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From: Francis Smith <>
Subject: [ALABAMA-L] Smith/Martin #2
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 04:20:00 -0600

Hi Everyone,
Sorry, but I had to send these queries in two parts. Below you will
find 3 generations of Smiths' that will further explain some of the mail
lists I have directed this to.
Francis Smith in Mobile, AL
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Descendants of ? Smith and Unknown:

Generation No. 1

1. ?1 Smith. He married Unknown.

Children of ? Smith and Unknown are:
+ 2 i. Bolin2 Smith, Sr..
+ 3 ii. Rolin Smith, born November 08, 1772; died December 16, 1854.
4 iii. Jeremiah Smith.
5 iv. Moses Smith.
6 v. Johns Smith.
7 vi. Gray Smith.

Generation No. 2

2. Bolin2 Smith, Sr. (?1).

Child of Bolin Smith, Sr. is:
+ 8 i. Bolin3 Smith, Jr., born June 22, 1811 in GA.? Screven Co.; died
February 18, 1870.

3. Rolin2 Smith (?1) (Source: Jasper County, GA., - Cemetery and Bible
Records, copyright 1969, Pages 70 & 71, On his gravestone it reads: "A
Patroitic Southerner".He died at the age of 82.) was born November 08,
1772, and died December 16, 1854 (Source: Jasper County, GA., - Cemetery
and Bible Records, copyright 1969, Page 70, On the gravestone of Hannah
reads: "Daughter of Major Lewis D. Martin, Revolutionary Soldier of
Pendleton District, S.C. Left aged husband and 6 children."Aged 59.).
He married Hannah Martin, daughter of Lewis D. Martin.

More About Rolin Smith:
Buried: Old Smith Cemetery, Jasper Co., GA., 6 miles east of Monticello,
near Putnam Co.

More About Hannah Martin:
Buried: Old Smith Cemetery, Jasper Co., GA., 6 miles east of Monticello,
near Putnam Co.

Child of Rolin Smith and Hannah Martin is:
9 i. Amanda M.3 Smith, born September 24, 1812; died October 02, 1853.
She married ? Stephens.

More About Amanda M. Smith:
Buried: Old Smith Cemetery, Jasper Co., GA., 6 miles east of Monticello,
near Putnam Co.

Generation No. 3

8. Bolin3 Smith, Jr. (Bolin2, ?1) was born June 22, 1811 in GA.?
Screven Co. (Source: Republic of Texas Poll Lists for 1846 (Mullins
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1974), Page 155,
"Smith, Bolin - Brazoria Co., Fort Bend, TX."), and died February 18,
1870. He married Martha Ann Mock March 17, 1846 in Dallas Co., AL,
daughter of Benjamin Mock and Mary Bryan.

Notes for Bolin Smith, Jr.:
Will of a Bolin Smith (possibly this is Bolin Smith's father) which
reads:

"Georgia, Jasper County -- June 1, 1817
This is to certify that after my death, that I wish Coland and Clayton
to be at liberty and freed from slavery as it has been my opinion, they
in right, ought to be, and if they can't be at ease and liberty in this
state for them to be sent to some other state where they can be at
liberty for them, and to have a reasonable sum out of my estate for a
begining to have till they can do well for themselves. The balance of
my estate to be distributed between my sister Johns, sister Gray, and my
brothers Rolin, and Moses.
Given under my hand the day above written --
Bolin Smith
B. Smith
To John Martin, Esq. of the County and State of Georgia"

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"Alabama, Autauga County -- October, 1831
I do hereby revoke that part of the within will or testament for
Jeremiah, and I do not leave or give or bequeath him the ..... not one
cent of my estate and have erased his name.
Bolin Smith

As John Martin is dead I now direct this to my brother Rolin Smith,
Jasper Co., Georgia.
I endorse the executorship of this will to brother Jeremiah Smith,
January........?.

Rolin Smith

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Children of Bolin Smith and Martha Mock are:
10 i. Remus Benjamin4 Smith, born August 03, 1847 in Walker Co., TX;
died January 12, 1868. He married Unknown.

More About Remus Benjamin Smith:
Twin: Yes. To Romulus.

11 ii. Romulus Bolin Smith, born August 03, 1847 in Walker Co., TX;
died October 03, 1847 (Source: Romulus died at the age of two months.).
He married None.

