On 19 June 1837, James W. Cauthorn, Wm. Smith, Robert Sowell, Robt. M. Davis, Richd. J. Muse and Muscoe Garnett Jr. were bound in the penalty of $16,600 for James W. Cauthorn’s administration with the will annexed of the estate of Edmund Cauthron, deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, page 137.]

On 16 June 1839, an inquisition on the death of an infant child of Jane Ursery was made at the home of Maria Davis, before James Wright a justice of the peace, and George W. Shelton, foreman, William Oliver, Reuben B. Boughton, Benjamin Broocke, Brooks Boughton, William G. Mann, Joseph Owen, Robert S. Cauthorn, Alfred Cauthorn, Thomas Hundley, Jno: W. Robinson, and Doctor William Smith, who say that Jane Ursery did use violent means upon the body of the said infant which must have been the cause of its death. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 24, page 382.]

1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Dwelling 548, Family 548
Smith, William, 46, male, physician, $7,000 real estate, born in Virginia
Smith, Martha, 45, female, born in Virginia
Smith, James, 18, male, born in Virginia, attended school
Smith, Dorotha, 16, female, born in Virginia, attended school
Smith, Martha, 14, female, born in Virginia, attended school
Smith, Thomas, 12, male, born in Virginia, attended school
Smith, Edward, 8, male, born in Virginia, attended school
Seward, Waller, 23, male, manager, born in Virginia