George Stokes Stovall Smith^[1]

1750 - 1810  (59 years)

• Name	George Stokes Stovall Smith  [2, 3]
  Birth	11 Apr 1750	, Cumberland, Virginia, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1800	, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA   [6, 7]
  Death	18 Mar 1810	Keene, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  Residence	6 Aug 1810	Jessamine, Kentucky, USA   [8]
  Burial	Jessamine, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I51911	Master
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Smith,   b. 29 Dec 1719, Manakin, Henrico, Virginia, USA d. 25 Sep 1786, , Powhatan, Virginia, USA (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mary Martha Frances Stovall,   b. 1723, , Cumberland, Virginia, USA d. 15 Oct 1756, , Powhatan, Virginia, USA (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F11670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Harriet Sandifer,   b. 29 Jul 1757, , Cumberland, Virginia, USA d. 29 Jan 1831, Cave Spring Plantation, Keene, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	24 Jul 1773	, Cumberland, Virginia, USA   [5, 9, 10]
  Children	1. Martha Frances Smith   d. Jan 1839, , La Rue, Kentucky, USA   2. Elizabeth Smith,   b. 1 Aug 1776   d. 14 Feb 1857 (Age 80 years)   3. Hannah Smith,   b. 28 Apr 1778, , , Virginia, USA d. 21 Nov 1852, , , Kentucky, USA (Age 74 years)   4. Thomas Stovall Smith,   b. 11 Apr 1780, , Cumberland, Virginia, USA d. 1837, , Jessamine, Kentucky, USA (Age 56 years)   5. George Smith,   b. 26 Feb 1782, , Jessamine, Kentucky, USA d. 3 Sep 1863, , Mercer, Kentucky, USA (Age 81 years)   6. Philip Gatch Smith,   b. 1784, , , Kentucky, USA d. 1837, The Aspens, Keene, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA (Age 53 years)   7. James Smith,   b. 20 Nov 1785, , , Kentucky, USA d. 28 Feb 1854, Keene, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA (Age 68 years)   8. Frances Smith,   b. 27 Sep 1789, , Jessamine, Kentucky, USA d. 5 Apr 1859, , Jessamine, Kentucky, USA (Age 69 years)   9. Lucy Smith,   b. 23 May 1791, , Jessamine, Kentucky, USA d. 11 Nov 1858, , Clark, Missouri, USA (Age 67 years)   10. Peter Smith,   b. 8 May 1793, , , Kentucky, USA d. , , Kentucky, USA   11. Abram Sandifer (Abraham) Smith,   b. 4 Feb 1795, , , Kentucky, USA d. 8 Sep 1872, , Warren, Ohio, USA (Age 77 years)   12. Mary (Polly) Smith,   b. 3 Aug 1799, Keene, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA d. 16 Jul 1861, Keene, Jessamine, Kentucky, USA (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F11683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Apr 1750 - , Cumberland, Virginia, USA Marriage - 24 Jul 1773 - , Cumberland, Virginia, USA Residence - 1800 - , Jessamine, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Lexington & Vicinity - The Kentucky River Sun 25th We entered and passed thro Lexington the boast and pride of the Kentuckians It is an agreeable town pleasantly situated in a thriving condition and a place of considerable trade In the afternoon I arrived at my brother's and had the satisfaction of finding him and his family in health. Mon 26th Was called to attend the funeral of a Mrs Moddis who is said to have feared God from her youth She died yesterday about 1 o clock leaving a husband and children to bewail her loss My brother requested me to preach which I did to a considerable number of people who were collected on the occasion Fri 30th I went to Mr John Watkins in Woodford county attended by my brother and sister Frances I was greatly pleased with Mr Watkins settlement The situation is beautiful land fertile water good and air healthy These blessings with a contented mind are an inestimable treasure But alas where is the man that enjoys all these favors at once and the same time Sat 3lst We walked to Mr Henry Watkins and saw there several old friends and acquaintances and returned in the evening to Mr John Watkins Sun Nov 1st I went with Mr Watkins to a meeting house and heard Mr John Dupuy preach a good discourse After he concluded he requested me to preach I did so from Rev 3 etc The people heard with seriousness and the deepest attention while I pointed out the danger of apostacy and the blessed effects of perseverance After preaching I called and took dinner with Stephen Trabeu Mr Dupuy and a number of other old friends and acquaintances making up our company I then proceeded to Edward Trabeu's and spent the evening Mon 2nd Here for the first time I see the Kentucky river and the inaccessible cliffs that appear on both sides of it The bed of the river which I suppose cannot be less than 300 feet below the tops of these enormous banks appears like a gutter cut to a vast depth by the water during a long course of time from the tops of these banks or as they are more usually called cliffs the sand goes off level and after getting a little from the river are amazingly rich I left Mr Trabeu's after breakfast dined at Mr Adams and then proceeded to Mr John Moss whose kindness to me while traveling to this country once before still fills my heart with gratitude Tues 3rd I went to Lexington where were a vast number of people collected to see a poor felon executed Here I met with my brother and accompanied him home Wed 4th I set out on a journey to the south side of Kentucky forded the river passed thro part of Mercer and Lincoln counties and reached John Bryant's in the evening Thurs 5th Mr Bryant rode with me to Capt Owsley's in Madison county But instead of that cheerfulness that once characterized this family I found that grief had erected her standard here This was owing to the horrid and criminal conduct of a Mr Gouge a son in law of Capt Owsley's who a few days before had killed a man and for which atrocious act he is now confined in Frankfort jail and will probably suffer the punishment which his crime deserves The man murdered had discharged an innocent slave which Gouge intended to flog This was a crime too great for Gouge's boisterous temper to put up with He therefore discharged a rifle at the man the contents of which passing thro his knee caused his death 15 days later Fri 6th I visited Wm Bryant where I wrote several letters to my family and friends expecting to have a ready conveyance by Mr Douglas's who intends to go to Richmond But how great was my disappointment when I called at Mr Douglass and found that he had started the day before It would have been a great gratification to me to have contrived a letter to them but must await another conveyance Sat 7th I returned to Capt Owsley's and preached in the evening to a small but attentive congregation from Rev 22 17 Sun 8th I had appointed to preach at the meeting house on Sugar creek but was prevented by the rain In the evening I returned to Mr John Bryant's.

  
  

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