William Garrett Smith

William married Eliza Jane "Oma" Layman on 12 Jul 1925 in Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. Eliza (daughter of George Washington Layman and Julia Etta Ross) was born on 18 Jul 1907 in Whitwell, Marion County, Tennessee; died on 25 Sep 1982 in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee; was buried in Old Union Cemetery, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Emma Grace "Grace" Smith was born on 10 Jul 1932 in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee; died on 8 Nov 2003 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee; was buried in New Union Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee.
2. Lois Smith

Notes:

Husband of Mary "Polly" Teeters, Father of Josie, Jim, Lottie, Sarah, Susan, William Garrett, George and Houston Smith.

John and Polly are buried to the left of Mary Ethel Standifer Smith, but do not have tombstones.

Buried:
no tombstone...

John married Mary "Polly" Teeters on 9 Jul 1874 in Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William Teeters and Elizabeth Whitlow) was born on 25 Jan 1857 in Sequatchie County, Tennessee; died on 21 Nov 1925; was buried in Old Union Cemetery, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Posted By: Donna Doty

Email: ddoty@bellsouth.net
Subject: Teeters of Bledsoe and Sequatchie Co TN
Post Date: June 24, 2005 at 18:32:05
Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/teeters/messages/227.html
Forum: Teeters Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/teeters/

I am researching my great-grandmother's family from Dunlap TN and have hit a huge brick wall. I have not had much contact with anyone else researching this line especially since my Mom passed away, so any help I can receive will be appreciated.

My great grandmother is Mary "Polly" Teeters (Jun 1857- 21 Nov 1925) married 9 Jul 1874 to John Smith (1853-1926). Polly and John are buried in Old Union Cemetery in Dunlap, TN.

John and Polly had 8 children:

Josie Smith (1875 - ?) married Sidney Brewer (1869 - ?)
James H. Smith (1877 - 1963) married Sarah Ann ?? (1877 - 1958)
Lottie Smith (1880 - 1967) married Charlie Clemmons (1887 - 1957)
Sarah J. Smith (1885 -?) married William Simmons (1885 - ?)
Susan Smith (1888 - 1956) married Grover Walker (1891 - 1981)
William Garrett Smith (1892 - 1966) married Liza Jane Layman (1907 - 1982) Garrett and Liza are my maternal grandparents.
George Smith (1895 - 1962) married Florence Griffith (1901 - ?)
Houston Smith (1896 - approx 1902)

I believe that Polly Teeters' parents were William Teeters (1814 - ?) and Elizabeth Whitlow (1825 - ?), per her death certificate. If this is true, then William's parents surely were Jacob and Suzannah Teeters from Bledsoe Co, TN. Correct?

Polly's husband, John Smith's parents were M. Garrett Smith (1825 - ?) and Jane Hughes Smith (Apr 1830 - ?), according to his death certificate. John had a brother named Houston Smith that married Susan King who are the grandparents of LeBron Smith that lives on the family farm there in Dunlap TN just a few hundred yards from Old Union Cemetery.

I have spoken with LeBron and was able to verify that M. Garrett and Houston Smith's parents were David Smith and Susan Handy Smith of Bledsoe County, TN. That is as far back as I can get the Smith side of my family.

I have been able to flesh out my grandmother's Layman line in Marion and Grundy Counties (other surnames in this family are Ross, Cheek, Ramsey, Tabor), but my grandfather's Teeters line has been more difficult for me to research.

You can see most all my family lines on my webpage at . If there are any Teeters, Smiths, Layman, etc out there that can trace their line to my Bledsoe and Sequatchie County, TN families,

I would LOVE to hear from you. Thanks in advance, Donna

John and Polly had 8 children:

Josie Smith (1875 - ?) married Sidney Brewer (1869 - ?)
James H. Smith (1877 - 1963) married Sarah Ann ?? (1877 - 1958)
Lottie Smith (1880 - 1967) married Charlie Clemmons (1887 - 1957)
Sarah J. Smith (1885 -?) married William Simmons (1885 - ?)
Susan Smith (1888 - 1956) married Grover Walker (1891 - 1981)
William Garrett Smith (1892 - 1966) married Liza Jane Layman (1907 - 1982) Garrett and Liza are my maternal grandparents.
George Smith (1895 - 1962) married Florence Griffith (1901 - ?)
Houston Smith (1896 - approx 1902)

Buried:
no tombstone...

