Person:Lewis Smith (34)

Lewis 38, and Serrepta 40, show up in the 1850 Delaware County, Indiana census. They both claim Vermont as their state of birth. The children are listed as follows: Harriett 15, Ransom 13, Rosanna 11, George R. 8, Amanda M. 2 years old.

History of Delaware County - Liberty Township (Excerpts from pages 23 through 31 )

Liberty Township is bounded north by Delaware Township, east by a portion of Randolph County, south by Perry and west by Center Township. The north tier of the sections in Liberty township is in congressional township 21. The balance of the township sections 1 to 30 inclusive being in township 20 and all in range 11 east. Commencing at the northwest corner of the township, we find section 31. This section was entered in 11 different tracts by eight different parties. The first of these entries was the east half of the northwest quarter (80 acres) entered by Lewis Smith November 20, 1832, and now owned by J. H. Satterfield and P. C. Hirons. After this entry by Mr. Smith the government lands of this section were purchased by Jefferson Cox, John Guthrie, Stewart Cecil, Monroe Goff and John Dragoo in1835, and Jefferson Cox, John Moody, Jesse Holland and Monroe Goff in 1836.

Section 19, Liberty township, lying east of, and adjoining Center township was entered in the years 1831-'32 and '33. John Moore was the first pioneer land owner of this section, he entering the northwest quarter (fractional) 147 5-100 acres, and the west half of the northeast quarter 80 acres on February 2, 1831. In 1832 entries were made in the east half of the section by Reuben Preston and William Payton. In 1833 the southwest quarter was entered by Jacob Payton, Jr., and Joseph Dungan. The present land owners in section 19 are J. C. Watt, Charles W. Cecil, C. Guthrie, P. Guthrie, Z. T. Williams, J. R. Koons, G. Fulhart, D. Rees; Jr., D, H. Simmons and J. L. Simmons. The section has three miles of public road 1¼ miles of which is the Muncie and Smithfield free gravel pike. The Mt. Tabor cemetery is on the south line of this section near the southeast corner.

Section 20 was entered in the years of 1831 to 1839, as follows: In 1831 by James Truitt, Reuben Preston, Thomas Whitney and Lewis Smith. In 1832 by Thomas Hamilton, Asaiel Thornburg and William N. Smith. In 1833 by Thomas Hamilton, 1836 by Parker Truitt and John Smith, and in 1839, by David Rench. The present owners of these lands are Jane Lenon, Walter A. Cecil, M. Whitney, J. Babb, E. C. Gough, Jesse Truitt, O. S. Lenon, J. C. Hoover and J. Snider. This section has three miles of road, also 1¼ of which is free pike.

"Look at section 19, southeast corner. I think the cemetery is on both sides of the road with one half located in the ne corner of section 30. The old maps show the M. E. Church that the Smith family members attended on the south side of the road. (This is about 2 miles east/sourtheast of Smithfield where John C. & Lewis Smith settled during the winter of 1829-30). Rosannah & her minor children joined them there late in 1838. She made their home on a small tract of land in the NE 1/4 corner of Section 30 which she purchased on January 5, 1839, from Jacob Payton and his wife Lois Payton for $925.00. This was the same section of land where the Mt. Tabor M. E. Church was located. (Reuben Preston signed Lewis Smith's marriage application, so we think he is Sarepta Preston's brother, as their parents were already dead. Reuben married Mariah Payton. Lucy Smith married James Lowry. Their daughter, Mary Nancy Payton married David Payton.)" From MaryLu McClure note, 6/2004.

1. ↑ 1820 Morgan County, Ohio Census.
2. ↑ A. Donovan Faust (Foust). A Family History: The Ancestors of Thomas Wilson Faust. (1997).
3. ↑ From the family files of Mary Lu McClure, 10/2002.
4. ↑ President Andrew Jackson. Bureau of Land Management Record, Certificate 1823.

   "For the East half of the North West quarter of Section thirty one, in Township twenty one North, of Range eleven East, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Fort Wayne, Indiana, containing Eighty acres.