T. J. Smith

b. 1841, d. 1860
     T. J. Smith was buried at Mt. Tabor Cemetery. He was born in 1841. He was the son of Tenderson Smith and Frances R. Thomas. T. J. Smith died in 1860.

Teressa Smith

b. 1844, d. 1887
     Teressa Smith was buried at Mt. Tabor Cemetery. She was born in 1844. She was the daughter of Tenderson Smith and Frances R. Thomas. Teressa Smith died in 1887.

George L. Smith

b. circa 1847
     Lived in Marion Co. George L. Smith was born circa 1847. He was the son of Tenderson Smith and Frances R. Thomas.

William Newton Smith

b. circa 1849
     William Newton Smith was born circa 1849. He was the son of Tenderson Smith and Frances R. Thomas.

Willie A. Bell

     Willie A. Bell was the daughter of C. A. Bell and Susan (?) Willie A. Bell married Crittenden Jubilee Smith, son of Tenderson Smith and Frances R. Thomas, in 1877.

Crittenden Jubilee Smith

b. 1852
     He was a farmer at Dranesville. Crittenden Jubilee Smith was born in 1852. He was the son of Tenderson Smith and Frances R. Thomas. Crittenden Jubilee Smith married Willie A. Bell, daughter of C. A. Bell and Susan (?), in 1877.

Walter T. Smith

b. 1857, d. 1920
     Walter T. Smith was buried at Friendship Baptist Cemetery. He was born in 1857. He was the son of Tenderson Smith and Frances R. Thomas. Walter T. Smith died in 1920.

Lannes M. Smith

b. 1859, d. 1949
     Both burried Union Methodist Church Cemetery near Dranesville. Lannes M. Smith was born in 1859. He was the son of Tenderson Smith and Frances R. Thomas. Lannes M. Smith died in 1949.

Lela Teressa Smith

b. 20 August 1894
     Teressa graduated from Plains High School in 1912 and later taught. She has collected informatin on the Smigh Family and continues to live in Plains. Lela Teressa Smith was born on 20 August 1894. She was the daughter of Wilburn Juriston Smith and Sarah Eleanor Bell.

Elder Fulford Smith

b. 5 March 1899
     Lived in Seneca, SC. Elder Fulford Smith was born on 5 March 1899. He was the son of Wilburn Juriston Smith and Sarah Eleanor Bell.

William Tennyson Smith

b. 1901, d. 1928
     Worked for Alabama Power at the time of his death. Buried in Plains. William Tennyson Smith was born in 1901. He was the son of Wilburn Juriston Smith and Sarah Eleanor Bell. William Tennyson Smith died in 1928.

Lumas Leonidus Smith

b. 1903, d. 1969
     Lumas Leonidus Smith was buried at Plains, Sumter Co., GA. He married Mary Dominick. Lumas Leonidus Smith was born in 1903. He was the son of Wilburn Juriston Smith and Sarah Eleanor Bell. Lumas Leonidus Smith died in 1969.

Mary Dominick

b. 1907, d. 1952
     Mary Dominick married Lumas Leonidus Smith, son of Wilburn Juriston Smith and Sarah Eleanor Bell. Mary Dominick was buried at Plains, Sumter Co., GA. She was born in 1907. She died in 1952.

Oliver Crawford Smith

b. 26 February 1906
     Lived in Albany, GA. Oliver Crawford Smith was born on 26 February 1906. He was the son of Wilburn Juriston Smith and Sarah Eleanor Bell.

George Quitman Smith

b. 1909, d. 1950
     George Quitman Smith was buried at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery. He was born in 1909. He was the son of Wilburn Juriston Smith and Sarah Eleanor Bell. George Quitman Smith died in 1950.

Sallie Will Smith

b. 1912, d. 1912
     Sallie Will Smith died in 1912. She was born in 1912. She was the daughter of Wilburn Juriston Smith and Sarah Eleanor Bell.

