Angela, I've been researching the Claborn's and Smoot's for years. My GrGrGrandfather Benjamin B Claborn (son of Alfred and Catherine Claborn) married Lurinda Samantha Smoot(daughter of John Riley Smoot Lucinda Fleeming) in 1867. I'm sure there's a connection there somewhere. I can be reached at
schamplin@prodigy.net