Ann:  Here's my notes on Hartwell Vick Smith and Caroline Eliza Lewis Smith:

Rae Venable Calvert

         Hartwell Vick⁴ Smith, son of Nancy P. and Edward3 Smith (Edward2, Edward1), born 3 August 1806 in Greensville County, VA; died 21 October 1878; buried in the Francis Lewis Cemetery, Lowndesboro, Lowndes County, AL (behind and to the left of the Ray Randolph home); married 2 May 1828 in VA, Caroline Eliza Lewis. They are not listed on the 1830 Lowndes County census

On the 1840 Lowndes Co. census:  H. V. Smith

                                                                        1 male under 5

                                                                        1 male 30-40

                                                                        1 female under 5

                                                                        1 female 5-10

                                                                        1 female 20-30

            Slaves:  7 males under 10           8 females under 10

                        10 "   10-24                      6      "        24-36

                        8  "   24-36                       1      "        36-55

                        1 male 55-100                  Total persons:  57

                        30 engaged in agriculture

                        1 in learned professions and engineers

On 23 March 1831, Hartwell V. Smith and his brother, Byrd C. Smith, of Lowndes County, AL, bought Lot No.2 on the East side of Broad Street and North side of Water Street, and Lot No.15 on the west side of Academy Street and North side of Water Street, each containing ½ acre,  in the town of McGills Hill, for $97 from Nathan Fields.[1]

Hartwell V. Smith witnessed a Will on 10 October 1834 of a Bartholomew Smith (probated 4 November 1834) of the “Village of Lowndesboro”).[2]

Listed in the 1840 Lowndes County census:

            Hartwell V. Smith

    1 male under 5 [son Edward W. b.30 March 1837; d.11 Apr.1845]

    1 male 30-40 [Hartwell V. b.3 Aug.1806]

    1 female under 5 [daughter Eugenia H., b.1836 per 1850 census]

    1 female 5-10 [dau.b. before 1835; died before 1850 census]

    1 female 20-30  [wife, Caroline E. Lewis]

            Slaves:  7 males under 10; 10 males 10-24; 8 males 24-36; 1 male 55-100; 8 females under 10; 8 females 10-24; 6 females 24-36; 1 female 35-55; total: 57

30 engaged in agriculture; one in learned professions and engineers [Dr. Hartwell V. Smith].

The 23 April 1841 Montgomery Advertiser listed Hartwell as the President of the Lowndesboro Academy.[3]

On 1 October 1849 in the Lowndes County Minutes of the Orphans Court was recorded the petition of Hartwell V. Smith and Hamlin F. Lewis, administrators of the Estate of Henry D. Lewis, deceased, to sell 1,024.5 acres of land in Township 15, Range 12.[4] Henry Dudley Lewis, born in October 1806 in GA, son of Francis and Mary Dixon Hall Lewis, was the brother of Caroline E. Lewis, Hartwell’s wife.[5]

The 1850 Lowndes County census shows at House No. 1076:

            Smith, H. V., 43, born in VA; planter

                        Caroline, 32, female, born in VA

                        Eugenia H., 14, female, born in AL

                        H. V., 5, male, born in AL

                        Henry L., 3, male, born in AL

            Rambo, J. A., 33, male, born in S.C.; planter

Hartwell Vick Smith received on 15 AUG 1865 a pardon from the President under Exception 13 of the Amnesty Proclamation after the War Between the States.[6]

Hartwell V. Smith executed a Will on 18 May 1872, witnessed by Shemie Gresham and Stephen A. Pilley, naming his wife, Caroline E., daughters, Eugenia H. Douglas and Adelia Gunter, and sons, Henry Lane and Edwin P. Smith. 

Then on 30 July 1873, he executed a Codicil, witnessed by E. A. Smith and S. H. Smith, naming son Edwin P. and friend, I. H. Hall, as co-executors.

A second Codicil was executed on 30 April 1875, witnessed by H. H. Whetstone and F. L. Lamkin, revoking “that part of my Will which gives my daughter, Eugenia H. Douglas an equal interest with the rest of the Heirs to share and share alike…” 

Then on 12 May 1875 a third Codicil, witnessed by H. H. Whetstone and F. L. Lamkin, naming as his heirs his wife, Caroline E., and son, Edwin P. Smith.  Hartwell V. died on 21 October 1878 and his Will and Codicils were probated on 12 December 1878.[7]

NEWSPAPER NOTICES FROM HAYNEVILLE EXAMINER - February 20, 1879:

 State of Alabama, Lowndes County, Probate Court, December 10, 1878

Notice is hereby given that H.L. SMITH, E. P. SMITH and Caroline E. SMITH qualified as executors of the estate of H.V. SMITH on the 10th day of December 1878.  Notice is hereby given to all parties indebted to said estate to make immediate payment, and those having claims against the same to present them within the time prescribed by law, or they will be barred.  J.V. McDUFFIE, Judge of Probate

Children of Hartwell V. Smith and Caroline E. Lewis (daughter of Francis and Mary Dixon Hall Lewis):

    61  i     Daughter born before 1835; died before 1850 census

+  62  ii    Eugenia Hartwell5 Smith (1835-1914)

    63  iii   Edward W[atkins]5 Smith, born 30 March 1837; died 11 April 1845

    64  iv   Francis H.5 Smith, born 8 Nov.1840; died 9 May 1845

    65  v    Hartwell V.5 Smith (Jr.), C.S.A., born 4 July 1844; enlisted  28   June 1862; killed in Battle of Chickamauga 20 Sep.1863;

    66  vi   Henry Lane5 Smith born in 1846 [1850 census]; married Ellna Cook (b.26 June 1845; d.14 Sep 1869)[8]

    67  vii  Byrd Clark5 Smith born 11 July 1848; died 19 September 1849

    68  viii Edwin Peete5 Smith born 2 March 1850; died 25 June 1850

    69 ix    Lewis5 Smith born 1 December 1851; died 20 August 1855

    70 x     Carrie Byrd5 Smith born 11 January 1858; died 11 July 1859.[9]

+ 71 xi   Adella5 Smith, married 29 May 1862 George Thomas Gunter; son, Hartwell V. Gunter, born 26 February 1863 & died 16 October 1863

    72 xii Edwin Peete5 Smith (2nd) named as heir with his mother in his father's 21October 1878 Codicil to his Will (probated 12 December 1878)