James D Smith, Sr

1790 - 1876  (86 years)

• Name	James D Smith  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	29 Jul 1790	Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Oct 1876	Boone County, Indiana, USA   [3]
  Burial	Mount Tabor Cemetery, Boone County, Indiana, USA   [3]
  	Nancy Rucker and James Smith, buried together
  		Burial-SMITH James and Nancy Nancy Rucker and James Smith, buried together - Mount Tabor Cemetery, Boone County IN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28027477/j-smit
  Person ID	I26223	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Preston Smith,   b. 15 Sep 1769, Virginia, USA d. 5 Sep 1853, Boone County, Indiana, USA (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susannah 'Sukey' Shirley,   b. 1 Oct 1769, Prince William County, Virginia, USA d. 29 Apr 1848, Boone County, Indiana, USA (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1789	Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F11142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jane T Higdon,   b. 3 Aug 1793, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA d. 1819, Barren County, Kentucky, USA (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1814	Barren County, Kentucky, USA   [1, 2]
  Marriage End	1819
  	Death of Jane
  Children	1. Menoah 'Noah' Smith,   b. 18 Nov 1818, Barren County, Kentucky, USA d. 23 Apr 1906, Barton County, Missouri, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F11432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Nancy Rucker,   b. Abt 1798, Kentucky, USA d. 8 Jan 1883, Indiana, USA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	17 Aug 1819	Woodford County, Kentucky, USA   [1, 3, 6]
  Family ID	F11433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Jul 1790 - Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA Marriage - 16 Aug 1814 - Barren County, Kentucky, USA Marriage - 17 Aug 1819 - Woodford County, Kentucky, USA Death - 2 Oct 1876 - Boone County, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Burials

  Burial-SMITH James and Nancy Nancy Rucker and James Smith, buried together - Mount Tabor Cemetery, Boone County IN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28027477/j-smit

  
  

  DNA Matches

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Sources

  [S213] Dodd, Jordan, Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 1997;). [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: 1573.028; Source type: Family group sheet, listed as a child; Number of Pages: 1. [S6888] Find a Grave: SMITH James Sr 1790-1876, James D Smith Sr. - Birth: 29 Jul 1789, Abbeville County, South Carolina - Death: 2 Oct 1876 (aged 87) Boone County, Indiana - Burial: Mount Tabor Cemetery, Fayette, Boone County, Indiana - Memorial ID: 28027477 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28027477/j-smit [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: 1573.028; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1. [S6897] Find a Grave: SHIRLEY Susannah Smith 1769-1848, Susannah Shirley Smith. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28027474/susannah_smith [S6889] Find a Grave: RUCKER Nancy Smith 1798-1883, Nancy Rucker Smith. Burial: Mount Tabor Cemetery, Fayette, Boone County, Indiana - Memorial ID: 250460401 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/250460401/nancy-smith