Joshua Massey [Parents] 1 was born on 8 Jun 1829 in , Jefferson, Alabama. He died on 24 Dec 1906. He was buried in Sadler Cemetary, Bessmer, , Alabama. He married Martha Caroline Shackelford on 30 Jan 1851 in , Jefferson, Alabama.
Other marriages:Caldwell, Parthenia
McFalls, Hulda Goodwin
1 NOTE !INDIVIDUAL GENERAL SOURCE NOTES: 1850 CENSUS-JEFFERSON CO
Martha Caroline Shackelford.Martha married Joshua Massey on 30 Jan 1851 in , Jefferson, Alabama.
They had the following children:
M i Felix Massey was born on 3 Dec 1851. He died on 11 Oct 1897. F ii Mary Elizabeth Massey
Joshua Massey [Parents] 1 was born on 8 Jun 1829 in , Jefferson, Alabama. He died on 24 Dec 1906. He was buried in Sadler Cemetary, Bessmer, , Alabama. He married Parthenia Caldwell on 23 Nov 1854 in , Jefferson, Alabama.
Other marriages:Shackelford, Martha Caroline
McFalls, Hulda Goodwin
1 NOTE !INDIVIDUAL GENERAL SOURCE NOTES: 1850 CENSUS-JEFFERSON CO
Parthenia Caldwell.Parthenia married Joshua Massey on 23 Nov 1854 in , Jefferson, Alabama.
Joshua Massey [Parents] 1 was born on 8 Jun 1829 in , Jefferson, Alabama. He died on 24 Dec 1906. He was buried in Sadler Cemetary, Bessmer, , Alabama. He married Hulda Goodwin McFalls.
Other marriages:Shackelford, Martha Caroline
Caldwell, Parthenia
1 NOTE !INDIVIDUAL GENERAL SOURCE NOTES: 1850 CENSUS-JEFFERSON CO
Hulda Goodwin McFalls was born on 18 Oct 1841. She died on 25 Jan 1912. She was buried in Sadler Cemetary, Bessmer, , Alabama. She married Joshua Massey.
Edward Jeffries [Parents] was born about 1654 in Bremhill, Wiltshire, England. He died in Apr 1714 in , Richmond, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Wilson in 1676 in Old Rappahannock, Virginia.
Edward Jeffries was married 4 times to:
1.) Elizabeth Wilson
2.) Mary Diskin
3.) Mary Putley
4.) Elizabeth Putley (?)
Elizabeth Wilson [Parents] was born on 5 Sep 1655/1656 in Wakefield, England. She married Edward Jeffries in 1676 in Old Rappahannock, Virginia.
They had the following children:
M i Thomas Jeffries F ii Prudence Jeffries was born about 1676. F iii Esther Jeffries. F iv Margaret Jeffries. M v John Jeffries. M vi William Jeffries. F vii Elizabeth Jeffries was born on 4 Aug 1679 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia.
Thomas Jeffries [Parents] was born in 1688 in , Richmond, Virginia. He died on 11 Apr 1733 in , Stafford, Virginia. He married Silent Johnson in 1725.
Silent Johnson.Silent married Thomas Jeffries in 1725.
They had the following children:
F i Silent Jefferys F ii Elizabeth Jeffries. F iii Catherine Jeffries was born about 1725. M iv James Jeffries. M v Thomas Jeffries.
Robert Porter.Robert married Elizabeth Cox.
Elizabeth Cox [Parents] was born in 1628. She married Robert Porter.
Source: Margaret Smith
William Smithson [Parents] 1, 2 was born about 1746 in Hanover, Virginia. He died on 6 Jul 1797 in Virginia. He married Sally Lester about 1770 in Hanover, Virginia.
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 1SXH-V55
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Sally Lester.Sally married William Smithson about 1770 in Hanover, Virginia.
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They had the following children:
M i Lewis Smithson F ii Sally Smithson F iii Nancey Smithson F iv Francis Smithson M v Bryant Smithson
John S Smithson [Parents] 1, 2 was born about 1739 in Hanover, Virginia. He died on 9 Dec 1782/1784 in Lunenberg, Virginia. He married Drusilla Ann Walker about 1764 in Lunenberg, Virginia. John was employed as Teacher.
