Person:Merriwether Smith (1)

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Col. Meriwether Smith, of Bathurst
b.1730 Essex, Virginia
d.24 Jan 1794 Essex, Virginia, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1729
  1. Col. Meriwether Smith, of Bathurst1730 - 1794
  2. Mary SmithAbt 1730 -
  3. Elizabeth Smith1737 - 1792
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Col. Meriwether Smith, of Bathurst1730 - 1794
  • W.  Alice LeeAbt 1730 - Bef 1769
m. Abt 1760
  1. Alice Lee SmithAbt 1761 -
  2. Gov. George William Smith, 17th Governor of Virginia1762 - 1811
  3. Meriweather Smith1769 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 3 Aug 1769
  1. Lucy Dangerfield Smith1773 - 1820
  2. Edwin Bathurst Smith1775 - 1844
  3. Lettice Lee SmithAbt 1780 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Col. Meriwether Smith, of Bathurst
Gender Male
Birth[3] 1730 Essex, Virginia[pos Bathurst Citation needed]
Marriage Abt 1760 Virginia[1st wife]
to Alice Lee
Marriage 3 Aug 1769 Virginia[2nd wife]
to Elizabeth Dangerfield
Death[3] 24 Jan 1794 Essex, Virginia, United Statesdied at Marigold
Burial[2] Essex, Virginia, United Statesat Bathurst


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Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

  • Vol. 2 - Smith vs. Ross, &c.--O. S. 48; N. S. 16--Bill, 16th June, 1804. Oratrix is Sally Smith, wife of Edwine Bathurst Smith and daughter of John Monroe. They married in 1796. Her maternal grandfather was Thomas Jones. Some time afterwards she was requested to relinquish dower in a place called Paradice, situate on the Rappahannock in Essex County, which Edwin had sold to Henry Quarles. Answer of John Monroe (who practiced law at Staunton and Lexington). He married the daughter of Col. Thomas Jones, of Northumberland County. John lived in Westmoreland. Sally was niece of Catesby Jones. Sally's mother died in 1795. Deposition of Mrs. Catharine Vance at Warm Spring 1st October, 1804. She was sister of Sally Smith and daughter of John Monroe (?). Mrs. Jane I. Lewis was sister of Sally Smith. Lucy Monroe, daughter of John deposes. Copy of deed 27th June, 1795, between Lettice Lee Rust and Francis West Quarles and Lucy Daingerfield, his wife, of King William County, and Edwin Bathurst Smith and Sally, his wife, of Richmond County, to Henry Quarles, of Henry County, tract formerly belonging to Lilly Ann Webb, deceased, and by her sold to Meriwether Smith, deceased, who mortgaged it to Lilly Ann Webb and conveyed by John Webb, deceased, by deed 7th September, 1787; recorded in Essex, 15th October, 1787, to Meriwether Smith, deceased, from whom it descended to Lettice Lee Rust, Lucy Daingerfield, wife of Francis West Quarles and Edwin Bathurst Smith, children of Meriwether Smith, deceased. This deed recorded 18th December, 1797, in Essex County.
References
  1. ↑ Family Recorded, in Bathurst Lee Jr. Meek, "The Family of Col. Meriwether Smith, An American Founder, and Allied Families", 2005; Hiistorical Society of Virginia
    3, 2005.

    [Genealogy and biographical information on the family of Meriwether Smith]

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Family Recorded, in William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Omohundro Institute)
    5:159-164, 1897.

    [GENEALOGY OF THE ADAMS FAMILY OF NEW KENT AND HENRICO COUNTIES, VA. Compiled by C.W. Coleman.]

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Family Recorded, in William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Omohundro Institute)
    6:30, 45, 1898.

    [GENEALOGY OF THE SMITH FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Compiled by C.W. Coleman.]
    ... Col. Meriwether Smiith, grandson of Capt. Nicholas Smith, died at "Marigold," Essex county, 24 January, 1794. (SMITH GENEALOGY, post, pages 45, 47.)

    Col. Meriwether Smith
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