Captain John Pettus Smithson [Parents] was born on 8 Aug 1808 in Lunenburg, Virginia. He died on 26 Mar 1855 in Marshall, Tennessee. He married Clarissa Wyatt Pettus on 6 Sep 1841 in Charlotte, Virginia.
Other marriages:Smithson, Mary Ann R
!Notes:
John P. Smithson was about 8 years old when his parents left
Virginia for
Tennessee in 1800. [?1816...is the year in error?]
In the Spring of 1836, the brothers Clement and John P. Smithson,
returned to
Virginia for a visit. While there Clement Jr. met and married Mary
Ann
Smithson and John married Clarrisa Pettus. They rode horse back
with their
brides to the 13th District in Williamson Co., TN.Sources:
1. Charlotte County, Virginia 1816-1850 Marriage Bonds and
Ministers' Returns
by Joanne Lovelace Nance
6 Sept. 1841. Smithson, John P. & Clarissa W. Pettus, dau.
of said
Overton Pettus. Surety: Overton Pettus
2. BIBLE RECORDS [of] WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE by Louise
Lynch. Vol. 2,
pg. 17. also in Vol. 1, pg. 105.
3. DESCENDANTS OF HORATIO SHARP SMITHSON & LYDIA ANDREWS comp. by
Mrs. Forest (Ella Johns) Andrews.
4. GENEALOGIES OF VIRGINIA FAMILIES from Tyler's Quarterly. Vol.
II, pg.
856- Pettus family.
5. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN. #574/#559. John P. Smithson.
Smithson, John P. age 33, b. VA
" , Clarissa age 29, b. VA
" , Harriet E. T. age 8,
" , O. P. age 6,
" , Thos. J. age 3,
" , Caroline V. age 1,
6. FLAT CREEK ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE comp. by Ennis C. Wallace,
Sr. and
others. Woodward & Stinson Printing Co., 1015 South Main St.,
Columbia,
TN, 1986.Comments:
Is this the John Pettus Smithson who went to Texas?
A John P. Smithson was granted land in what is now Milam Co., TX
on 27 June
1835. The application records show that John P. was age 25 in 1834,
projecting
a birth of about 1808/1809.
John P. Smithson sold his claim on 28 July 1835 to Niles F. Smith.
Evidently John P. did not stay in Texas, since he appears on the
census of
Williamson Co., TN in 1850.
If Clarissa died in 1852, John would have had some responsibility
for minor
children. He did not live long afterward, was only age 47 at the
time he died.
What happened to the children? Were they placed out? Is there a
guardianship
for his children in Williamson Co. court records? Lunenburg Co., VA?
1. PAPERS CONCERNING ROBERTSON'S COLONY IN TEXAS comp. and edited
by Malcolm
D. McLean. Vol. VIII, pg. 247 & 251.
Immigrants who applied in Tenoxtitlan for admission to the
Austin &
Williams Colony:
April 5, 1834 John P. Smithson single, age 25.
Vol. XII, pg. 139 shows map of Milam Co. (GLO of state of TX)
with Title
granted June 27, 1835 to Jno. P. Smithson, Vol. 14, pg. 603.
2. CHARACTER CERTIFICATES IN THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE OF TEXAS
edited by
Gifford White. 1993, Clearfield Co. pg. 173
No. 1932: Smithson, John P. [E]
Tenoxtitlan 5 Apr. 1834
To the Empresarios Austin & Williams I have emigrated to
Texas...
I am unmarried, My age [is] 25.
[Signature] John P. Smithson
3. Spanish Archives of the [TX] General Land Office;
Appendix: Smithson, John P. granted 27 June 1835; 1/4
league of land;
Colony or Commissioner: Robertson; present location in Milam
Co., TX.
4. MILAM COUNTY, TEXAS RECORDS comp. by Mrs. John T. Martin & Mrs.
Louis C.
Hill. 1965, Waco, TX.
Vol. I, pg. 50 Original Land Grants & Patents
Vol. 14, Patent No: 603 27 June 1835
Orig., Grantee: Smithson, John P.
Vol. II, pg. 124 Reverse Index to [Milam Co., TX] Deed books
Deed Bk. A2, pg. 97 28 July 1835
Smith, Niles F. (grantee) from Smithson, John P.
