Person:Joseph Smith (38)

Descendants of Joseph Guyton Smith

Generation No. 1

1. JOSEPH GUYTON4 SMITH (JOHN3, HENRY2, JOHN1) was born November 9, 1793, and died August 11, 1857 in Marshall County, Mississippi. He married ELVIRA HAMILTON, daughter of JOHN HAMILTON and NELLIE TURNER. She was born Abt. 1798 in SC, and died Bef. 1870.

More About JOSEPH GUYTON SMITH: Burial: Asbury Methodist Cemetery, Marshall County, Mississippi Census: October 23, 1850, Marshall County, Mississippi Southern Division pg. 245 line 22. Age given at census is 56

More About ELVIRA HAMILTON: Census 1: October 23, 1850, Marshall County, Mississippi Southern Division pg. 245 line 23. Age given at census is 52. Census 2: August 18, 1860, Post Office, Bethlehem, Marshall County, Mississippi, pg 80 line 26 in the household of John W. Logan. Age given at census is 63.

Children of JOSEPH SMITH and ELVIRA HAMILTON are: i. SARA5 SMITH, b. Abt. 1828. ii. ELENER(ELLEN) J. SMITH, b. Abt. 1835; m. JOHN W. LOGAN, November 21, 1854, Marshall County, Mississippi; b. Abt. 1826. iii. JOSEPH H. SMITH, b. Abt. 1836. 2. iv. MARY E. SMITH, b. October 15, 1838; d. February 4, 1883, Woodbury, Hill County, Texas.

Generation No. 2

2. MARY E.5 SMITH (JOSEPH GUYTON4, JOHN3, HENRY2, JOHN1) was born October 15, 1838, and died February 4, 1883 in Woodbury, Hill County, Texas. She married YOUNG HARRINGTON HAMILTON November 24, 1860 in Waterford, Marshall County, Mississippi, son of ANDREW HAMILTON and DELILAH SMITH. He was born August 15, 1828 in Tennessee, and died August 20, 1880 in Woodbury, Hill County, Texas.

More About MARY E. SMITH: Burial: Old Woodbury Cemetery, Ranch Rd. 309, Woodbury, Hill County, Texas Census: 1860, Post Office Bethlehem, Marshall County, Mississippi, pg. 80, line 27, in the household of John W. Logan.

Notes for YOUNG HARRINGTON HAMILTON: 1. Young Harrington Hamilton joined the Texas Presbytery in 1854 and was ordained the following year. On one occasion, Rev. Young Harrington Hamilton was conducting a meeting in a log house and was being annoyed by some tough young men trying to break up the meeting. One night the young men took a dare from Hamilton to come sit on the front row and listen to the sermon. As soon as they were seated, Rev. Hamilton drew his six shooter and held it on them until his sermon was finished. When the invitation was given at the end of the sermon, the young men were the first to respond and be converted. They joined Hamilton's party as bodyguards. Rev. Hamilton got people into church one way or the other. (History of Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Texas, Centennial Volume, by Thomas H. Campbell, 1936.)

2. The book, "Rusk County Rebs" by Kathryn Davis and Carolyn Ericson credits Confederate service as follows:

Born: 15 August 1828 Died: 20 August 1880 Buried: Old Woodbury Cemetery, Hill County, TX Spouse: 1) Martha Coats, m. 1850 Rusk Co., TX

                            2) Mary E. Smith, m. 29 November 1860, Waterford, MS

Parents: Andrew & Delilah Smith Hamilton Service: Captain John D. Hamilton's Co. D., 14th Texas Cavalry Comments: Cumberland Presbyterian preacher, Organized November 1861,

                          "Rusk  Avengers"

Source: 1860, p. 41; R.R. Co., p. 15; Hist. of Rusk Co., p. 161;

                            CSR1, p. 216; Dolly Forester.

