Miss Mary's money

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"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"--

subjects: Beneficiaries,  Plantations,  Family,  Plantation owners,  History,  Biography,  Land grants,  North carolina, biography

People: Francis Jones (1760-1844),  Mary Ruffin Smith (1814-1885)

Places: Orange County (N.C.),  Orange County,  Chatham County (N.C.),  Chatham County,  North Carolina