5. PAPERS CONCERNING ROBERTSON'S COLONY IN TEXAS comp. and edited
by Malcolm
D. McLean. Vol. XVI, pg. 349. Creation of Robertson Co., Texas
#482 Smithson, William O.
6. LUNENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA MARRIAGES
Smithson, John P. and Mary A. R. Smithson, daughter of Nancy
Smithson,
8 Nov. 1852. William H. Eubank, witness. pg. 10.Comments:
A William O. Smithson is shown as a resident of Robertson County,
TX in
1837/1838.
John P. Smithson does not seem to be in the 1850 Census of VA, yet
he is
marrying there in 1852. John P. may have returned from TN to VA
after his
first wife died--bringing the orphaned children back to live with
grandparents.Action:
Need to find the family in the 1860 Census.
Check the Williamson Co. TN court records for a guardianship.Book: "FLAT CREEK: ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE" c. 1986 Woodward & Stinson Printing Company, Columbia, Tennessee - page 96
Clarissa Wyatt Pettus was born on 14 Apr 1812 in Charlotte, Virginia. She died on 14 Mar 1852 in , Williamson, Tennessee. She married Captain John Pettus Smithson on 6 Sep 1841 in Charlotte, Virginia.
!Notes:
The TN Bible record gives Clarissa Wyatt's death date as 14 March,
1852 and
says that she was age 40 and wife of John P. Smithson. That places
her birth
in 1812. The VA Bible record says she was born 14 Apr. 1812,
daughter of
Overton Pettus who was usually called George.
Clarissa was shown as age 29 in the 1850 census, which is slightly
off unless
the age was misread.Sources:
1. BIBLE RECORDS [of] WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE by Louise
Lynch. Vol. 2,
pg. 17. also in Vol. 1, pg. 105.
2. BIBLE RECORDS IN THE VIRGINIA STATE ARCHIVES #2464.
3. Weaver Family Genealogical Data, 1775-1955 by Ruth Herndon
Shields.
Typscript of 15 pages donated for microfilming in 1983. mf
#6018806.
4. Charlotte Co., VA marriage records:
[need to add data]Comments:
Action:
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They had the following children:
F i Harriet Elizabeth T Smithson M ii Overton Pettus Smithson was born on 29 Sep 1844 in , Williamson, Tennessee. He died on 6 Mar 1878.
!Notes:
Overton P. Smithson did not marry.
Sources:
1. Weaver Family Genealogical Data, 1775-1955 by Ruth Herndon
Shields.
Typscript of 15 pages donated for microfilming in 1983. mf
#6018806.
Comments:
Action:
Overton Smithson was never married.M iii Thomas J Smithson was born on 2 Aug 1847 in , Williamson, Tennessee. He died on 15 Aug 1873.
!Notes:
Thomas J. Smithson fell from a tree and broke his back. He did
not marry.
Sources:
1. Weaver Family Genealogical Data, 1775-1955 by Ruth Herndon
Shields.
Typscript of 15 pages donated for microfilming in 1983. mf
#6018806.
Comments:
Action:
Thomas suffered from a back injury he received when he fell from an apple tree. He was never married.F iv Caroline Virginia Smithson
Clement S Smithson Sr [Parents] was born on 10 Nov 1768 in Lunenburg, Virginia. He died on 24 Sep 1814 in , Williamson, Tennessee. He married Nancy D Pettus on 18 Dec 1792 in , Lunenburg, Virginia.
Notes:
Clement Smithson is also spelled Clemente, and he is called "Sen."
in several
records.
FLAT CREEK book says that Clemente was born 10 Nov. 1768 in
Lunenburg Co. VA
and died 24 Sept. 1814 in Williamson Co, TN. He had moved with his
family to
Williamson Co. TN about 1812 or 1813.
Family is also said to be of Welsh descent.Sources:
1. OLD FREE STATE; A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF LUNENBURG
COUNTY AND
SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA by Landon C. Bell. The William Byrd Press,
Inc.;
Richmond, VA, 1927. 2 Vols.
2. LUNENBURG COUNTY VIRGINIA MARRIAGES pg. 113
Clement Smithson and Nancy Pettus. Married 18 Dec. 1792 by
James
Shelburne. WB 4/45
3. DESCENDANTS OF HORATIO SHARP SMITHSON AND LYDIA ANDREWS by Mrs.
Forrest
(Ella Johns) Andrews of Knoxville, TN.
