John
Mathew
Nesmith
Born in Screven, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Daniel Nesmith III
and Jane (Price) Nesmith
Brother of
James Madison Nesmith and Garrett NeSmith
Husband of
Elizabeth Wilmouth (Walker) Nesmith
— married
1857 (to 1897) in Wilkinson, Georgia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Joanna Malinda (Nesmith) Marsh
Died
at age 85
in Bulloch, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jun 2021
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Biography
When John Matthew Nesmith was born on September 23, 1825, in Screven, Georgia, his father, James, was 27 and his mother, Jane, was 25.
He married Elizabeth Wilmouth Walker in 1857 in Wilkinson, Georgia.
He died on January 14, 1911, in Bulloch, Georgia, having lived a long life of 85 years, and was buried in Nevils, Georgia. [1]
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Researchers Notes
In 2001 I found out that my great grandparents were actually buried in a very small grave site, near a major highway outside of Statesboro in Bulloch County, Georgia. A cousin took me to their graves so I could see them myself. Because the county was going to be widening the highway, the descendants of John Matthew and Wilmouth W Nesmith had to decide what to do about their remains. One of the churches in the area (where a good many of other Nesmith graves were ) said they would donate a plot if we could get enough money to have their remains relocated. The pictures attached are where their original graves were.
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125587040/john-matthew-nesmith) memorial page for John Matthew NeSmith (23 Sep 1825–14 Jan 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 125587040, citing Nevils United Methodist Church Cemetery, Nevils, Bulloch County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by R.L. Gandy (contributor 47103420).
See also:
"United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MZY6-KH6 : Wed Mar 15 04:40:40 UTC 2023), Entry for John M Nesmith and Jane Nesmith, 1850. [1]
"186O United States Federal Census" The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Griffin, Wilkinson, Georgia; Roll: M653_141; Page: 967; Family History Library Film: 803141 Description City: Griffin Source Information Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [2]
"1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia" Ancestry.com. Georgia, U.S., Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia, 1864 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data:Cornell, Nancy J. 1864 Census for Re-Organizing the Georgia Militia. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000. [3]
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8PH-K4F : 13 January 2022), John Nesmith, District 330, Wilkinson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
Family Research of Diane Walls
Naesmyth Genealogical Society
Book, "Naesmyth Descendants of GA, USA" by Author John W. NesSmith. Call number 90-60126. C 1990 First Edition and C 2001 2nd Edition
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Diane (Peel) Walls 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MK8104650 [compare], Ancestry member dianewalls51
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Heather Blackburn :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member heatherdeal28
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~0.78%
James Bowen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A365758 [compare], Ancestry member Tara_Wildes
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~0.78%
Michelle (Peck) Echenique :
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~0.78%
Gary Helmuth :
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One of the churches in the area (where a good many of other Nesmith graves were ) said they would donate a plot if we could get enough money to have their remains relocated. The pictures I am attaching are where their original graves were.