Byrd White Smith (b. September 12, 1790, d. March 16, 1869)
Byrd White Smith (son of George Lumpkin Smith and Elizabeth Harris)789 was born September 12, 1790 in Buckingham co, Va789, and died March 16, 1869 in Statesville, wilson, tennesee789. He married Martha McAdoo on December 10, 1812 in Wilson County, Tennessee.
Notes for Byrd White Smith: yrd White Smith died at the age of 78. ------------------------------------------------- From Lois Anne Smith's Journal: Smith Family record (page 3); Family record of George Lumpki n Smith and Elizabeth Harris (page 45); Family record of Byrd White Smith and Martha McAdoo ( page 47).
Byrd White Smith lived at the head of Smith Fork Creek near Statesville, Wilson, Tennessee (p age 12).
The name Byrd was the name of the paternal great grandmother of William Byrd Smith from whic h the name Byrd was derived, Mary Byrd being the mother of the first George L - Mary Jane But ts, 21 April 1935 (page 22).
I found a Mary W. Byrd (Genealogical Library at Salt Lake City, Utah), but this was her marri ed name. I thought perhaps she might be the mother of Mary Byrd, but in the record I found o nly a Marie and she did not marry a Smith. The Mary W. Byrd was the wife of Col. Wm. Byrd an d relative of the wife of Benedict Arnold. She was in sympathy with the English and she wa s suspected as a spy. - Clara Wilson, Provo, Utah, 27 May 1935 (page 22).
Also I went to see Cousin Virgin Armstrong and Cousin Ann James (Martha Ann Wilson James) . I wish you could visit them and talk to them. They could tell you many things about our g reat grandparents. Byrd and Martha (Patsy as everyone called her). I have her picture - wil l see Delay sometime about it. - Myrtie Jennings's letter, 10 September 1934 (page 33).
All but one of the children of Byrd and Martha Smith were in the Civil War. "I guess that wa s Uncle Jim (James McAdoo Smith); he was last to die and the youngest. . . Martha McAdoo an d Byrd W. Smith lived at Auburntown, and I think they must have married there." . . .Sarah Fr ances Smith's letter, 12 Apr 1935 - (page 48). (John Harry Smith died 1847, before the Civi l War. James McAdoo Smith would have been 28 years old in 1865.)
Cousin Ann James remembers hearing Byrd Smith say that when he came to Statesville (as a youn g man), which was first called Maryville, the place was a "cane brake" and that he had run ma ny a deer into the town spring.- Ruby Smith's letter, 25 August 1935 (page 48).
I have written Gov. Byrd of Virginia trying to get information on Mary Byrd, and he gave me t he name of William Byrd, of 63 Wall St., N.Y., an attorney, but the answer was that there wa s no entry in the Byrd pedigree of a Byrd woman marrying any man named Smith. The Byrd pedig ree is an armorial pedigree which only takes in the male line. The marriage of Byrd women ar e noted, but no issue of their marriage is stated...One thing that impressed me is that Gover nor Byrd has the name Flood, as his middle name, while Harris Smith, second son of Geoprge Lu mpkin and Elizabeth Harris Smith married Nancy S. Flood. - Mrs. S. B. Wilson (Clara J. Wilson ). 7 October 1935 (page 48).
The name Byrd was supposed to be the name of the paternal great grandmother of Wm. Byrd Smit h - my grandfather. This would make her the mother of George L. Smith. This information is s upposed to come from Cousin Wallise Carpenter. However, ever since I was a small child, tha t has been family tradition. My late Uncle Will Byrd Smith was very much interested in the f amily history, and quite a few of my records are in his handwriting. There is one written st ates as follows: Byrd Smith born in Va. Sept 27, 1761, died New Orleans, La. Feb. 19, 1815, m arried Rhoda (Ingle-Dugles) (sp?) at Dunkard's Botorn, Va. (or in that vicinity) Nov. 20, 178 1. Mrs. O'Hair does not know of this Byrd Smith's parentage. She has tried in every way to f ind out. Also about his brothers and sisters. She thinks he had a brother named Guy. She t hinks this Byrd and our George L. must be brothers. (see record for Byrd and Rhoda Ingle Smit h) I find in the Annals of Southwest Virginia several mentions of this Byrd Smith's name. H e lived in Montgomery Co. Also from the Bible came the information that Poindexter was a Bap tist Minister and that Byrd never married - was a member of Congress. - Mary Jane Butts, 30 J une 1936 (page 48).
