Judith (Nail) Smith (1798 - abt. 1858)

Born 1798 in Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Smith — married 1816 in Franklin, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died about 1858 at about age 60 in Franklin County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Judith (Nail) Smith was born in Appalachia, in Georgia.

Judith (Nail) Smith lived in Appalachia, in Georgia.

Judah Nail (Neal) was born in 1799 in Georgia, as the third child of Joseph Nail Jr. and Francis Smith.

Franklin Co., GA Deeds  "23 Sep 1815  rec. 19 Jul 1816  from Jesse Smith (x) and wife Kissa (x) to James Smith all of Franklin Co. In cons. of $65 conveys 287 1/2 acres belonging to them as legatees of Joseph Nail dec'd." 

Marriage and Children

When she was about 17 she married James Smith, son of Jesse Smith and Anne _____ (Smith), about 1816 in Georgia. They are on the 1850 census cited below. James Smith and Judah Neal (Nail) had 10 known children. All are confirmed with several DNA matches.

1. Joseph Smith was born about 1814 in Franklin, Georgia, USA. He died about 1875 in Marion, Georgia, USA. He married Martha Holey on 16 Feb 1836 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA.
2. James Allen Smith was born about 1815 in Georgia, USA. He died in 1860 in Alabama, USA. He married Mahulda Sims on 02 Jan 1840 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA. He married Malissa Riley on 28 Mar 1854 in Franklin County, Georgia, USA.
3. Cynthia (Smith) Camp was born in 1816 in Franklin, Georgia, USA. She died in 1865 in Franklin, Georgia, USA.
4. Thomas Smith died Jan 1894 in Franklin, Georgia, USA.
5. Irene Smith
6. Steve Upson Smith was born in 1823 in Franklin, Georgia, USA. He died in 1868 in Texas, USA.
7. Margaret Smith was born in 1826 in Franklin, Georgia, USA. She died in 1864 in Alabama, USA.
8. Irvin Smith was born in 1829 in Georgia, USA.
9. Stanford H Smith was born in 1831 in Georgia, USA.
10. Martha Francis Smith (Dunn) was born in 1834 in Georgia, USA. She died in 1910. She married John W Dunn on 05 Apr 1855 in Franklin, Georgia, USA.
11. Alfred Smith was born in 1836 in Franklin, Georgia, USA.^[1] He died about 1897 in Toccoa, Stephens, Georgia, USA. He married Sophronia Evelene Murphy on 02 Nov 1861 in Franklin, Georgia, USA.

Death

Judah lived in District 32, Franklin, Georgia, in 1850. ^[2] but died before 1858 when her husband remarried.

Sources

1. ↑ 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. [1]
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYP-M7M : 20 December 2020), Judah Smith in household of James Smith, Franklin, Georgia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)..