Thomas Smith (abt. 1759 - 1822)

Born about 21 May 1759 in Province of South Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Edith Smith — married 23 Nov 1775 in Berkeley, South Carolina

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1822 at about age 63 in Goose Creek, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Son of Henry Smith and first wife Ann Filbein. Called "of Westoe"^[1]

Thomas died at the age of 63 on 21 November 1822^{[2] [3]}

Research Notes

Birth date varies: 21 May 1754, 21 May 1759, and 3 June 1757. Tombstone says age 63 and 6 months at death.

• Fact: Burial Yeamans Hall Plantation Cemetery, Goose Creek, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States

• Fact: Burial Yeamans Hall Plantation Cemetery, Goose Creek, Berkeley, South Carolina, United States

Sources

1. ↑ Miller, Annie Elizabeth. Our Family Circle (1931) pp. 162-64 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/266024/?offset=&return=1#page=47&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
2. ↑ Gregorie, Anne King, and Flora Belle Surles. “Inscriptions from Family Burying Ground at Yeamans Hall.” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 38, no. 3 (1937): 102 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27571501
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33170635/thomas-smith

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 03 October 2023, 00:42), entry for Thomas Smith (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G22Q-BGJ ); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 03 October 2023, 00:42), entry for Thomas Smith (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G22Q-BGJ ); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 06 May 2020, 18:05), entry for Thomas Smith (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MS5C-FVG ); contributed by various users.

See Also:

• Said to be named in the obituary of his son-in-law, James Samuel Adams. A full transcript of the obituary is on James' profile - The Rev. JAMES S. ADAMS, obituary, South Carolina Temperance Advocate (Columbia, South Carolina, USA), 21 September 1843. [Worldcat record showing which libraries have access to the digital images]
  • Relevant paragraph to this profile - "In 1797 he was employed by the Congregational Church of Dorchester, near Charleston. Here he was ordained and installed May 8, 1799, as their Pastor. In this place he labored six years, greatly beloved and eminently successful as an Ambassador for Christ. Here he married and lost by death his first wife -- the daughter of Thomas Smith, Esq., a pious and influential member of the Dorchester Church"
• Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: Ancestry Profile

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Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Smith-14169 created through the import of HAYER.GED on May 29, 2011 by Larry Hayer.
• Profile Smith-57809 was created through the import of Thomson-Luhman Family Tree.ged on Jan 26, 2014 by Mary Pressley Carpenter.

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