Person:Thomas Smith (418)

Based on Y-DNA results, Thomas was most likely the uncle or close cousin of John A. Smith and William H. Smith. See Smith Family DNA matched grouping R-M269-88.

The following excerpts are copied from The McCues of the Old Dominion, pp. 246-250:

Elizabeth Cunningham; b 1748; m Major Thomas Smith (1744-1805). Smith was educated in William and Mary College, was a charter member of the "Phi Beta Kappa" fraternity , or society, as it was then called [Note: Phi Beta Kappa was founded 5 December 1776. There was a Thomas Smith among the six charter members. However, considering that John Heath, the founder of Phi Beta Kappa, was fifteen at the time, while Capt. Thomas Smith would have been around thirty and married with children, it seems rather unlikely that the two Thomas Smiths are the same man]. He served in the Revolution, first with the rank of captain and later as major. The following letter bears on his war record:

Staunton, Va., Nov. 24, 1911.

Mr. John N. McCue.

Dear Sir:

I have just received your letter of the 22nd. You wrote me anent Thomas Smith, called "John," on page 362 of Annalls by a slip of the pen'. On page 281, he is called Thomas, where he is named as a captain of Michael Garber, Sr., [Michael Garber] emigrated from Germany and settled near York, Pa., removed to Staunton, bought Lebanon White Sulphur Springs, Augusta county, and lived there. Thev were buried in the cemetery at Hollidaysburg, Pa. Michael Garber, Jr., and wife were buried in cemetery at Trinity Church, Staunton, Va. This inscription of Guilford, he and his company traveled from there on horseback, but went into the battle on foot. "Thomas' name is not anywhere on the roll of soldiers in the Revolution, and it is only now and then that the name of this soldier is found. If any of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Smith wish to join the Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution, it is only necessary to say to them to refer to page 281 of Annals of Augusta County, to find their title to membership.

Very truly,

(Signed) Jos. A. Waddell.

Children of Elizabeth Cunningham (9) and Major Thos. Smith:

(17) i Margaret Smith; b Circa 1775; d 7, May 1834; m Michael Garber, Jr.. b 6, May 1769, York, Pa. ; d 7, Dec. 1845, Augusta county, Va. He was the son of Michael Garber, Sr., b Circa 1743; d 31, Aug. 1824, and his wife, Magdalene Smoot, be Circa 1744; d 21, Dec. 1830.

(18) ii Elizabeth Smith; m. John W. Jones, who was in William and Mary College in 1803. Thought to have been Speaker of the House of Representatives. [Note: John Winston Jones, who was Speaker of the House of Representatives, was born in 1791, married to Harriet Boisseau, and most likely not the same person.]

(19) iii Sarah "Sally" Smith; b. 5, Nov. 1773; d. 6, Apr. 1856, Staunton, Va.; m. 17, Apr. 1800, Major Moses McCue (b. 23, Dec. 1768, Nelson county, Va.; d. 28, Apr. 1847, Augusta county, Va.)

(20) iv Thomas P. Smith ; m Margaret ; emigrated from Augusta county, Va., and settled near Mt. Vernon, Posey county, Indiana. There was a Thos. Smith in William and Mary College in 1798. This Smith was in the war of 1812.

(21) v John H. Smith, b 25, Mar. 1776; m 10, Jan. 1830; m (1st) 29, Jan. 1802, Elizabeth Simkins Prewitt, b 21, Feb. 1784; d 7, July 1811, she was dau of Robert Prewitt and Martha Chandler of Halifax county, Va., and gr-dau of Michael and Elizabeth Simkins Prewitt, of Campbell county, Va. ; m (2nd) 24, July 1814, Elizabeth Chinn, b 19 ,July 1787; d 12 ,July 1844. Mr. Smith was a student in William and Mary College in 1799. He married in Virginia and later removed to Cynthianna, the county seat of Harrison county, Ky., where he became one of the prominent men of the county, for many years was a magistrate, and being the oldest be- came High Sheriff.

(22) vi Nancy Smith ; m Mr. McCoy.

(23) vii Robert Smith, b 22, May 1789, Staunton, Va.; d about 1856, Olney, 111. ; m 1823, Mary A. Templeton, of Mount Vernon, Indiana. Mr. Smith removed to Indiana in 1822. He was a highly respected gentleman. A soldier in the war of 1812.

The Long Inheritance of the Menzies Family, asserts the following:

"John Smith, native of Bristol, England, came to this country in 1700, located in West Moreland, and married Mary Anne Adkins, a relative of Washington. Their son, John, married Lizzie Marshall. Lizzie Marshall was, I think, an aunt of the Chief Justice Marshall. John and Lizzie Smith's son, Thomas, married Agnes Cunningham, and their daughter, Margaret, was Great grandmother Garber."

Waddell's Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, pp. 261:

The third daughter of John Cunningham, Elizabeth, married Captain Thomas Smith. The daughters of Capt. Smith were Mrs. Michael Garber, Mrs. Moses McCue, and Mrs. John Jones.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Annals of Augusta county, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871.
2. ↑ Property conveyed to Margaret by Thomas Smith; in trust for use and benefit of Elizabeth Smith. Delivered to M. Garber, Jr., 5 Jul 1828. - Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, by Lyman Chalkley.
3. ↑ Privy examination of Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Smith, deed, 18 Aug 1785, to Peter Heiskell. - "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
4. ↑ Property conveyed to mortgagor [Thomas Smith] by Thomas Bell, heir-at-law of Joseph Bell, 7 Nov 1773, in trust for benefit of said Isabella Lockhart until said Sarah Lockhart shall arrive to age of 21 or is married, then certain remainders; after death of Isabella the w - Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
5. ↑ Proof is made that John Smith, deceased, who served as a Sergeant in Capt. Wm. Preston's Company of Rangers, never received any land there for. Certificate is granted to Thomas Smith, the heir-at-law, for 200 acres. - Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800
6. ↑ Thomas Smith qualified Major. - Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800
7. ↑ Thomas Smith's death abates suit. - Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800