4. FLAT CREEK ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE comp. by Ennis C. Wallace,
Sr. and
others. Woodward & Stinson Printing Co., 1015 South Main St.,
Columbia,
TN, 1986.
5. 1810 Census of Charlotte Co., VA, pg. 64
[add data]
6. 1850 Census of Williamson Co., TN #486/#549.
[add data]
7. 1860 Census of Williamson Co., TN. #135/#172.
[add data]
8. Williamson Co., TN marriage records.
[add data]
9. BIBLE RECORDS [of] WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE by Louise
Lynch. Vol. 1,
pg. 103-105; Smithson Bible.
[add data]
10. TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR VETERANS QUESTIONNAIRES. Vol. V, pg 1986.
[add data]
11. Probate records of Williamson Co., TN:
Smithson, Clement, Will Bk. #2, pg. 105, 1814.
Smithson, Clement, Will Bk. #3, pgs. 323-324; Partition of
Estate
and pg. 355 Guardianship. 1821/1822.
Smithson, Nancy, Will Bk. #14, pg. 20. Dated 17 Jan. 1850;
Filed for
probate April term 1865.
12. Betsy Ragsdale, 500 Baxter Lane, Nashville, TN 37220.
13. Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane, Huntington Beach, CA.
14. Maryte Hoagland Dyess, 804 Johnson Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20904Comments:
Was he married on the 8th or 18th?
Some family stories indicate that he drowned in the Potomac River.
Was he in the War of 1812?
Samuel Shellburne is appointed a guardian of minor children in 1822. Are the minor children named?Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 1SXH-STX
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Nancy D Pettus 1 was born on 7 Dec 1770/1772 in Charlotte, Virginia. She died on 27 Apr 1863 in , Williamson, Tennessee. She was buried in Giles Cemetary, Bethesda, Williamson, Tennessee. She married Clement S Smithson Sr on 18 Dec 1792 in , Lunenburg, Virginia.
(See below concerning dates of death and burial locations)
Nancy (Pettus) Smithson is age 79 in 1850 and age 86 in 1860. In
1847, 43
acres in a tract of land in Williamson Co. TN was set aside as her
dower.
That property was sold to John Jarrett for $331 before 1853.
The probate file shows that Nancy was of Marshall County in 1853.Sources:
1. MISSISSIPPI BIOGRAPHIES by Goodspeed. Sketch of Capt. Thomas
Franklin
Pettus.
2. Charlotte Co. VA probates: Will of John Pettus dated 1799.
3. GENEALOGIES OF VIRGINIA reprint from "Tyler's Quarterlies" by
Gen. Pub.
Co., Vol. II, pg. 865. Pettus Family
4. Lunenburg Co., VA marriage records.
5. 1820 Census of Williamson Co., TN, pg.
Smithson, Nancy female over 45 years of age, b. bef. 1775
Nancy
" , female age 16-26, b. 1794-1804
" , male age 10-16, b. 1804-1810
[Charles]
" , male age 10-16, b. 1804-1810
[Clement]
" , male age 10-16, b. 1804-1810
[John P.]
" , male under age 10, b. 1804-1810
[Horatio]
6. 1830 Census of Williamson Co., TN, pg. 242
Smithson, Mary female age 50-60, b. 1770-1780
[?Nancy]
" , female age 30-40, b. 1790-1800
" , male age 20-30, b. 1800-1810
" , female age 20-30, b. 1800-1810
[Martha]
" , male age 15-20, b. 1810-1815
[William O.]
7. 1840 Census of Williamson Co., TN, pg. 171
Smithson, Nancy female age 60-70, b. 1770-1780 Nancy
" , male age 30-40, b. 1800-1810
" , female age 30-40, b. 1800-1810
[?Martha]
8. CEMETERY RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY TENNESSEE by Louise Lynch
and
Volenia Wheatly Hays. pub. 1969. Giles Cemetery, pg. 70+
9. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE by Louise
Gillespie
Lynch. Vol. 2, pg. 66.
Nancy Smithson, widow of Clement Smithson, Dec'd. wants her
dower. 3
April 1817. He owned a tract of land purchased 13 Aug. 1814
where he
lived at the time of his death. Land was purchased from Samuel
Shelburn,
including mansion house.
