Our Family's Journey Through Time
| Name | Mary Ann Michie 'Polly' Smith [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] | |
| Birth | 26 Apr 1781 | Rock Castle Plantation, Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, USA [3, 5, 7, 8, 9] |
| Home-Rock Castle Plantation In 1784 a Virginian surveyor named Daniel Smith moved with his family to the Cumberland Settlement in present-day Middle Tennessee and began construction on a limestone, Federal-Style building that would house generations of the Smith family for almost 200 years. Located next to a Cumberland River tributary called Drake’s Creek,... +… |
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| Gender | Female | |
| Census | 1840 | Sumner County, Tennessee, USA [6] |
| Census | 1850 | Sumner County, Tennessee, USA [5] |
| With Lucy Ann Baber | ||
| Death | 29 Dec 1857 | Davidson County, Tennessee, USA [7, 8, 9] |
| Burial | Rock Castle Cemetery, Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, USA [8] |
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| Burial-SANDERS Mary Mary Ann 'Polly' Smith Donelson Sanders - buried near her parents and 2nd husband, James Sanders "Daughter of General Daniel Smith.First married to Samuel Donelson,then to James Sanders" -- Rock Castle Cemetery, Hendersonville TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6624132/san https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39483888/ james |
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(also known as Smith Family Cemetery) Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee Find a Grave: #1447637 |
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| Person ID | I26573 | A Tree Called Smith |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Father | General Daniel Smith, b. 29 Oct 1748, Stafford County, Virginia, USA d. 16 Jun 1818, Rock Castle Plantation, Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (Age 69 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Mother | Sarah Michie, b. 30 Jan 1755, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA d. 2 Apr 1831, Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (Age 76 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Marriage | 10 Jun 1773 | Washington County, Virginia, USA [10] |
| Family ID | F11375 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 | Samuel Donelson, b. 1760, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA d. 1803, Clover Bottom, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA (Age 43 years) | |||||||
| Marriage | 20 Jun 1796 | Davidson County, Tennessee, USA [2, 8] |
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| Family ID | F11388 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |||||||
| Family 2 | James 'Jimmy Dry' Sanders, b. 31 Oct 1764, New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA d. 24 Aug 1836, Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, USA (Age 71 years) | |||
| Marriage | 26 Feb 1806 | Sumner County, Tennessee, USA [1, 4, 8] |
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| Family ID | F4788 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |||
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| Burials | Burial-SANDERS Mary Mary Ann 'Polly' Smith Donelson Sanders - buried near her parents and 2nd husband, James Sanders "Daughter of General Daniel Smith.First married to Samuel Donelson,then to James Sanders" -- Rock Castle Cemetery, Hendersonville TN + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6624132/san https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39483888/ james |
| People | SMITH-Polly Donelson Mary Ann Michie 'Polly' Smith Donelson Sanders lived from 1781-1857. She was the daughter of General Daniel Smith. She married Samuel Donelson and James Sanders |
| Places | Home-Rock Castle Plantation In 1784 a Virginian surveyor named Daniel Smith moved with his family to the Cumberland Settlement in present-day Middle Tennessee and began construction on a limestone, Federal-Style building that would house generations of the Smith family for almost 200 years. Located next to a Cumberland River tributary called Drake’s Creek,... +… |
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