James S Smith^[1]

1778 - 1847  (68 years)

• Name	James S Smith
  Birth	16 Sep 1778	, , North Carolina, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1830	, Maury, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Residence	1840	, Maury, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  Death	25 Mar 1847	, Maury, Tennessee, USA
  Person ID	I27406	Master
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2017

  
  

  Family	Martha Morrison,   b. 7 Apr 1787, , , North Carolina, USA
  Marriage	1811	, , North Carolina, USA
  Children	1. Enoch K Smith,   b. 1 Jul 1815, , , North Carolina, USA d. 13 Dec 1891, Buried Mt Bethel Cemetery, Bastrop, Texas, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Leonard L Smith,   b. 1 Jul 1815, , , North Carolina, USA d. 8 Aug 1901, , Bastrop, Texas, USA (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Mary Smith,   b. 1816, , , North Carolina, USA  [Father: natural] + 4. Louis Spinks Smith,   b. 1831, Williamsport, Maury, Tennessee, USA d. 27 Feb 1891, , Bastrop, Texas, USA (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F6927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Sep 1778 - , , North Carolina, USA Marriage - 1811 - , , North Carolina, USA Residence - 1830 - , Maury, Tennessee, USA Residence - 1840 - , Maury, Tennessee, USA Death - 25 Mar 1847 - , Maury, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  James Smith was born on 16 September 1778 in North Carolina. His parents are unknown at this time. He died 25 March 1847, Williamsport, Maury County, Texas.Martha Morrison was born in 1787 in North Carolina. Her parents are unknown at this time. She died after 1850, place unknown.James S. Smith and Martha Morrison married in North Carolina, probably about 1811. There are six known children: Thomas William boren1833, in Tennessee. No other information known. Enoch K.* born 1 July 1815, in North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Sowell on 29 June 1847 in Williamsport, Maury County, Tennessee.Leonard L.* born 1 July 1815 in North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Erwin on 3 Dec 1840 in Williamsport, Maury County, Tennessee.“Susan” Sarah A. born 1818, in North Carolina. She married Andrew Dickens 1849 or 1850, in Williamsport, Maury County, Tennessee.Lucinda born 1820 in North Carolina or Lawrence County, Tennessee. No other information known.Louis Spinks born 1831 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married Mary Catherine Tanner on 12 February 1870 in Bastrop County, Texas.I am sure that there were other children because of the gap in the years between Lucinda and Louis Spinks. The Smith’s came to Tennessee from North Carolina around 1820. The hand-me-down story is as follows:As told by Mary Lucinda Smith Blackwell; daughter of Enoch K. Smith to her granddaughter, Leola Enoch K. Smith was looking for adventure. He left Tennessee and came to Texas. He fought for Texas independence at the Battle of San Jacinto. After the battle, he returned to Tennessee. He married Elizabeth Jerusha Sowell in Williamsport, Maury County, Tennessee on 29 June 1847. Elizabeth and Enoch K. Smith had two children in Tennessee. Sometime between 1855, when the death of their daughter Martha Ann occurred in Tennessee and the birth of their daughter, Mary Lucinda in 1859, in Bastrop County, Texas is when they migrated to Texas. The exact reason they came to Texas is unknown. But the trip was probably to better their lifes and Texas had large land opportunities.The trip to Texas from Tennessee was made by covered wagons. The long journey took at least nine months, over rough terrain. The Smiths, including brothers, Leonard and Louis Spinks, the Erwins and other families traveled together. Finally settling in the Oakhill Community of Bastrop County, Texas which was established in 1840’s and in the Piney Creek Community.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=90667476&pid=309 [S252] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), 1830; Census Place: Maury, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 177; Page: 373; Family History Library Film: 0024535. [S245] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), Year: 1840; Census Place: Maury, Tennessee; Roll: 532; Page: 337; Image: 682; Family History Library Film: 0024548.