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Thomas Smith (1801 - 1874)

Thomas "Tom" Smith
Born in Granville, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Died at age 72 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Biography

Thomas Smith (November 26,1801-October 14,1874), lawyer and planter; lived principally on his plantation called Hecatoo in Lincoln County, Arkansas; married July 17, 1834 to Elizabeth Anderson Robertson and had several children. - Source: Smith of Abram's Plains, Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith (1988).

Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002

Name: Thomas Smith
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 17 Jul 1834
Marriage Place: Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Spouse: Elizabeth A Robertson


1850 United States Federal Census[1] Name: Thomas Smith Gender: Male Age: 48 Birth Year: abt 1802 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1850: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Occupation: None Industry: Non-Industrial Response Line Number: 20 Dwelling Number: 407 Family Number: 434 Household Members Age

  • Felice Robertson 69
  • Thomas Smith 48
  • Elizabeth A Smith 34
  • Jameel G Smith 15
  • Mary L Smith 13
  • Felix R Smith 12

1860 United States Federal Census[2] Name: Tom Smith [Thomas] Age: 58 Birth Year: abt 1802 Gender: Male Birth Place: North Carolina Home in 1860: Nashville Ward 3, Davidson, Tennessee Dwelling Number: 478 Family Number: 525 Occupation: Planter Real Estate Value: 14000 Personal Estate Value: 110800 Household Members Age

  • Tom Smith 58
  • Elizabeth A Smith 43
  • Felix R R Smith 21
  • Felix Robertson 79
  • Hary L Robertson 8
  • Jane McCullough 25
  • William S Barry 80
  • Philip L Nichol 26
  • James B Williams 61

1870 United States Federal Census[3] Name: Thomas Smith Age in 1870: 68 Birth Date: abt 1802 Birthplace: North Carolina Dwelling Number: 63 Home in 1870: Kimbrough, Arkansas, Arkansas Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Cummins Occupation: Farmer Cannot Read: Yes Cannot Write: Yes Male Citizen Over 21: Yes Personal Estate Value: 2200 Real Estate Value: 6000 Inferred Children: Felix R Smith Household Members Age

  • Thomas Smith 68
  • Felix R Smith 32
  • Elizabeth Smith 50
  • Sintler Smith 26
  • Samuel Smith 2
  • Sarah Smith

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71030280/tom-smith

Name: Tom Smith
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1801
Death Date: 1874
Cemetery: Mount Olivet Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Spouse: Elizabeth Anderson Smith
Children:
Mary Lydia Farquharson
Felix Randolph Robertson Smith
Samuel Granville Smith
Grandson of Samuel Smith. Tom Smith's father was James Webb Smith (May 18, 1770 - May 22,1856) who is buried at a family cemetery in Beech Hill (Franklin Co, Tn).
James Webb Smith (May 18, 1770 - May 22,1856). An affable, public-spirited gentleman, quite tolerant in religious matters but highly partisan in politics. In 1790, he served as deputy sheriff for his father; was elected to the Granville County court in March of 1795 in which he served for some time and was county treasurer, 1792-1808. He moved his family to a plantation on Hollemon's Bend of the Cumberland River in Jackson County, Tennessee, some time in the autumn of 1810. Colonel James W. Smith held several responsible public offices and served as a delegate to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention, 1834. Well known and a respected figure to many persons in Tennessee in his day; he was a faithful Old Hickory Democrat. He was a consistent, sincere Christian, who wrote,"God calls, mercy entreats and Christ knocks for admittance. . . . I am a Calvinist . . . still there is not a shadow of a doubt on my mind but that the atonement made by Jesus Christ is sufficient for the sins of the whole world , , , Let others do as they will, as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Colonel Smith was married to Mary Downey (1771 - June 7,1836), December 15, 1791; after her death, and while he was on a trip to Granville County, he married his first cousin, Mary Webb (1789-1859), March 16, 1839.
Located about sixty-five miles east of Nashville, capital of Tennessee, is located the site of the former plantation, Beech Hill, owned by Colonel James Webb Smith, on Holleman's Bend along the east bank of the Cumberland River and about a mile and north of Granville, a village portion of the Cumberland a half on the river. In the mid-1970s a was dammed, creating Cordell Hull Lake, along which the former Smith place is located. In 1808, Colonel Smith and several of his slaves, some of whom were skilled craftsmen, came to this location, where he had erected at that time a two-story brick house, seat of an about 1600 acre plantation, and being thus an improved acreage, brought his family from Granville County, North Carolina, settling there permanently in 1810. (Almost up until later in that year his activities in Granville County were noted in the county court minutes.)