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: farmer

Notes:

16 Aug 2008

For more on this line, contact Donna Doty, Donna Sadler Doty; ddoty@bellsouth.net or go to http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/d/ddoty/

Malkijah married Jane Hughes in 1852 in Marion County, Tennessee. Jane was born in June 1830 in Overton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 0___ 1840, White County, Tennessee

William married Elizabeth Whitlow. Elizabeth was born in 0___ 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Residence (Family):
Residence at the time of court battle over father's property...

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farming
• Alt Birth: 1770
• Alt Birth: 1775
• Residence: 1830, Bledsoe County, Tennessee
• Residence: 1840, Bledsoe County, Tennessee

Notes:

David Smith, progenitor of this line, was born between 1770-1780 somewhere in Tennessee...Thomas Beavert

Reference 1840 Bledsoe Co.,TN, Census, p. 10, :

"Smith,David 00011001/01111001"


10 May 2006:

Posit: Could Jesse be father to David?...DAH

24 Nov 2007: Website by Donna Sadler Doty; ddoty@bellsouth.net
1. David SMITH, GGG Grandfather, S530, M. Born in 1770-1780 in Tennessee. David died in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, in 1841; he was 71. Occupation: Farmer.

Bledsoe County Circuit Court Minutes 1834-1841. P-360; Friday, July 12th, 1839

The State VS. Skelton C. Standefer Misdemeanor

The attorney general reported to Court the following bill of cost as correctly taxed.

Deputy Shff Thomas N. Foster for conveying defendant from the Jail in Bledsoe County to the house of Judge Keiths in McMinn County on a writ of Habeas Corpus 46 Miles going & 46 Miles returning, making 92 miles at 10¢ pr. Mile=$9.20
Const. Jno. G. Lamb arrest 50¢ Summoning 6 witnesess 25¢ each=$2.00
Witness for the State David Smith: 1 day 1.00, 120 miles 4.80, ferry 25¢, pekeage 25¢ = 6.30
Witness for the State G. W. Smith, 1 day $1.00, 120 miles $4.80, Ferrys 25¢, Pekeage .25¢ = 6.30
Witness for the State Jonathan Pope: 1 day $1.00, 116 Miles $4.64, Ferry 25¢, Peakeage 25¢ = 5.89

And it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the offense charged in the warrant was a Misdemeanor & that the said defendant was discharged on Habeas Corpus. It is considered by the Court that the Clerk of this Court certify the foregoing bill of costs to the County Court for allowance.

P-381; 1839, David Smith VS Martha Standefer

Alexander Lamb acting Justice of the peace in and for the county of Bledsoe returned into Court the following proceedings had before him in this cause to wit.

State of Tennessee Bledsoe County

To any lawful officer of said County I command you to Summons Martha Standefer to appear before some Justice of said County to answer David Smith in a plea of Debt under warrant Given under my hand and seal January 1, 1839 Joel Wheeler (Seal), Justice of the Peace. Executed the 8th Jan 1839 by citing the defendant to appear Esquire Lamb he same day at 12 o'clock. Jasp Hoge Const.

1840 United States Federal Census Record
Name: David Smith
Township: Not Stated
County: Bledsoe
State: Tennessee
Number of persons in household: 8 Total
Males: Age 15-20 1; Males Age 20-30: 1; Male Age 50-60: 1
Females: Age 5-10:1; Age 10-15: 1; Age 15-20:1; Age 20-30: 1; Age 50-60: 1
Ages of persons in household: See above
Occupation information: Farmer

On 27 Mar 1816 when David was 46, he married Susan HANDY, GGG Grandmother, H530, F, in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Born in 1784 in Tennessee. Susan died in Tennessee aft 1870; she was 86.