William Jerold Smith

b. 5 May 1929, d. 20 November 2003
     William Jerold Smith was born on 5 May 1929 at Sumter Co., GA.1 He was the son of Wilburn Edgar Smith and Frances Allethea Murray. William Jerold Smith died on 20 November 2003 at Plains, Sumter Co., GA, at age 74.1 He was buried on 22 November 2003 at Lebanon Cemetery, Plains, GA.

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 21 November 2003:


Jerry worked in the steel industry as an industrial and civil engineer. He received civil and industrial engineering degrees from Georgia Tech.


He moved from Pittsburgh into a retirement village in Plains after suffering a stroke about two years ago, said his sister Allethea Wall. He also had had congestive heart failure, she said.


"He was really suffering this week and had trouble breathing," she said. "We told him it was time for him to go see mother and daddy."


Mrs. Wall and Mrs Carter have lost their two brothers this year. Murray Smith, 71, a retired teacher, coach and pastor, died of cancer in January.


Mrs. Wall said she'll always remember how her brother Jerry loved to dance. "I remember because he taught me the jitterbug," she said.

Citations

  1. [S182] Social Security Death Index (on-line), Ancestry.com, SSDI, Ancestry.com, SSAN 256-32-4778.

Murray Lee Smith

b. 19 January 1932, d. 26 January 2003
     Murray Lee Smith was born on 19 January 1932.1 He was the son of Wilburn Edgar Smith and Frances Allethea Murray. Murray Lee Smith died on 26 January 2003 at Plains, Sumter Co., GA, at age 71.1

Taught in Plains.

Citations

  1. [S182] Social Security Death Index (on-line), Ancestry.com, SSDI, Ancestry.com, SSAN 256-32-9973.

William Henry Bell

b. 1843, d. 1927
     W.H. Bell was a Civil War veteran, having served in Terrell's Light Artillery. A farmer, he and his mother operated Bell's Mill located on Lanahassee Creek in Webster Co., Ga., near the Marion Co. line. After his wife's early death he lived with his childrena nd died in fitzgerald Ga. He was buried in Hartsfield, Colquit Co., Ga. William Henry Bell married Mary Eleanor Fulford, daughter of James Fulford and Martha Ellen Halley. William Henry Bell was born in 1843. He was the son of Charles Allison Bell and Susanna Singer. William Henry Bell died in 1927.

Child of William Henry Bell and Mary Eleanor Fulford

Mary Eleanor Fulford

b. 1839, d. 1890
     Mary Eleanor Fulford was buried at New Bethel Church, South of Shellman, GA. She married William Henry Bell, son of Charles Allison Bell and Susanna Singer. Mary Eleanor Fulford was born in 1839 at Marion Co., GA. She was the daughter of James Fulford and Martha Ellen Halley. Mary Eleanor Fulford died in 1890.

Child of Mary Eleanor Fulford and William Henry Bell

Charles Allison Bell

b. 1814, d. 1866
     A native of Georgia who was a teacher in Buena Vista. He and his wife are buried in unmarked graves in the Baptist Cemetery, Buena Vista. Charles Allison Bell was born in 1814. He married Susanna Singer, daughter of Johann Singer and Temperance Carr, in 1840 at Stewart Co., GA. Charles Allison Bell died in 1866.

Child of Charles Allison Bell and Susanna Singer

Susanna Singer

b. 1824, d. 1892
     Susanna Singer was born in 1824 at Georgia. She was the daughter of Johann Singer and Temperance Carr. Susanna Singer married Charles Allison Bell in 1840 at Stewart Co., GA. Susanna Singer died in 1892.

After her husband's early death, Susanna ran a 400 acre farm and Bell's Mill with the help of her son, W.H. Bell.

Child of Susanna Singer and Charles Allison Bell

James Fulford

b. 1812, d. after 1882
     James, a "Master Mechanic, was born in North Carolina as was his brother , William, a clerk, born 1823. Their parents have not been located but may have come from Maryland. James and Martha Fulford lived in the town of Buena Vista. They sold their house and lot in 1882 but their death dates are unknown. They are buried in unmarked graves in the Methodist Cemetery, now the City Cemetery, Buena Vista. James Fulford was born in 1812. He married Martha Ellen Halley, daughter of Nathaniel Halley and Martha Jacobs, in 1838 at Buena Vista, GA. James Fulford died after 1882.