In the Annals of S.W. Va. Byrd Smith is frequently mentioned. He lived in Montgomery Co. - H e married Rhoda Ingle. I found his father-in-laws will - 'Wm. Ingles left his estate to hi s wife, Mary, his children, John, Mary and sons-in-law - Byrd Smith and Abram Trigg...Cousi n Nan who seems to remember more about the family than any of the others says this in her las t letter: Our great grandmother's name was Mary Byrd. I remember hearing Uncle Robert (of Vi rginia) our mother and father's uncle say that was his mother's name. They lived in Richmond , Va. and I suppose that was where they were married. - Mary Jane Butts, 12 July 1936 (page 5 1).
I received your letter a fews ago making inquiry as to the Smith and Byrd genealogy, and I re gret to say that I evidently know less about this than any person whomsoever that is in the l east related to either. All my people who would probably know anything about this are dead , except one brother who is now in Texas, and I have not his present address at hand. He pro bably could tell you something about it, but I am sorry I cannot. All I know is that my ance stors came from Virginia and settled in Rutherford County more than a century ago. My grandf ather's people emigrated from England and I remember my mother once possessed an old clothe s box, etc...My great grandfather was named Guy Smith...I have often heard my father say tha t his grandmother was a Byrd and closely related to Miss Evelyn Byrd and the noted Byrd famil y of Virginia...I had an Uncle Major Byrd Smith, who was killed in the Indian War, and also h ad a brother named Byrd Smith, who died many years ago. - G. S. Smith, 1 August 1936 (page 52 ).
I didn't have an opportunity to go to Auburntown to see any McAdoos, but it was suggested tha t Mr. Dallas McAdoo (Auburntown) might be able to furnish you some information and might poss ibly have the McAdoo Bible. However, Cousin Ann James (Mrs. Quint J.) told me that she, at o ne time, had the Byrd S. Bible, and I have an idea that the Byrd S. - Martha McA. bible was o ne and the same. Don't you think so? Anyway, Cousin Ann said it was so torn up that she too k all the records out, and disposed of the Bible, and had put the records away so good that s he was unable to find them...Chester said that Arthur Patton, a young man who lives near home , has an old, old Tenn. History that he will not sell, rent, or even loan, but that he read i t a couple of hours once at Arthur's home. I think this was before he knew you were asking f or information, or he surely would have known enough to take notes - but he says that it tol d who the first settlers of Statesville were, and the name of G. L. Smith was one of them...A rthur bought this book at a fire sale for 5 cents. - Ruby Smith, 25 August 1935 (page 53).
I am enclosing a little snapshot of the Byrd Smith house. It is very poor, and I may be abl e yet sometime to get a better one. It is now owned by Miss Mary Armstrong - better known a s "Aunt Sis". She said the house is slightly different from what it was originally. It use d to havea chimney at either end. Now it has only one and in the middle. Instead of the por ch all across the front, it had a portico only in front of the steps. The interior consist s of two large rooms and three or four small ones in the rear. It is now divided into two ap artments. Aunt Sis lives in one and Mrs. Tassie in the other. At one time, at the right o f the house, stood a little store, consisting of two rooms, one of them made of logs, and thi s log room in rear was connected some way, by a porch I believe, to the house, and Aunt Sis b eing quite old, remembers a few things that happened in connection with it...She says that Au nt Patsy (what everybody called Martha McAdoo) did her cooking in that log room, and that dur ing the war Yankees came and stole meat and onions from the store, and distributed them to th e people around genarally - and after doing this they opened her door and said "Toot, toot, c ome out to dinner, Auntie" - the "toot, toot", being a horn...She remembered hearing Aunt Pat sy say that it was snowing so hard the day she married that they could hardly see to ride (ho rseback, of course)...Myrtis thought she had a picture of Martha, but was unable to find it w hile I was there. Maybe she will tho. - Ruby Smith, 25 August 1935 (page 146).
