Anderson John Smith Sr. (1743 - aft. 1809)

Born 1743 in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Priscilla (Williams) Smith — married 4 Sep 1763 in Rowan, North Carolina

Descendants

Died after 3 Oct 1809 after age 66 in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Anderson Smith Sr. performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.

Anderson Smith Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A104649.

According to his obituary in FindaGrave (www.findagrave.com/memorial/62311285/anderson-john-smith) Anderson John Smith, Sr. was born about 1743 in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He was the son of John Smith and Rebecka Anderson. As a young boy his family moved to Rowan Co, North Carolina where he married Priscilla Williams on 4 Sep 1763 in Rowan, County, North Carolina. ^[1]

According to deeds recorded in Rowan County, Anderson bought 126 acres of land in Rowan County, North Carolina on July 10, 1766 from Vinson Williams. Witnesses were James Smith and John Dunn. In 1768 Anderson is found residing in Rowan County. ^[2] On February 4, 1779 he sold these 126 acres to Thomas Monroe, said land lay on south side of Yadkin River in Rowan County. Witnesses: Gabriel Enochs and William Halbrook.

1782, he received a land grant from North Carolina for 250 acres in Sullivan County, Tennessee, Land Grant dated October 23, 1782.^[3]

Anderson Smith appears in the Pulaski County Tax lists in 1800 and is listed as having in his household one male between the ages of 16 & 21. ^[4]

He shows no land holdings there until 1804 (200 acres), no land in 1805, and 100 acres in 1806. It appears he purchased 200 acres from James Smith (assignee of Wm. Dotson) in 1807 but the tax records show him only holding a total of 200 acres.

Anderson is to believed to have died about in 1809 Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States. Where he is buried is unknown.^[5]

Research Notes

Anderson Smith DAR #A104649 : Gloria Padach's, research on Anderson Sr. Smith got him approved as a recognized patriot by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1981, for his patriotic service in North Carolina.

Descendants of Anderson Smith show yDNA test anomaly, Hg-R1b1. The yDNA Haplogroup of Anderson's brother Andrew, born in 1718, matches that of descendants of Yorkshire immigrant Andrew Smith's son Andrew, Jr. and grandsons Andrew III and Timothy. Others descending from Andrew b. 1718 show that same yDNA, Hg-Q1a3a. ^{[6] [7]}

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFSC-BX1 : 9 March 2021), Anderson Smith and Priscilla Williams, 04 Sep 1763; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 1,760,520.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 1999
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records ; Roll: 23; Book: 15. North Carolina and Tennessee, U.S., Early Land Records, 1753-1931. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Kentucky, U.S., Tax Lists, 1799-1801. Note: Clift, G. Glenn. Second Census of Kentucky, 1800/i. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2006
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62311285/anderson-john-smith
6. ↑ https://www.smithsworldwide.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I2306&tree=tree1
7. ↑ Descendant of Group 38 in SmithConnections.com DNA Project
   

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