Miss Mary's money
Subtitle: fortune and misfortune in a North Carolina plantation family, 1760-1924
By: H.G. Jones with David Southern
Contributors: Southern, David W.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780786496624
Subjects: Beneficiaries; Plantations; Family; Plantation owners; History; Biography; Land grants
Description: "The Smith fortune was made by Mary's grandfather, Revolutionary War veteran Francis Jones, and survived the profligacy of his son-in-law, Dr. James Smith, before being willed to the university and the North Carolina Episcopal diocese. Hundreds of descendants have been virtually ignored. This book, the result of eight years of research, is for them"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: "The wealthy old lady"; title: Landed grandfather : Francis Jones (1760-1844); title: Profligate father : Congressman James Strudwick Smith (1787-1852); title: Boozing politician son : James Sidney Smith (1819-1867); title: Lecherous doctor son : Francis Jones Smith (1816-1877); title: Saintly daughter : Mary Ruffin Smith (1814-1885); title: Beneficiaries : church and state; title: Warring Episcopalians: the battle for Price Creek; title: Saving St. Mary's School; title: Healing the wounds : the Chapel of the Cross; title: Cleaning up, warming up, and lighting up the university; title: End of the trail.