I remember going there as a child, and there were two rooms at the back something like this . (drawing) The two back rooms may have been added by the Armstrongs. The house is as centr ally located as possible, and there is only one street - and the house faces south. - Ruby Sm ith, 5 July 1936 (page 146).
I went to the Smith Fork Cemetery but it was so over-grown with weeds that we could hardly ma ke our way through. Byrd and Martha do not even have a marker. - Mrs. S. B. Wilson (Clara J . Wilson), 1 August 1936 (page 183).
Byrd W. Smith married Martha McAdoo (spelled McAdow in marriage bond) Dec. 10, 1812, in Wilso n Co., Tennessee.
Byrd W. Smith died March 16, 1869. He is buried in the Jennings Graveyard at Statesville, Te nnessee. Martha McAdoo buried here also. No marker (pages 1 and 190).
Original Marriage Bonds examined at Lebanon, Tennessee, August 12, 1937 -2. Byrd Smith m. Ma rtha McAdow - Dec. 15, 1812 - Bondsmen: Byrd Smith and William Brown - (page 203).
Byrd was a school teacher, farmer. Teaching spelling of bread and bed to a dumb boy said, "W hat do you eat for supper?" (milk and bread) "Milk and = "Boy answered "Milk and peaches. " "What do you sleep on? (bed) Boy answered "Sheep skin." ...Julia Holland Armstrong (Aunt S is's mother) went to school to Byrd. - with Aunt "Sis" Armstrong, evening of 12 August 193 7 - (page 206).
Byrd and Martha McAdoo Smith buried at Jennings graveyard (unmarked graves) near Statesville . Also Newbern Smith and 1st wife. - (page 248).
MARRIAGE BOND: KNOW all men, that we, Byrd Smith and Wm. Brown, of County of Wilson and Stat e of Tennessee, are held firmly bound unto the governor of the said state for the time being , in the sum of 1250 dollars to be paid to his excellency, his successors in office, or assig ns, to which payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and a dministrators, and each and every of us and the both jointly and severally and firmly by thes e presents. Witness our hands and seals this 5th day of Decr. 1812.
The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas Byrd Smith hath prayed and obtaine d a license to marry Martha McAwoe. Now if there shall not appear any lawful cause why the s aid Byrd and Martha should not be joined in Holy Matrimony as husband and wife, then this obl igation to be void, or otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. Boyd Smith William Brown Attest Jno. Allcorn STATE OF TENNESSEE, WILSON COUNTY
I, C. O. Dodson, Clerk of the County Court of Wilson County, state aforesaid, do hereby certi fy that the foregoing is a full, true and complete copy of the marriage bond of Byrd Smith an d Martha McAdow, which remains of record on file in said office. The Old English "s" looks m ore like an "I" and is used everywhere I have used an "s". Given under my hand and official seal, this 13th day of Oct. 1934. C. O. Dodson (signed) County Court Clerk
10 Aug 1827 - page 17 - Byrd W. Smith, guardian of Robert B. Smith - Wilson County, Tennessee , Wills Books 1-13, 1802-1850, (page 4).
9 November 1836 - Wilson County Archives: Q-529 - Bird Smith and William McAdow, administrato rs of James McAdow deceased in compliance with a bond to convey made by the deceased to Thoma s Richmond, dated 21st May 1833 . . . Signed - B. W. Smith and William McAdow. -------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE NOTES for Byrd: Marriage of Wilson Co., TN 1802-1850, FHL/SLC, US/Can 976.854 V2W, (page 17). Family records of Clara J. Wilson Family records of Lois Anne Smith TN Smithology by Emma Bartrett Reeves
More About Byrd White Smith: Burial: Jennings Cemetery, Wilson County, Tennessee.
More About Byrd White Smith and Martha McAdoo: Marriage: December 10, 1812, Wilson County, Tennessee.
Children of Byrd White Smith and Martha McAdoo are:
Polly Ann Smith, b. December 07, 1813, Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee, d. August 10, 1834, Wilson County, tennessee.
Harriet Elizabeth Smith, b. February 17, 1816, Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee, d. May 20, 1816, Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee.
+Erastus S. Smith, b. May 01, 1818, Statesville, Wilson County, Tennessee, d. August 25, 1883.
Byrd White Smith (b. September 12, 1790, d. March 16, 1869)
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