Ransom D Smith (1761 - 1855)

Born 11 Apr 1761 in Beaverdam, Hanover, Virginia

Husband of Elizabeth Betsey (Moss) Smith — married 26 Aug 1783 in Granville County, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 12 Aug 1855 at age 94 in Powells Crossroads, Marion, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Ransom Smith was born in Hanover, Virginia, the son of Gulielmus Smith and his unknown wife. ^{[1] [2]}

He fought in the Revolutionary War and then married Elizabeth Moss. ^[3] They were the parents of eight children.

The family moved to Tennessee by 1830. ^[4]

Ransom died there in 1855.

Research Notes

This may be for the same man:

Military Service:

Date: 1812

Place: United States

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6747091/ransom-d-smith: accessed 02 October 2022), memorial page for Ransom D. Smith (11 Apr 1761–12 Aug 1855), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6747091, citing Teague Cemetery, Powells Crossroads, Marion County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Helen L. Smith Hoke (contributor 46540075) .
2. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Applications, Application #S3925. Digitized at Fold3. The application does not name his mother.
3. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9Y-KD2R : 10 March 2021), Ransom Smith and Elizabeth Morse, 26 Aug 1783; citing Granville, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ Residence 1830 United States Census, Year: 1830; Census Place: Campbell, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 178; Page: 226; Family History Library Film: 0024536

• Will of father, Gulielmus Smith "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH6X-PPH : 8 March 2021), Gulielmus Smith, 1814; citing Warren, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,295,307.

• Ancestry.com US, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, DC

• Residence: 1790 The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Granville, North Carolina; Series: M637; Page: 90

• Residence: 1800 Hillsboro, Granville, North Carolina United States Census Year: 1800; Census Place: Hillsboro, Granville, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 31; Page: 555; Image: 513; Family History Library Film: 337907

• Residence: 1840 Ancestry.com. Tennessee, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDP-BWK : 23 December 2020), Ranson Smith, Marion, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).