Samuel Smith Genealogy

  

Samuel Smith (**See notes at bottom of Page**)

    Born: unknown - location unknown
    Died: 1820 - Bledsoe County, Tennessee
    Buried: unknown - assumed somewhere in Bledsoe County, Tennessee
       Married: Unknown
       Children:

       John Smith
          b. 1807, location unknown
          m. unknown
          d. unknown

       William Smith
          b. unknown (between 1807 and 1818), location unknown
          m. unknown
          d. unknown

       Evander McKeever Smith
          b. 1818, Tennessee
          m. abt. 1855 to Sarah Easter Wallace (3rd wife)
          d. November 4, 1878, buried: Falling Springs Cemetery, Overton County, Tennessee


Notes:

** In a power of attorney document found in the Bledsoe County, TN archives, Evander M. Smith grants an Alexander Montgomery power of attorney to act on his behalf relating to the land his father, Samuel Smith, who died in 1820,  left him.  This was a great find that lists the father of Evander, Samuel Smith as well as his death in Bledsoe County in 1820 in the document.

** In the Tennessee Supreme Court case 'Smith vs. Evans' it lists Samuel Smith, as well as his three sons: John, William, and Evander.  Samuel Smith owned 323 acres of land in Bledsoe County, and died in 1820. Samuel Terry is listed as the executor of the will (later taken over by his son Scot Terry). (See Google Books:  Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee During the Years 1844-5)

-The birth years of the above three brothers are calculated from the Tennessee Supreme Court case Smith vs. Evans which says that John was the eldest and came of age (21) in 1828, and Evander coming of age in 1839.  It refers to John and William as Evander's older brothers. 

-There seem to be long gaps between the birth years of these brothers, leading me to wonder if there were sisters (not listed) as well. 

Possible Land and Deeds involving Samuel Smith:

Bledsoe County, Tennessee:

Grantor
 Grantee
 Description
 Date
 Book/Page
Looney, Peter & Schiff
 Samuel Smith & Joseph Hoge
 4998 acres, Seq. R.
 1810
 A-335
Looney, Peter (Schiff)
 Samuel Smith
 Negro woman & boy
 1811
 A-376
Love, Charles J.
 Samuel Smith
 30 acres, S.E. Seq. Cr.
 1816
 C-5
Smith, Samuel
 McIver, John
 182 acres, Lot #7
 1814
 B-107
Smith, Samuel
 McIver, John
 120 acres, Lot #7
 1817
 B-229
Maitland, Robert
 Samuel Smith
 47 acres, S.E. Seq. Cr.
 1819
 C-189
Ore, James
 Samuel Smith
 3 Negros
 1811
 A-378
Smith, Samuel
 James Ore
 3 Negros
 1811
 A-378
Smith, Samuel
 Joseph McReynolds & James Foster
 1249 1/2 acres, Lot #10, Seq. Cr.
 1811
 B-118
Smith, Samuel
 Joseph McReynolds & James Foster
 1249 1/2 acres, Crow Cr.
 1811
 C-127
Smith, Joseph
 Samuel Smith
 $200, Negro girl
 1809
 D-149
(ref 1)

The fact that Samuel Smith died in Bledsoe County in 1820, and the fact that there are no other entries after 1819 lead me to believe that this may be our Samuel Smith. 

In Bledsoe County Deed Book C, page 215, 2 April 1819, Samuel Smith is listed as a commissioner of the town of Pikeville, along with Isaac Stephens, Reubin Brown, John Bridgman, Eli Thurman, and Aaron Schoolfield. (information from an email from Ann Acuff, Thanks Ann!)

Overton County, Tennessee:

"Deeds C, Page 65.  Nov. 10, 1812, Samuel Smith and Samuel Terry of Bledsoe County, Tennessee, to Daniel Sain of Overton County, 105 acres on waters of West Fork of Obed's River." (ref. 2)

"Deeds D, Page 334, Samuel Smith of Bledsoe County power of attorney to sell land in Overton County, Tenn, including the place Ezekiel Pauther formerly lived known by name Big Cane Brake.  Power of attorney to Adam Huntsman, 1813." (ref. 2)
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(ref 1) Compiled from: Ansearchin: Index to Bledsoe County, Tennessee Deeds: http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/
(ref. 2) Google Books: Overton County, Tennessee: Genealogical Records.  Compiled by Edythe Rucker Whitley.  Clearfield Company, Inc.

 
Email me: bsmith@email.arizona.edu