Slaves

In the 1850 census, Thomas was enslaving two unnamed people (a 27-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman) in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.[4]

Thomas's father James Webb Smith died on 22 May 1856 and Thomas inherited ten enslaved people outright, plus eight enslaved people and an unspecified number of their children to be held in trust for two of his nephews.[5]

NAMEEnslaver who inherited in 1856Notes
WebbThomas Smith, sonChild of Tempy
MassyThomas Smith, sonMother of Manville, Andrew, George, Jane, and Arabella
ManvilleThomas Smith, sonChild of Massy
AndrewThomas Smith, sonChild of Massy
GeorgeThomas Smith, sonChild of Massy
JaneThomas Smith, sonChild of Massy
ArabellaThomas Smith, sonChild of Massy
MosesThomas Smith, sonSon of Syntha
SynthaThomas Smith, son“My old crippled woman” - Mother of Granville, Phill, Moses, and Jack.
JackThomas Smith, sonSon of Syntha
Rock and all her childrenThomas Smith, in trust for grandsons James Webb Smith and Hugh Brown Smith
Ibby and all her childrenThomas Smith, in trust for grandsons James Webb Smith and Hugh Brown Smith
JudahThomas Smith, in trust for grandsons James Webb Smith and Hugh Brown Smith
KittyThomas Smith, in trust for grandsons James Webb Smith and Hugh Brown SmithMother of Dilsy, Alfred, and Roanna
RoannaThomas Smith, in trust for grandsons James Webb Smith and Hugh Brown SmithYoungest child of Kitty
ElexanderThomas Smith, in trust for grandsons James Webb Smith and Hugh Brown SmithSon of Jordan
LewisThomas Smith, in trust for grandsons James Webb Smith and Hugh Brown Smith“Idiot and old”
DavidThomas Smith, in trust for grandsons James Webb Smith and Hugh Brown Smith


In the 1860 census, Thomas's nephew Hugh Brown Smith was acting as his agent in Jackson County, Tennessee, in the ownership of 58 enslaved people from the estate James Webb Smith.[6]

Sources

  1. 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDH-VNV : Wed Oct 04 20:11:01 UTC 2023), Entry for Felix Robertson and Thomas Smith, 1850.
  2. 1860 United States Federal Census; Year: 1860; Census Place: Nashville Ward 3, Davidson, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1246; Page: 365; Family History Library Film: 805246
  3. 1870 United States Federal Census: Year: 1870; Census Place: Kimbrough, Arkansas, Arkansas; Roll: M593_47; Page: 52A
  4. 1850 Census - Slave Schedule: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 ", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVH4-BPG : Fri Oct 06 01:12:09 UTC 2023), Entry for and Thomas Smith, 1850.
  5. Will of James Webb Smith - U.S. Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008. Tennessee, Court Transcripts of the County, Chancery and Circuit Courts, 1839-1915; Tennessee Courts (Jackson County). Court Transcripts, Sircy, D-Smith, M. Image 636 of 1543. Ancestry Sharing Link
  6. 1860 Census - Slave Schedule: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WKTL-BTN2 : Wed Oct 04 04:46:36 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Smith and , 1860.
  • Find a Grave: database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71030280/tom-smith: accessed 12 October 2023), memorial page for Tom Smith (1801–1874), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71030280, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by V F (contributor 50176040).

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of Yates and Allied Families.ged on 21 December 2010.




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As a member of the US Black Heritage Project, I have added a list of the slaves owned by Thomas Smith on this profile with categories using the standards of the US Black Heritage Exchange Program. This helps us connect enslaved ancestors to their descendants. Please see the Heritage Exchange Portal for more information.
posted by Naomi Van Tol