Doddridge County Roots

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Thomas SMITH

Thomas SMITH

Male 1783 - 1872  (88 years)

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  • Name Thomas SMITH 
    Born 21 May 1783  Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Census 1840  Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • From "History of Nutters Fork Community" (1927), by Lily Smith Corathers:
      "Thomas Smith, Sr., of German descent, moved from Greene County, Pennsylvania, to Barnesville, Ohio, thence to Tyler County, Western Virginia, and finally to the Sears lands near the Bog. Here he had a brick house erected which he later sold to his son-in-law, Eleazer Sr., it passed into the hands of his son, the late Joseph Freeman, whose widow now owns property."
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 2 Feb 1872  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I79340  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 May 2016 

    Father John SMITH,   b. 7 Sep 1755, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1831, Middlebourne, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Letitia "Lettie" CLINE,   b. 9 Aug 1762, Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1860, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Family ID F42594  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth SMITH,   b. 13 Nov 1790,   d. 23 Jan 1872, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 11 Feb 1802  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 16 1850:
      Thomas Smith, 67, b. Pa, farmer, value of real estate $4100; Elizabeth Smith, 59, b. Va; Joseph Smith, 20, b. Va, farmer; Eliza Smith, 18, b. Ohio; Washington Weekly, 5, b. Va; Franklin Bond, 22, b. Va, farmer.
      NOTE: Franklin Bond was John and Elizabeth Smith's grandson Benjamin Franklin Bond, son of their daughter Mary.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on July 23 1860:
      Thos. Smith, 77, b. Pa, farmer, value of real estate $4800, value of personal estate 350; Elizabeth Smith, 69, b. Va; Washington Smith, 15, b. Va; Solomon Weekly, 13, b. Va.
    Children 
     1. Mary "Polly" SMITH,   b. 30 Jun 1809, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1883, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     2. Elizabeth SMITH,   b. 3 Nov 1811, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1900, Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     3. Isaac Oscar SMITH,   b. 20 Feb 1815, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1880, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     4. John SMITH,   b. 29 Mar 1817, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1903, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     5. James SMITH,   b. 18 Jun 1818,   d. 9 Jan 1890  (Age 71 years)
     6. Lettice Ann SMITH,   b. 7 Apr 1820, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1876, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
     7. Thomas SMITH,   b. 15 Jul 1821,   d. 20 Aug 1839  (Age 18 years)
     8. William M. SMITH,   b. 20 Oct 1823, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1915, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     9. Hiram SMITH,   b. 7 Aug 1827,   d. 16 Nov 1885  (Age 58 years)
     10. Joseph SMITH,   b. 6 Nov 1829,   d. 4 Jul 1857, Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
     11. Eliza SMITH,   b. 15 Jul 1832, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1913, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F33947  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1840 - Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    79340_SMITH_Thomas_ElizabethSmith_Coleman-FreemanCem_CrystalLake_WestUnion_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    2. [S2742] History of Nutters Fork Community (1927), Lily Smith Corathers, (http://www.wvculture.org/history/agrext/nutterfk.html).

    3. [S934] Findagrave.com.