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John S. Smithson served in Captain James Johnson's 6th Virginia Regiment of Continental forces, commanded by Lt. col James Hendricks. He appears on the muster roll 2 Feb to 31 May 1777. This record states that Jno. Smithson died in Virginia, the date is unknown.John S. Smithson is the second son mentioned in his father's will
and is deceased before his father, Francis, who provides for John's
six youngest children in 1784.
FLAT CREEK book says that John was born in Hanover Co. about 1739
and died about 1780. He also lived in Lunenburg Co., VA and
probably died there.
John served as a Pvt. in Capt. James Johnson's Co., 6th VA Regt.
of Continental Forces and was a Lt. Col. in Col. James Hendricks'
Command in the
Revolutionary War.
The known children of this family moved to Jefferson Co. TN, then
to Williamson Co. TN between 1812 and 1830.Sources:
1. EARLY VIRGINIA MARRIAGES by Crozier
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2. 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. Vol. II, pg. 452.
3. "William & Mary Quarterly" (1st Series) Vol. 9, pg. 178.
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4. Lunenburg Co. VA Public Claims, 1780-1784:
Court held for Lunenburg County on the 15th day of March 1782
agreeable
to an act for adjusting claims for property impressed or taken
for public
use.
John Smithson 300 lbs beef
Francis Smithson 225 lbs beef
William Smithson for waggoning 146 days
Francis Smithson for 9 days waggoning
Francis Smithson for serving as a waggon master
Bartley Smithson for a gun
Francis Smithson for a waggon & gear taken by the
Continental & not
returned; waggoning for the same 37 days; waggoning for
the
militia 20 days
Court held for the said County the 11th day of April the next
following
John Smithson for ___?___
5. EARLY WILLS 1765-1799: MECKLENBURG COUNTY VIRGINIA compiled by
Katherine
B. Elliott. pub. 1963; reprinted 1983 by Southern Historical Press.
Will Book #2, pg. 175, dated 31 Dec. 1785 and recorded 12 June
1786.
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6. Lunenburg County VA, Will Book #1, pg. 187.
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7. Lunenburg County VA, Will Book #3, pg. 187-192.
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8. Lunenburg County VA, Will Book #8, pg. 340.
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9. Lunenburg County VA, Deed Book #22, pg. 209-209A.
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10. 1810 Census of Charlotte County VA.
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11. 1830 Census of Williamson County TN, pg. 241.
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12. NSSAR #108262.
13. NSDAR #516686.
14. 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.
15. Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane, Huntington Beach, CA 92648.
16. Ancestral File Submissions:
Robert Wilber Wells, 33600 Calimesa Blvd., Sp. #102, Yucaipa,
CA 92399
John Smithson AF:NWP9-3G
17. Maryte Hoagland Dyess, 804 Johnson Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20904Comments:
FLAT CREEK book says he died in 1780. Need to find the exact date
of death, if possible.
Did John's middle initial stand for Sylvanus? It is unusual to
have middle
names at this early time period.
There is a Nicholas Smithson who married Nancy Cheatham in
Lunenburg Co., VA 4 April 1807. Surety is Nathaniel Smithson
[possibly his older brother]. They were married by Silas Shelburne.
It is probable that Nicholas is another child of John S. Smithson's.
The 1850 Census of Lunenburg, VA shows a widow, Nancy Smithson,
with several older children in the household.Action:
Need to get copies of John's military file from VA State Archives.
Need to get copies of the NSSAR membership application.
Excerpt from "The Cary Family History", by Mary Folk Webb in 1939, p. 113ESTES OF LUNENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Aug. 29, 1779. Ind. bet. John Hobson of Dinwiddie County and Robert Estes for
five shillings a tract on the Horsepen Br. of Reedy Ck. of 45 A. on Blackwell
and Long's line. Wit.: Joseph Hightower, John Smithson, Benjamin Estes, Jr. Deed Book 13, page 299.March 5, 1785. Ind. bet. Stephen Johnson and wife Sarah and Abraham Estes for 120ce a tract of 270 A. on Hammock's line, Gilliams Hobson and Forster's.
April 8, 1784. John Hawkins, B. Smithson, William Bragg. Deed Book 14,
page 17.June 12, 1788. Ind. bet. Samuel Estes and George King for 200ce a tract of
98 A. on Bartlett Smithson, Benjamin and John Burshett, Francis Smithson, Thornton Br. and Pole Cat Br. Wit.: Rebecca Estes, rel. dower. Deed Book 15, pages 221 and 366.