More About Romulus Bolin Smith:
Twin: Yes. To Remus.

12 iii. Elias Bonnell Smith (Source: Francis Earl Smith, Sr., Elias'
family Bible was presented to me (Francis M. Smith) by my father
(Francis E. Smith, Sr. ).), born August 03, 1849 in Lowndes Co., AL;
died October 10, 1901 in Escatawpa, Jackson Co., MS. He married (1)
Unity Hough Ferrill September 01, 1870 in Escatawpa, Jackson Co., MS
(Source: History of Jackson County, MS, Page 346, F472, Elias and Unity
were married by John Hughes, Justice of the Peace.). He married (2)
Mary Adell Williams October 01, 1883 in Jackson Co., MS (Source: Journal
of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, v.3, bk 4, p. 199.( 1884 -
Pascagoula/ Democrat Star, vol. 39, Friday , Oct. 12, 1883, No. 32,page
2, col. 4: "Married at Milne's Bend 4 Oct. 1883 by Rev. J.W.Ferrill,
E.B.Smith and Mary D. Williams."). He married (3) Laura Bell Denmark
(Source: SURNAMES: William M. Thomas, 8125 Faye St., Citronelle, AL
36522-----(334) 866-5683, Vol. II, Sect. 3, Page 137.) June 24, 1895 in
Jackson Co., MS.

Notes for Elias Bonnell Smith:
(1) The "Old Ferrill Cemetery" is located south of Robinson Cemetery,
south of Church Street, and the west side of Hwy. 43.

(2) According to information read in a book the Sherman family has the
marriage certificate of Elias Bonnell Smith and Unity Hough Ferrill.

(3) At one time Elias Smith owned what is known as "Brick Yard Bluff"
where they made and sold brick. A shipyard is located there now. He
was also a General Merchandise and grocery store owner, which also
included stables, wine presses, and blacksmithing which he did himself.

More About Elias Bonnell Smith:
Buried: Old Ferrill Cemetery, Escatawpa, MS.

Marriage Notes for Elias Smith and Unity Ferrill:

More About Mary Adell Williams:
Buried: April 16, 1895, Ferrill Cemetery, Escatawpa, Jackson Co., MS
(Source: Mississippi Press, Obituary-- File #2SN-Elias Bonnell Smith,
Died, at Escatawpa, Miss., April 15, 1895, of consumption, Mary A.
Williams Smith, wife of E. B. Smith. Deceased was born in Jackson
county, December 9, 1860. She became a member of the RLDS Church March
16, 1879, having been among the first ones to embrace that faith in this
part of the State. The funeral sermon was preached in the Baptist
church by the writer at 2 p.m., on the 16th inst., Bro. G. R. Ellis, of
Zion M. E. Church, opening with an earnest, feeling prayer, and chosing
with some very touching and appropriate remarks in which he testified to
the Christian character of Sister Smith. Her remains were then followed
to the Ferrell burying ground by a large concourse of sorrowing
relatives and friends, and there laid to rest near two of her little
angel children, whose spirits had gone on before and were there to
welcome her in the house of the blessed. F. P.
ScarcliffApril 19, 1895.)
Baptism: March 16, 1870, RLDS Church

13 iv. Jeremiah Smith, born July 18, 1850 in Brazos River, Fort Bend
Co., TX (Source: (1) Margaret Louise (Smith) Airey, Mobile, AL,
478-4788, Margaret is the granddaughter of Jeremiah "Jerry" Smith and
Nancy Louisa Kirkwood., (2) Elsie Elizabeth Mader Smith, Notes, Jeremiah
was born on the Brazos River, Fort Bend Co., Texas about 12 miles below
Richmond.); died in Meridian, Lauderdale Co., MS. He married Nancy
Louisa Kirkwood August 10, 1876 in Jackson Co., MS (Source: Marriages of
Jackson Co., MS, Record Book #1 (MS Coast Historical & Genealogical
Soc., 1976-77), Page 112, Bondsman E. B. Smith.).

More About Jeremiah Smith:
Buried: Meridian, MS

Notes for Nancy Louisa Kirkwood:
(1) Nancy Kirkwood had a sister named Ann Kirkwood Johnson, who had a
daughter by the name of Leila who married an Ehlers in Moss Point, MS.

More About Nancy Louisa Kirkwood:
Buried: Meridian, MS

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