James Easterland Smith (1840 - 1913)

Born 16 May 1840 in Floyd county, Georgia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1913 at age 73 in Cherokee, Alabama, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Jessica Key [send private message]

Biography

Family stories told to Bruce Brock and recounted in his book about the James E. Smith's family say that during the Civil War, the Stafford family moved in with the Smith family and that is when James (Jim) fell in love with and married Narcissa.

After the war, James opened a shop in Collinsville AL but lost his shop in a fire. He then became a post master and delivered mail by horse. Their grandchildren remembered him as stately, partly bald, and that he spoke with "firmness".

Cause of death: paralysis.

From the 1907 Census of Confederate Veterans: SMITH, JAMES E - Present Post Office; Collins #3 Was born on May 16th, 1840 in the county of Floyd in the state of Georgia; First entered the service as private on Feb 1862 at Corinth Miss in the 22nd Ala Reg Co D and continued until close of war - has no papers.

Sources

• According to his Civil War service records, he stood 5'7 and his eyes were hazel. He was born in Floyd co. GA according to his AL pension record.

• 1850 Cherokee co. AL census:

SMITH, William - Wht 40 GA
Sarah - 43 B:GA
Henry A - 15 GA
Margaret J - 13 GA
Mary Ann - 11 GA
James - 9 GA
William - 7 GA
Martha S - 5 GA
Nancy - 3 GA

• 1860 Cherokee co. AL census:

SMITH, William K - Wht 52 GA
Sarah - 53 SC
James - 20 GA
William J.A - 18 GA
Sarah M - 14 GA
Nancy A - 12 GA

• 1870 Cherokee co. AL census:

SMITH, J.E., 29, M, W, Farmer, born Georgia
Nacissa C., 24, F, W, Housekeeper, born Georgia
James H.M., 9, M, W, born Alabama
Mary J. S., 5, F, W, born Tennessee
Rosetta, 3, F, W, born Tennessee
Charcy D., F, W, born Oct 1869

• 1880 Cherokee co. AL census:

SMITH, J.E., W, M, Farmer, 40, GA GA GA
Caroline, W, F, keeps house, 34, GA, NC, GA
Henry M., W, M, farm laborer, 18, AL
Mary J., W, F, at home, 16, TN
Mattie, W, F, at home, 14, TN
Rosette, W, F, at home, 12, TN
Charcy, W, F, at home, 10, AL
Peter J.M., W, M, at home, 8, AL
William E., W, M, at home, 6, AL
Porter G., W, M, at home, 4, AL
Luther M., W, M, at home, 2, AL
Eulile, W, F, at home, 6 months, AL

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M98M-P1Q : accessed 17 July 2018), James E Smith, Precincts 11, 19 Brindley, Stafford, Cherokee, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 126, sheet 10B, family 188, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,007.

• "Alabama, Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DP-WJHT : 17 March 2018), James E Smith, 1907; citing Collins, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, citing Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,533,727.

• DNA: http://www.smithsworldwide.org/tng/showbranch.php?br=L2AXFlvONm713