Colonel Samuel Richard Smith, Jr

1815 - 1887  (71 years)

• Name	Colonel Samuel Richard Smith  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	18 Mar 1815	Granville County, North Carolina, USA   [1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Migration	Abt 1835	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
  	Samuel Sr was given approximately 1000 acres of Montgomery County as a Revolutionary War pension, and he brought his family over the Appalachian Mountains from North Carolina
  Census	1850	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  	(Districts 1-4) Married to Jane
  Census	1860	Graves County, Kentucky, USA   [8]
  	Mary and Samuel Smith
  Military Service	Abt 1861	Tennessee, USA   [3]
  	Union Army - War of the Rebellion: 10th Tennessee Cavalry
  Census	1870	Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, USA   [7]
  	Mary and Samuel Smith
  Census	1880	Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  	Marital status: Widower; Relation to Head of House: Self
  FSID	LCC6-P1F
  Occupation	Farmer
  Death	24 Jan 1887	Graves County, Kentucky, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I23188	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel Smith,   b. 19 Apr 1763, Warren County, North Carolina, USA d. 16 Jan 1837, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah 'Sallie' Williams,   b. 1769, Granville County, North Carolina, USA d. 1872, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA (Age 103 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	11 Apr 1805	Granville County, North Carolina, USA   [10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F11654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Pattillo,   b. 18 Apr 1822, Warrenton, Warren, Georgia, USA d. 25 Aug 1876, Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, USA (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	4 Dec 1839	Warren County, North Carolina, USA   [2, 13, 14]
  Children	1. Saluda Malinda Smith,   b. Abt 1843, Tennessee, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Richard Edward Smith,   b. 24 Dec 1846, Tennessee, USA d. 8 Oct 1918, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ida Smith,   b. Abt 1859, Kentucky, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William Mansfield Smith,   b. 3 Jan 1853, Christian County, Kentucky, USA d. 2 Sep 1914, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Mary Jane Smith,   b. 13 Feb 1862, Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, USA d. 18 Aug 1953, Ocala, Marion, Florida, USA (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Mar 1815 - Granville County, North Carolina, USA Migration - Samuel Sr was given approximately 1000 acres of Montgomery County as a Revolutionary War pension, and he brought his family over the Appalachian Mountains from North Carolina - Abt 1835 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 4 Dec 1839 - Warren County, North Carolina, USA Census - (Districts 1-4) Married to Jane - 1850 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Census - Mary and Samuel Smith - 1860 - Graves County, Kentucky, USA Military Service - Union Army - War of the Rebellion: 10th Tennessee Cavalry - Abt 1861 - Tennessee, USA Census - Mary and Samuel Smith - 1870 - Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, USA Census - Marital status: Widower; Relation to Head of House: Self - 1880 - Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, USA Death - 24 Jan 1887 - Graves County, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Seal-DAR Daughters of the American Revolution

  
  

  People

  SMITH-Samuel R Jr Colonel Samuel Richard Smith Jr

  
  

• Sources

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