Sarah Holman (Rice) Smith (1742 - 1817)

Born 21 May 1742 in St. James Parish, Goochland Co., English Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Smith — married 1762 in Louisa, Virginia

Descendants

Died 29 Aug 1817 at age 75 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina,

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Biography

The marriage of Edward Smith and Sarah Rice is recorded in the Douglas Register^[1]

Revolutionary War

Captain Edward Smith, born 1740 in Virginia, died Spartanburg District, South Carolina, at 15 August 1815 , and his wife Sally Rice, born 1740 in Goochland, Virginia, died Spartanburg District, South Carolina at 1821, married 03 December 1762 in Albemarle, Virginia, are honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution for service: 1) ALSO SECOND LIEUTENANT, CAPT JOSIAH LEAK, GOOCHLAND CO MILITIA. Their son Holman Smith, born at 1782 in South Carolina, died Spartanburg District, South Carolina on 28 May 1855, and his wife Elizabeth. died Spartanburg District, South Carolina after 1860.^[2]

Family

Captain Edward Smith & his wife Sally/Sarah Rice christened children in St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia:

1. a male,unnamed, christened 05 August 1764^[3]
2. Betty Smith, christened 02 Feb 1766^[4] Elizabeth (Smith) Smith was baptized in 02 Feb 1766 in Goochland, Virginia. On Nov 4, 1782, in Goochland, Virginia, she married Reuben Smith, born 15 August 1761^[5][6] (Note: Elizabeth's middle name, Rice, is listed in Private Reuben Smith's DAR Record; it is consistent with her mother's maiden name)
3. Sally Smith, christened 6 Dec 1767^[7] Sarah (Smith) Lipscomb, born 04 November 1767, died 20 March 1860, married December 18, 1783 to John Lipscomb, born 31 October 1763, died 04 November 1767^[8]
4. Holman Smith, born @1782 in South Carolina, died Spartanburg District, South Carolina on 28 May 1855. He married Elizabeth. died Spartanburg District, South Carolina after 1860.^[9]#Holman Smith died 28 May 1855 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ The Douglas register, being a detailed record of births, marriages, and deaths, together with other interesting notes, as kept by William Douglas from 1750 to 1797. An index of Goochland Wills; notes on the French-Huguenot refugees who lived in Manakin-town. Transcribed and edited by W. Mac. Jones. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001874199
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 4, 2020), "Record of Edward Smith", Ancestor # A105159.
3. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRC-R43 : 28 January 2020), Edward Smith in entry for Smith, 1764.
4. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRH-HQ8 : 28 January 2020), Edward Smith in entry for Betty Smith, 1766.
5. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 4, 2020), "Record of Edward Smith", Ancestor # A105159.
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 17, 2020), "Record of Reuben Smith", Ancestor # A106716.
7. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRC-DT3 : 28 January 2020), Edward Smith in entry for Sally Smith, 1767.
8. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 4, 2020), "Record of Edward Smith", Ancestor # A105159.
9. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 4, 2020), "Record of Edward Smith", Ancestor # A105159.
10. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed July 4, 2020), "Record of Edward Smith", Ancestor # A105159.

1820 U S Census; Census Place: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Page: 276; NARA Roll: M33_120; Image: 342 Name: Sarah Smith Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2 Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1 Free White Persons - Under 16: 4 Free White Persons - Over 25: 1 Total Free White Persons: 8 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 8

• "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRRC-7Y7 : 10 February 2018), Sally Rice in entry for William Smith, 23 Sep 1769; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 975.5 V2D.

• "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRRC-R4Q : 10 February 2018), Sally Rice in entry for Smith, ; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 975.5 V2D.

• "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRRH-HQD : 10 February 2018), Sarah Rice in entry for Betty Smith, ; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 975.5 V2D.

• "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRRC-DTQ : 10 February 2018), Sally Rice in entry for Sally Smith, 04 Nov 1767; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 975.5 V2D.