More About YOUNG HARRINGTON HAMILTON: Burial: Old Woodbury Cemetery, Ranch Rd. 309, Woodbury, Hill County, Texas Cause of Death: Accidental Census 1: 1860, Rusk County, Texas beat 1, P.O. Henderson, page 41, line 9. Census 2: 1880, Hill County, Texas, E.D.# 73, Page 34, Line 29 Medical Information: Fell from a wagon while working on a revival.

Children of MARY SMITH and YOUNG HAMILTON are: i. DICK A.6 HAMILTON, b. Abt. 1862.

More About DICK A. HAMILTON: Census: 1880, Hill County, Texas, E.D.# 73, Page 34, Line 31

ii. MOLLY HAMILTON, b. Abt. 1865.

More About MOLLY HAMILTON: Census: 1880, Hill County, Texas, E.D.# 73, Page 34, Line 35

iii. BEULAH HAMILTON, b. Abt. 1868.

More About BEULAH HAMILTON: Census: 1880, Hill County, Texas, E.D.# 73, Page 34, Line 33

iv. RALPH HAMILTON, b. December 7, 1871; d. January 22, 1882, Woodbury, Hill County, Texas.

More About RALPH HAMILTON: Burial: Old Woodbury Cemetery, Woodbury, Hill County, Texas Census: 1880, Hill County, Texas, E.D.# 73, Page 34, Line 34

v. DOLLIE JO HAMILTON, b. September 27, 1878; m. WILLIAM OWEN FORESTER, September 15, 1904; d. July 17, 1944, Source: Texas Death Index # 32476.

Notes for DOLLIE JO HAMILTON: Dollie claimed to have the Smith family bible. In a paper she wrote in December, 1936 she said she received the bible from a cousin that was the daughter of Helen Smith Logan. I found Dollie's paper in the Rusk County library in Henderson, TX. It was filed under the Hamilton family history.

More About DOLLIE JO HAMILTON: Census: 1880, Hill County, Texas, E.D.# 73, Page 34, Line 36 DAR: December 17, 1935, Jane Douglas Chapter, Dallas, Texas. Dollie's national DAR number is # 293711.

More About ELVIRA HAMILTON: Census 1: October 23, 1850, Marshall County, Mississippi Southern Division pg. 245 line 23. Age given at census is 52. Census 2: August 18, 1860, Post Office, Bethlehem, Marshall County, Mississippi, pg 80 line 26 in the household of John W. Logan. Age given at census is 63.

Children of JOSEPH SMITH and ELVIRA HAMILTON are: i. SARA5 SMITH, b. Abt. 1828. ii. ELENER(ELLEN) J. SMITH, b. Abt. 1835; m. JOHN W. LOGAN, November 21, 1854, Marshall County, Mississippi; b. Abt. 1826. iii. JOSEPH H. SMITH, b. Abt. 1836. 2. iv. MARY E. SMITH, b. October 15, 1838; d. February 4, 1883, Woodbury, Hill County, Texas.

Born: 15 August 1828 Died: 20 August 1880 Buried: Old Woodbury Cemetery, Hill County, TX Spouse: 1) Martha Coats, m. 1850 Rusk Co., TX

                            2) Mary E. Smith, m. 29 November 1860, Waterford, MS

Parents: Andrew & Delilah Smith Hamilton Service: Captain John D. Hamilton's Co. D., 14th Texas Cavalry Comments: Cumberland Presbyterian preacher, Organized November 1861,

                          "Rusk  Avengers"

Source: 1860, p. 41; R.R. Co., p. 15; Hist. of Rusk Co., p. 161;

                            CSR1, p. 216; Dolly Forester.

More About YOUNG HARRINGTON HAMILTON: Burial: Old Woodbury Cemetery, Ranch Rd. 309, Woodbury, Hill County, Texas Cause of Death: Accidental Census 1: 1860, Rusk County, Texas beat 1, P.O. Henderson, page 41, line 9. Census 2: 1880, Hill County, Texas, E.D.# 73, Page 34, Line 29 Medical Information: Fell from a wagon while working on a revival.

Children of MARY SMITH and YOUNG HAMILTON are: i. DICK A.6 HAMILTON, b. Abt. 1862.