Child of James Fulford and Martha Ellen Halley

Martha Ellen Halley

b. 1812, d. after 1882
     Martha Ellen Halley was born in 1812. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Halley and Martha Jacobs. Martha Ellen Halley married James Fulford in 1838 at Buena Vista, GA. Martha Ellen Halley died after 1882.

Child of Martha Ellen Halley and James Fulford

Nathaniel Halley

b. 1776
     Nathaniel Halley appears first in Georgia records in Washington Co., where he got a grant in 1788 for land that became Hancock Co. in 1793. Later he and his family moved to Jones Co. and Talbot Co., Ga. where they appear in 1830 (after which their trail is lost). Many descendants live in southwestern Ga. Nathaniel Halley was born in 1776 at Prince Georges Co., Md.

Child of Nathaniel Halley and Martha Jacobs

Johann Singer

b. 1784, d. 1855
     Johann (John) was a native of Stuttgart, which at the time of his birth was in the Kingdom of Wurttemberg, now West Germany. he migrated to the U.S. at an early age and married in 1818 in Hancock Co., Temperance Carr. They lived in Hancock Co. on a farm along Island Creek for several years, moving to Macon, Bibb Co. in the 1820s and then to Stewart Co. in the 1830s. John Singer left a will at his death in 1855 and is buried in the Lumpkin City Cemetery. His nephew of the same name is the ancestor of the Singers who are active in local affairs in Lumpkin and have been instrumental in the development of the 1850 Village of Westville.


Singer's sons, and his widow, moved, after his death, to Butler Co., Ala. Johann Singer was born in 1784 at Stuttgart, Kingdom of Wurttemberg. He married Temperance Carr in 1818 at Hanckck Co., GA. Johann Singer died in 1855.

Child of Johann Singer and Temperance Carr

Temperance Carr

b. 1791, d. after 1860
     Presumed to be a daughter of Robert Carr, and a granddaughter of Joseph Carr, Sr., the latter left a will in Hancock Co., Ga., in 1810. Temperance Carr was born in 1791 at NC. She married Johann Singer in 1818 at Hanckck Co., GA. Temperance Carr died after 1860.

Child of Temperance Carr and Johann Singer

Henry Carter

b. circa 1782
     Henry Carter was born circa 1782. He was the son of Kindred Carter.

Child of Henry Carter and Rachel Davis

Sarah Carter

b. 1821
     Sarah Carter was born in 1821. She was the daughter of Henry Carter and Rachel Davis.

Jesse Carter

b. 1793, d. 1868
     Moved c. 1827-30 to Talbot Co. where he was a prosperous cotton planter and Baptist. The homeplace was dismantled several years ago. The family members are buried in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Jesse Carter was born in 1793. He was the son of Kindred Carter. Jesse Carter died in 1868.

Child of Jesse Carter and Sarah Neal

J. Neal Carter

     J. Neal Carter was the son of Jesse Carter and Sarah Neal. J. Neal was the only son of Jesse and Sarah Carter. His descendants include : the Burgins of Buena Vista; Ms. Philip Wise, Mrs. T. Bradford Bagley, Mrs. C.A. Spratling, W. J. Campbell, Jr., Dr. M. W. Jackson, Jr., W.E. Gross, Jr., Mrs Louis Prator, Mrs. V.P. Koart, Miss Linton Maxwell, all of Columbus; the Swints of Ellerslie; J. Ed Willis of Valdosta; Mrs Aubrey Matthews of Rome; Mrs. Ward Closson, Barnstable, Mass; Mrs Mary McGarity, Key Biscayne, fla; Mrs Earl Douglas, Miami, Fla; Walton and Neal Carter, Pamama City, Fla; and Mrs Dick Fowler of Chattanooga, Tenn.

Martha Carter

b. after 1782
     Was in Greene Co. in 1820. Martha Carter was born after 1782. He was the son of Kindred Carter.