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The following is a story of John S. Smithson, handed down from generation to generation. This story was forwarded to me (Joyce Emilio) by Frank W. Smithson of Nashville, TN.Born in Louisa County, Virginia, he moved with his parents to Lunenburg County in 1747. He married Drucilla Anne Walker in 1763, and they had seven children. John and Drucilla lived in the same area as their parents and his seven brothers and two sisters and their families.
John's Revolutionary War record shows he enlisted February 6, 1777 in the 6th Virginia Regiment of Continental Forces, commanded by Lt. Colonel James Hendricks, where he served under Captain James Johnson. Family legend says that the entire clan was in the business of raising horses on the several family farms. Three of the brothers left for war on their horses but there was no cavalry attached to the armies at that time.
John became what was later called a "courier" with the army of General Nathaniel Greene. At that time he was referred to as an express rider, delivering wagons. He owned no complete uniform so he rode in civilian clothes. He reported to Valley Forge in December 1777, but did not winter there.
John was badly wounded at Monmouth Court House, New Jersey, on the afternoon of June 29, 1778. Family legend has him making his way to the sea coast, some 20 miles east and being taken in by a fisherman and his wife who had a son in the Continental lines. It is thought that he recovered enough to make his way back home with a medical discharge.
In the battles around Monmouth, General George Washington was commanding, with General Nathaniel Greene and General the Marquis La Fayette holding subordinate commands.
In 1780, attention of the war shifted to South Carolina. General Greene was transferred there and the British captured Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia. Apparently that same year John Smithson reinlisted with a unit of Virginia Militia. One of John's brothers was now riding with General Count Pulaski's legions who had moved south to Charleston, South Carolina. They moved further south to Savannah, Georgia where General Pulaski was mortally wounded. Years later this brother would come over the mountains to Tennessee with his children and John's children and settle in what became Giles County, TN where they named the new county seat Pulaski, after their General.
Another brother was serving under General La Fayette to the end of the war and was with La Fayette at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. John was not so fortunate. Apparently he went with the Virginia Militia to join General Gates at Camden, South Carolina. He was again wounded there and either died there or as the grandchildren believed, he once again made it home to die. The battle of Camden was a series of engagements, with the possibility that John was actually wounded as the Americans retreated from there. Both General Cornwallis and General Banastain Tarleton were in command of British troops who harrassed the Americans into North Carolina and even into Virginia in 1780.
John must have put some of his time at home to good use because Sylvanus, his youngest child, was born in 1780. John and wife Drucilla Anne Walker, had seven children, one of whom was Nathaniel B. Smithson. Nathaniel B. rode dim horse trails with his wife, Mary Cheatham, and brought two young children with them when they came to Williamson County, Tennessee in 1803 to share in a 1600 acre land grant given them for their father's services to "the Continental Forces, from 1777 to 1780".
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 1SXH-TB1
He was a soldier in the American Revolution, 6th Virginia Regiment.Family Search .org/nlw - IGI
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Drusilla Ann Walker [Parents] was born about 1744 in , , Virginia. She died in 1783/1811 in Lunenberg, Virginia. She married John S Smithson about 1764 in Lunenberg, Virginia.
Ann's full name is probably Drucilla Ann Walker.
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They had the following children:
M i Francis M Smithson F ii Drusilla Ann Smithson M iii Clement S Smithson Sr M iv Sylvanus Smithson was born about 1770 in Lunenburg, Virginia.
!This Sylvanus Smithson seems to be the first use of the name in the
Smithson family. He was probably named for his grandfather,
Sylvanus Walker. There are at least five additional Sylvanus
Smithsons in succeeding generations.
Sources:
1. Leroy Smithson, 19472 Surfdale Lane, Huntington Beach, CA.
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also spelled SilvanusM v Charles Smithson M vi Nathaniel N Smithson Sr F vii Sarah Wade Smithson M viii John Smithson
They had the following children:
F i Drusilla Ann Walker M viii Benjamin Walker
Manoah Smithson [Parents] 1, 2 was born about 1748 in , Louisa, Virginia. He died after 1826 in Virginia. He married Mary.
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 1SXH-V6C
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Mary.Mary married Manoah Smithson.