10. Mrs. Lucille P. Rizor, 1900 Acklen Ave. Apt. 601, Nashville, TN
37212
11. James and Jane Verett, 6 Wyndemere Vale, Monterey, CA 93940Comments:
In some records she is listed as Mary Ann but called Nancy. Not sure where the D. came from or what it refers to. Lucille Rizor has a photograph of her
tombstone and indicates that it is in the Andrew-Daniel Cemetery near Bethesda, TN. There is also a tombstone listed for her in the Giles (also called
Daniels) Cemetery.The Veretts indicate that she died in 1865 as is indicated by the
probate dates, not as on the transcription of the tombstone, yet latest descendancy chart shows 1863 as her year of death. (April 23, 1863?)Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 1SXH-SV5
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They had the following children:
F i Susan T P Smithson F ii Drucilla Wade Smithson "Cilla" was born on 13 Oct 1796 in , Lunenburg, Virginia. She died on 3 Apr 1872 in , Williamson, Tennessee.
!Notes:
FLAT CREEK book gives her birth date as 13 Oct. 1796 in Lunenburg
Co., VA and
death date as 3 Apr. 1872 and indicates that she did not marry.
Sources:
1. FLAT CREEK ITS LAND AND ITS PEOPLE comp. by Ennis C. Wallace,
Sr. and
others. Woodward & Stinson Printing Co., 1015 South Main St.,
Columbia,
TN, 1986.
Comments:
I seem to have the same death date for this Drucilla as I do for
the Drucilla
who was the wife of Charles Smithson (RIN:10979). Need to do some
research
here.
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no marriageM iii Capt Sylvanus Wright Smithson F iv Martha D S Smithson F v Sarah B Smithson M vi Charles E Smithson M vii Clement S Smithson Jr M viii Captain John Pettus Smithson M ix Horatio Sharp Smithson M x William Overton Smithson
William Bell.William married Jemima Terrell on 15 Sep 1825.
Jemima Terrell [Parents].Jemima married William Bell on 15 Sep 1825.
Drummond Terrell [Parents] was born on 30 Aug 1803 in Highland, Ohio. He died in 1885 in Delaware, Ohio. He married Sarah Norah Ratcliff on 4 Oct 1825 in Highland, Ohio.
Other marriages:Merrill, Judith
Sarah Norah Ratcliff.Sarah married Drummond Terrell on 4 Oct 1825 in Highland, Ohio.
Drummond Terrell [Parents] was born on 30 Aug 1803 in Highland, Ohio. He died in 1885 in Delaware, Ohio. He married Judith Merrill on 4 Oct 1825.
Other marriages:Ratcliff, Sarah Norah
Judith Merrill.Judith married Drummond Terrell on 4 Oct 1825.
William Terrell [Parents] was born about 1781. He married Jemima Smithson on 23 Feb 1802 in Campbell, Virginia.
Jemima Smithson [Parents] was born about 1781. She married William Terrell on 23 Feb 1802 in Campbell, Virginia.
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy: Virginia
Alexandria, Virginia and Washington, D. C.
1802, 2, 23. William & Jemima Smithson, daughter Drummond. Samuel
Smithson, Surety
They had the following children:
M i George Wesley Terrell F ii Jemima Terrell M iii John M Terrell M iv Drummond Terrell
George Raymond Smithson Jr [Parents]
They had the following children:
F i Vicki Rae Smithson F ii Holly Jean Smithson F iii Bonnie Lou Smithson
Richard Dale Smithson Sr [Parents] 1 was born on 8 Nov 1929. He died in 1962. He married Joan Whittaker.
Other marriages:Poisell, LaVonne
Richard Dale Smithson Sr [Parents] 1 was born on 8 Nov 1929. He died in 1962. He married LaVonne Poisell.
Other marriages:Whittaker, Joan
They had the following children:
M i Richard Dale Smithson Jr was born on 15 Oct 1954. He died on 11 Mar 1975. F ii Nicola Kay Smithson
George Raymond Smithson Sr [Parents] was born 1 on 23 Jun 1879. He died 2 on 21 Jul 1939. He married Lola Clarice Runk on 12 Nov 1924 in Clinton, Ohio.
Other marriages:Donahue, Clara
Lola Clarice Runk was born 1 on 19 Jul 1906. She died 2 on 3 Jun 1977. She married George Raymond Smithson Sr on 12 Nov 1924 in Clinton, Ohio.
They had the following children:
M i George Raymond Smithson Jr M ii Richard Dale Smithson Sr F iii Freda Helen Smithson