They had the following children:

2 i. Gilbert W., M (1819-~1859)
3 ii. Elizabeth, F (1823-1882)
4 iii. Malkijah Garrett, M (1824-1886)
5 iv. Nancy, F (1826-1884)
6 v. Susan Silvan, F (1829-1864)
vi. Martha "Patsy", GG Grandaunt, S530, F. Born in 1840. Martha "Patsy" died in 1846-1850; she was 6.

end of report

Name: David Smith
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1840
Event Place: Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Page: 165
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M704
Affiliate Film Number: 517
GS Film Number: 0024542
Digital Folder Number: 005154897
Image Number: 00336

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT1-QG1 : 18 August 2017), David Smith, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 165, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 517; FHL microfilm 24,542.

end of 1840 census record

David married Susannah "Susan" Handy on 28 Apr 1816 in Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Tennessee. Susannah was born in 1784 in (Jefferson County, Tennessee); died after 1870 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt Birth: 1790, Tennessee
• Residence: 1840, Bledsoe County, Tennessee
• Residence: 1850, Bledsoe County, Tennessee

Notes:

Abstracted from "Reconstructed 1810 Tennessee Census", by Charles A. Sherrill, 2001, p. 227:

"Handy, Vicey Smith Co., apprenticed to Jesse Smith Source #46"

note: Source #46, "Smith County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Minutes 1808-1811"...DAH

27 Jun 2007

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More clues to her possible ancestry;

Posted By: Meredith Trawick; kissmygrits@mindspring.net
Email:
Subject: Re: Handy in Va here with lots of information
Post Date: February 06, 2007 at 19:20:14
Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/handy/messages/958.html
Forum: Handy Family Genealogy Forum
Forum URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/handy/

Just came across your Post Message. I do not have a "Sowell" Handy in my files, but I do have a "Sewell" who is the son of Thomas Handy 1712-1737. I also do not have a "Rhoda" Handy.


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Name: Susanah Handy
Also Known As Name:
Name Suffix:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Apr 1816
Event Place: Jefferson, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female
Spouse's Name: David Smith
Spouse's Also Known As Name:
Spouse's Name Prefix:
Spouse's Name Suffix:
Page: 124

Citing this Record
"Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNDD-RQZ : 4 December 2014), David Smith and Susanah Handy, 27 Apr 1816; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 124, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

end of marriage record

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David Smith
1770–1841 • LJ25-93H??
Marriage: 27 April 1816
Jefferson, Tennessee, United States

Susannah Handy
1784–1870 • MR11-3K9??

Children of Susannah Handy and David Smith (6)
Gilbert W. Smith
1819–1860 • 9M88-JMF??

Elizabeth Smith
1823–1882 • LRMN-RBW??

M. Garrett Smith
1824–1886 • 9KD6-X9Y??

Nancy Smith
1826–1884 • K2MX-MGG??

Susan Sylvania Smith
1829–1870 • LJ2P-125??

Martha "Patsy" Smith
1830–1846

end of profile

Notes for Susannah Handy...

Abstracted from "Reconstructed 1810 Tennessee Census", by Charles A. Sherrill, 2001, p. 227:

"Handy, Vicey Smith Co., apprenticed to Jesse Smith Source #46"

note: Source #46, "Smith County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Minutes 1808-1811"...DAH

end of note

Notes:

Died:
Death 1
January 1857
Court cases between widow and children began in Feb 1857 to divide property/Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, USA

Jacob married Susannah "Susan" Motz on 24 Mar 1803 in Pennsylvania. Susannah was born in 0___ 1787 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Lampeter, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Married:
Marriage 1
24 March 1803
German Pennsylvania Marriage shows Jacob Deitrich of Leacock PA married Susanna Motz of Lampeter PA. Believe this may be Jacob and Susannah with their European spellings./Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Baden-Wurttemberg,

Jacob married Maria Catherine Frey(Germany). Maria was born in 1750-1751 in (Germany). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]