, but successively the widow of Henry Brawner and Aaron Nalley. She had married her first husband on January 2, 1726/7, in Rock Creek Parish, of Prince Georges County. He died prior to 1749, leaving six children. The following have been proved-- William, Barton, and Henry. By her second husband she became the mother of four sons--John, Aaron, Richard, and Nathan Barton. To the latter chidren she deeded on March 26, 1767, her personal estate but reserved it to her use during life and that of Charles Smoot "providing that the said Charles Smoot should marry me in six months". Two days later she deeded "Wentworth Woodhouse" to her three Brawner sons "providing if Charles Smoot should marry me honourably in six months". At this date most assuredly a courtship was in progress.