John Greene Smithson (1820 - 1893)

Born 10 Jun 1820 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Vaughn (Ladd) Smithson — married 18 Feb 1841 in Williamson Co., Tennessee

Descendants

Died 2 Jan 1893 at age 72 in Alabama

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Biography

John was born in 1820. He is the son of Hezekiah Smithson and Henrietta Carter. He passed away in 1893. ^[1]

Rev. John Greene Smithson was probably the male age 10-15 in Hezekiah Smithson's 1830 family. John Green Smithson became a Minister in the M. E. Church South. He had emigrated to Tennessee with his parents in 1827. Five of his sons eight sons became lawyers.

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• William Ramage, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by William and others.

Williamson County Tennessee Marriage Records: John G. Smithson & Ann V. Ladd, married Dec. 6, 1838; Isaac English was bondsman for their marriage.

1. ↑ Entered by William Ramage, Aug 6, 2012

1850 US Census of Dist. #10, Williamson Co., TN, pg. 254, #196 Smithson, Jno. G. age 30, b. VA head, male, white, Overseer $600 Smithson, Ann V. age 31, b. TN female, white, keeps house Smithson, Noble H. age 8, b. TN male, white Smithson, Mary H. age 7, b. TN female, white Smithson, Ann E. age 6, b. TN female, white Smithson, Martha J. age 5, b. TN female, white Smithson, Rebecca J. age 4, b. TN female, white Smithson, Fountain D. age 2, b. TN male, white Smithson, John G. age 3/12, b. TN male, white

MAURY COUNTY, TENNESSEE; CHANCERY COURT RECORDS, 1810-1860 by Jill K. Garrett and Marise P. Lightfoot, 1965. Vol. I, pg. 70-71. BROWN vs IRVINE, 1858 Lauderdale Co., Ala.....in the counting room of J. T. Westmoreland's store house in Lexington, Lauderdale Co., Alabama, on 11 March 1859 , before W. R. Porter, J. P., Henry C. Smithson, John G. Smithson, and William Smithson made depositions...Henry C. Smithson of Maury County made deed to Riley W. Brown before Smithson came to Alabama. William Smithson, age 36, and John Smithson, age 38, in their depositions July 1858, said that Smithson had lived at Santa Fe in 1856 ... owned houses and lots adjoining Methodist Church. In Springfield, Missouri, deposition of James C. Gardner, now in Missouri, made before John S. Bigbee, J. P....Gardner worked in store in 1855 and 1856 in Riley W. Brown's store. Ira E. Brown had land on Snow and Knob Creeks, Dist. 19, houses in Santa Fe ... mentions William Younger, John W. Irvine, E. H. Wortham. James Kannon in 1853 sold lot in Santa Fe, Dist. 18, to G. W. C. Mangrum.

1860 US Census of Lexington P. O., Lauderdale Co., AL, pg. 248: Smithson, John G. age 40, b. VA, head, male, white, minister of Methodist Church South, $1400/$13,411 Smithson, Ann V. age 42, b. TN female, white, house keeping Smithson, Mary H. age 17, b. TN female, white, attends school Smithson, Ann L. age 16, b. TN female, white, attends school Smithson, Martha I. age 14, b. TN female, white, attends school Smithson, Rebecca E. age 13, b. TN female, white, attends school Smithson, Fountain D. G. age 12, b. TN male, white, attends school Smithson, John G. age 10, b. TN male, white, attends school Smithson, Payton age 9, b. TN male, white, attends school Smithson, Sarah E. age 8, b. TN female, white, attends school Smithson, Thornton L. age 5, b. TN male, white Smithson, William B. age 3, b. TN male, white Smithson, Isaac N. age 2, b. TN male, white Smithson, Allice D. age 4/12, b. TN female, white

1870 US Census of Dist. #6, Pulaski P.O., Giles Co., TN, pg. 110, #286/#286. Smithson, J. G. age 50, b. VA head, farmer, $11, 000/$2800 Smithson, Ann V. age 50, b. TN keeping house Smithson, Mattie age 23, b. TN at home Smithson, John age 20, b. TN farm hand Smithson, Peyton age 18, b. TN farm hand Smithson, Betty age 16, b. TN at home Smithson, Thornton age 15, b. AL farm hand Smithson, William age 13, b. AL farm hand Smithson, Newton age 11, b. AL farm hand Smithson, Alis age 9, b. AL Smithson, Thomas age 7, b. AL Smithson, Henry age 4, b. TN Sharp, James age 30, b. TN boot maker, --/$2000 [son-in-law] Sharp, Rebecca age 22, b. TN no occupation [dau. Rebecca E. Smithson]

HISTORY OF TENNESSEE, ILLUSTRATED: Giles, Lincoln, Franklin & Moore Counties. Goodspeed Pub. Co., Nashville, 1886. Revised and Reprinted in 1979 by Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr. pg. 870: Rev. John G. Smithson, a prominent farmer and stock-raiser, was born in 1820 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and is the son of Hezekiah and Henrietta Smithson natives of Virginia. Our subject moved to Jefferson County Tenn., in 1827 with his father, but afterward to Williamson County, Tenn., and received his education in the common schools of that county. In 1841 he was married to Ann V. Ladd, the daughter of Noble and Mary Ladd, natives of North Carolina. To Mr. and Mrs. Smithson were born fifteen children: Noble H., Mary H., Anne, Martha J., Rebecca J., Fountain D., John G., Paten C., Sarah E., Thornton L., William B., Isaac N., Alice D., Thomas F., and Henry C. In 1866 our subject purchased 350 acres where he is now residing. It consists of excellent land, three and a half miles west of Pulaski, all well improved and a part in cultivation. He has been a local Methodist Episcopal minister in this county since 1854. The Smithson family are all highly respected citizens, and the early members of the family were among the first settlers of Tennessee. Mr. Smithson owns a half-interest in the cotton and grist-mills known as Vale Mills, which are very famous all over the country. He is also a stockholder in a turnpike and a Republican in politics.

"Nashville Christian Advocate", January 19, 1893: [abstracted version] Rev. J. G. SMITHSON son of Hezekiah P. and Henrietta Smithson was born in Danville, Virginia, June 10, 1820; moved to Jefferson Co., Tennessee in 1830; then to Williamson Co., Tenn. in 1832; married Ann V. Ladd in 1840; fifteen children, thirteen surviving; moved to Lexington, Ala. in January 1852; licensed to preach in Methodist Church in the fall of 1855; moved to Giles Co., Tennessee later; ordained elder in 1872. His wife died in 1886; he married again [name not given] in 1888. He died Madison, Georgia, Jan. 2, 1893. A master mason.

CEMETERY RECORDS OF GILES CO., TENNESSEE. Maplewood Cemetery, old white section: Smithson, Rev. John Greene 1820-1893 Smithson, Ann V. 1818-1886

• First-hand information. Entered by John Smithson at registration.