JEREMIAH SMITH

Jeremiah Smith (c1750-c1805) married Jemima Holley (c1755-about 1829) He served under Francis Marion during the Revolution. I have seen a reported marriage date of 24 June 1772, in Lancaster County, SC, but I have not seen where that date came from. There is a Jeremiah Smith in Greenville Co, S.C., from its formation in 1786 until at least 1800, whom census records show with six children of expected ages. A Jemima Smith was listed on an early but undated membership list of Fork Shoals Baptist Church, founded 1780. There were three married Jeremiah Smiths listed in the Georgia Land Lottery of 1805, in Clarke, Elbert, and Washington counties. All drew blanks. I believe our Jeremiahs Sr and Jr to be two of these. Our Jeremiah, Sr. is reported to have died in Georgia soon after, but no record has been found.

Some sources list Jeremiah's wife as Jemimah Hollis, daughter of Moses Hollis of Fairfield District, SC. For an explanation of why I reject this identification, see my page on the Hollis Family.
Jemima Holley appears to be the sister of Elias Holley of St Helena Pr, LA, and previously Barnwell District, SC. For my arguments supporting this identification, see my page on the Holley Family.

1. Jeremiah G Smith (1773-1843) married 1798 Joanna Dillon (1778), moved to Pike Co, MS,
. . .in 1808, probably with his father-in-law Richard Dillon, before the others came in 1810.
2. Tobias Smith (1779-1860) married 1805 Rebecca Bankston, lived in Washington Pr until 1834
. . .when he sold his land to Robert Singleton and moved to Smith Co, MS
3. George N Smith (1782-1833) married 1817 Clara Dillon (1799-1886), Pike Co, MS
4. daughter Smith married Robert Singleton, Jr. lived in Washington Pr, LA, in 1834, then moved
. . .to Mississippi. Robert 's second wife, widowed, lived in Washington Pr, in 1850
5. Sarah Smith (1790-aft1830) married about 1808 Barden Dykes (c1775-1814) then married
. . 1815 Lott Ridgdell (1775-1833); lived in Hinds Co, MS
6. Phoebe Smith (1792-1825) married 1815 William Chain (1788-1856); Covington Co, MS

Jeremiah G Smith (23 Dec 1773-1843) m.16 Dec 1798 Joanna Dillon (22 Aug 1778-after 1840) probably married in Barnwell District, SC, where the Dillons lived. And their daughter Martha was born in South Carolina in 1802. Connerly's 1909 History of Pike County, reports he moved from Lancaster Dist, SC, in 1808, and was one of the finest mechanics of his time. The story is that after he built his house, the Spanish West Florida surveyors came through and he found he was not in U.S. territory. So he moved across the line to Pike Co, Mississippi, near Dillontown. Later, he heard hammering nearby and went to see who his new neighbor was. It was his brother George, who had come later with their mother. Neither had known where the other was. Jeremiah served in the War of 1812. George married Joanna's sister Clara in 1817.

1. Hollander Smith (1800) married Ben Morris
2. Martha "Patsy" Smith (1802-1861) married Edwin Alford
3. Elias V Smith (1804-1838) married Orpha Roberts, then Ann Crews
4. Jane Smith (1805-1846) married Thomas Calter Warner
5. Edwin Smith (1807)
6. Wyatt Smith (1809-1894) married Eusaba Fortenberry
7. Eliza Smith (1811-1837) married Irwin (or Quinney) Bullock
8. Calvin Smith (1812) married Ann Crews Smith (d.1843), widow of Elias, then Sarah Brumfield
9. Lydia Smith (1815) married Harris Harvey
10.Mehala Smith (1816) married first a Youngblood, then Josiah Lewis
11. Milevey Smith (1818) married Daniel Harvey ?
12. Joanna Smith (1819) married Lemuel T Bullock
13. Jeremiah Smith, Jr (1821-1894) married Pernissa Smith, daughter of George

Martha "Patsie" Smith (1802-1861) m.1818 Edwin Barksdale Alford

Harriet Jane Alford m.1847 Tyra Jennings Tynes

Walter Edwin Tynes (1848-1928) m.1871 Frances Mary Tate

Jeanne Marie Tynes (1878-1958) m.1913 Carson B Matthews

Frances Mary Tate Matthews (1917) m.1949 Virgil Raymond Liptrap

James Matthews Liptrap (1951)