Person:John Smith (107)

John Smith was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Records of John Smith in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

• Vol. 1 - SEPTEMBER 17, 1777 (232) Samuel McCutchon qualified Captain, and in his Company qualified, viz: John McKenny, First Lieutenant; Robert Harris, Second Lieutenant, and John Smith, Ensign.

Notes

From "Waddell's Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871", pg. 151:

John Smith, son of Abraham, was an ensign at Point Pleasant. He was the father of the late Abraham Smith, of Rockingham, of Joseph and Silas H. Smith, of Augusta, and of a daughter named Nancy, wife of William Crawford. His wife was Mary Jane Smith, of Culpeper, a descendant of the Captain Smith who visited the Valley, in 1716, with Governor Spotswood. Her first husband was Silas Hart, who died without children.

Note: Silas H. Smith was born in 1787, making him as a son of John Smith and Jean, the widow of Silas Hart who died in 1795, problematic at best. John Smith appears to have had a prior marriage (likely) to the Mary Jane Smith of Culpeper, referenced in Waddell's "Annals of Augusta County, Virginia", shown above.

From "Gleanings of Virginia History" -Compiled & published by William Fletcher Boogher, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc Baltimore, 1976, p. 333):

Abraham Smith, eldest child of Capt. John the emigrant and Margaret Smith, born in Ulster Province, Ireland, 1722, Married Sarah Caldwell, of Augusta County, resided near North Mountain in Rockingham County, Virginia, on a large land estate called "Egypt," where he died.

Two children:

1. John, b. Dec. 16, 1755

John Smith was a soldier in the Reolutionary Army, distinguished himself at the Battle of Point Pleasant as ensign in the company commanded by his uncle Daniel.

2. Henry, b. 1758

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   (Gleanings of Virginia History -Compiled & published by William Fletcher Boogher, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc Baltimore, 1976, p. 333):
   Abraham Smith, eldest child of Capt. John the emigrant and Margaret Smith, born in Ulster Province, Ireland, 1722,
   Married Sarah Caldwell, of Augusta County, resided near North Mountain in Rockingham County, Virginia, on a large land estate called "Egypt," where he died.
   Two children:
   1. John, b. Dec. 16, 1755
   John Smith was a soldier in the Reolutionary Army, distinguished himself at the Battle of Point Pleasant as ensign in the company commanded by his uncle Daniel.
   
   2. Henry, b. 1758

   (Gleanings of Virginia History -Compiled & published by William Fletcher Boogher, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc Baltimore, 1976, p. 333):