David Smith

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]

1. Gilbert W. Smith was born in 1819 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee; died in 0Aug 1860 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
2. Elizabeth Smith was born in 1823 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee; died on 13 May 1882 in (Sequatchie County) Tennessee.
3. Malkijah Garrett "Garrett" Smith was born on 18 Jun 1824 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee; died on 18 May 1886 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee; was buried in Old Union Cemetery, Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee.
4. Nancy Smith was born on 10 Oct 1826 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee; died on 15 Dec 1884 in Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee.
5. Susan Silvan(a) Smith was born in 1829 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee; died in 1870 in Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tennessee.
6. Martha "Patsy" Smith was born in 1840 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee; died in 1846-1850 in Bledsoe County, Tennessee.