Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
NameFrancis Smith 
, M
, MDeath1814, Wilkes County, Georgia
FatherFrancis Smith , M (1705-~1762)
MotherAnne Adams , F (~1731-1775)
Spouses
1Lucy Wilkinson , F
, FDeath1822, Wilkes County, Georgia
ChildrenJohn , M (1770-~1836)
William , M
Thomas Adam , M (1781-1844)
Ann Adams , F (1783-1822)
Reubin , M (1756-1836)
Notes for Francis & Lucy (Family)
Francis Smith, the son of Colonel Francis Smith, came to Georgia previous to the Revolutionary War, and married Miss Lucy Wilkerson. They settled on Fishing Creek, Wilkes County, six miles north of Washington, Georgia. They had nine children: eight sons and one daughter.
John Smith, the oldest son, moved married Miss Walker and moved to Tennessee, later to Missouri; they had one child, Ann Smith, who married David Dedrick, of Missouri.
Ebenezer Smith married Francis Anderson and settled in Wilkes County, adjoining his father. He had three sons and six daughters: Francis married Julia Wilkerson, and had one son; John and Lucy Smith lived to be adults, but never married; Mary married a Mr. Warren; Ann married a Mr. Thurman; Reuben married a Miss Prather, and lived near the old home place. Of what became of the younger girls of Ebenezer Smith I do not recall.
William Wilkerson Smith married Judith Heard, his cousin, and settled near his father, moving after his death to South Carolina, then to Chambers County, Alabama. He had ten children: Ann married Colonel Thornton; Judith married Dr. Thornton; Cynthia married a Dr. Cobb; Susan married James Cade; Lucy married a Mr. Baugh; Thomas was killed by a horse in South Carolina; Francis was killed by a negress in Chambers County, Alabama, who was hung; William Wilkerson, named for his father, married a Miss Baugh and moved to Texas; Jesse and John, the youngest boys, I have not heard from.
Thomas Smith was appointed captain of a rifle company in the United States Army about 1806, and was stationed at Fort Hawkins during the War of 1812. He was made a brigadier general. After the close of the war he retired from the army, and settled in Missouri. He married Cynthia White, sister of Hugh White, of Tennessee.
Francis Smith, son of Francis and Lucy Wilkerson Smith, married a Mrs. Toombs, of Wilkes, formerly Miss Kelsie, of the Northern Neck of Virginia. Francis died in a short time, and his wife married Andrew White, of Tennessee. He died, and she married Governor Blount, of Tennessee; all this before she was twenty-one years of age.
Reuben Smith married when fifty, and settled in Missouri, then a terriotory.
A Francis and a William Smith died when young, so two others had the same name.
Nancy Smith, the only daughter of Francis and Lucy Wilkerson Smith, married Peter Early, former governor of Georgia. They had seven children: Augustus, Thomas, Alexander, Francis, Peter, Lucy and Cynthia Early. Lucy Early married Mr. Richard Jones. Cynthia Early also married a Jones. The Early boys left this state. Nancy Smith married the second time, to Rev. Adiel Sherwood, a Baptist minister, also editor of Sherwood Gazette.
John Smith, the oldest son, moved married Miss Walker and moved to Tennessee, later to Missouri; they had one child, Ann Smith, who married David Dedrick, of Missouri.
Ebenezer Smith married Francis Anderson and settled in Wilkes County, adjoining his father. He had three sons and six daughters: Francis married Julia Wilkerson, and had one son; John and Lucy Smith lived to be adults, but never married; Mary married a Mr. Warren; Ann married a Mr. Thurman; Reuben married a Miss Prather, and lived near the old home place. Of what became of the younger girls of Ebenezer Smith I do not recall.
William Wilkerson Smith married Judith Heard, his cousin, and settled near his father, moving after his death to South Carolina, then to Chambers County, Alabama. He had ten children: Ann married Colonel Thornton; Judith married Dr. Thornton; Cynthia married a Dr. Cobb; Susan married James Cade; Lucy married a Mr. Baugh; Thomas was killed by a horse in South Carolina; Francis was killed by a negress in Chambers County, Alabama, who was hung; William Wilkerson, named for his father, married a Miss Baugh and moved to Texas; Jesse and John, the youngest boys, I have not heard from.
Thomas Smith was appointed captain of a rifle company in the United States Army about 1806, and was stationed at Fort Hawkins during the War of 1812. He was made a brigadier general. After the close of the war he retired from the army, and settled in Missouri. He married Cynthia White, sister of Hugh White, of Tennessee.
Francis Smith, son of Francis and Lucy Wilkerson Smith, married a Mrs. Toombs, of Wilkes, formerly Miss Kelsie, of the Northern Neck of Virginia. Francis died in a short time, and his wife married Andrew White, of Tennessee. He died, and she married Governor Blount, of Tennessee; all this before she was twenty-one years of age.
Reuben Smith married when fifty, and settled in Missouri, then a terriotory.
A Francis and a William Smith died when young, so two others had the same name.
Nancy Smith, the only daughter of Francis and Lucy Wilkerson Smith, married Peter Early, former governor of Georgia. They had seven children: Augustus, Thomas, Alexander, Francis, Peter, Lucy and Cynthia Early. Lucy Early married Mr. Richard Jones. Cynthia Early also married a Jones. The Early boys left this state. Nancy Smith married the second time, to Rev. Adiel Sherwood, a Baptist minister, also editor of Sherwood Gazette.