Philip SMITH & Theresa HERRIN

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Philip SMITH
Theresa HERRIN

Husband: Philip SMITH
Birth: 6 Mar 1760, Hunterdon Co., NJ
Death: 19 Nov 1833, Trigg Co., KY
Disposition: buried Smith Cemetery, Trigg Co., KY
Military Service: Revolutionary War: New Jersey
Father: John SMITH (1735-1769)
Mother: Rachel __?__ (1738-1830)

Marriage: 19 Oct 1786
Migration: ca. 1790, said to have moved to Culpeper Co., VA
Migration: ca. 1810, said to have moved to Frederick Co., VA
Migration: by 1818, said to have moved to Trigg Co., KY

Wife: Theresa HERRIN
Birth: 18 Nov 1768
Death: 8 Jan 1829, Trigg Co., KY
Disposition: buried Smith Cemetery, Trigg Co., KY

Children — born in VA (data in braces are {age, birthplace} from the 1850 Census):

1. Jonathan SMITH, b. 17 Aug 1791; d. 24 Nov 1834; bur. Smith Cem., Trigg Co., KY
2. Eliza SMITH, b. 1794 {56, VA}
3. George W. SMITH, b. 19 Jan 1795
4. (Son A) SMITH, b. 1794-1800
5. Mariah SMITH, b. 21 Apr 1798
6. William F. SMITH, b. 1800 {49, VA}; bur. Smith Cem., Trigg Co., KY
7. (Son B) SMITH, b. 1810-20; d.s.p. by 1830
8. Clarissa H. SMITH, b. 17 Apr 1813 {36, VA}

Timeline
Year	Location	Event
1760	NJ: Hunterdon Co.	birth of Philip SMITH
1768		birth of Teresa HERRIN
1786		marriage of Philip SMITH & Teresa HERRIN
1786-90	New Jersey to Virginia	family moves
1790 Census	-	VA census was destroyed
1791		birth of son, Jonathan
1794	VA	birth of daughter, Eliza
1795		birth of son, George
1798		birth of daughter, Mariah
1800 Census	-	VA census was destroyed
1800	VA	birth of son, William
1810 Census	VA: Culpeper Co.	Philip SMITH, head-of-household
1813	VA	birth of daughter, Clarissa
1813-18	Virginia to Kentucky	family said to have moved
1820 Census	-	not found in Trigg Co. — is he in Frederick Co., VA?
1829	KY: Trigg Co.	death of Theresa (HERRIN) SMITH
1830 Census	KY: Trigg Co.	Philip SMITH, head-of-household
1831	KY: Trigg Co.	marriage of daughter, Clarissa, to Moses THOMPSON
1833	KY: Trigg Co.	death of Philp SMITH

Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229): not found.

2. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1790 (Broderbund CD-311): not found, but the 1790 VA census was destroyed.

3. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312): not found, but the 1800 VA census was destroyed.

4a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313). Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched).

1810 Smith, Philip VA Culpeper Co. p. 112 01110-1200101

4b. 1810 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #73 of 94; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 VA Culpeper Co. p. 74/112B Philip Smith 12001-01110-01

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1800-1810 = William (b. 1800)

2 males 10-15 1794-1800 = Son A
= George (b. 1795)

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1765 = Philip (b. 1860)

1 female 10-15 1794-1800 = Mariah (b. 1798)

1 female 16-25 1784-1794 = Eliza (b. 1794)

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Teresa

1 slave all ages in or bef. 1810 = ?

List was roughly alphabetized. Also in county: Philip's son-in-law, John WHARTON.

5. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com): Philip is not found in Trigg Co., KY, and I checked every page. Philip's son-in-law, John WHARTON, is in Trigg County. The only SMITHs in Trigg Co., KY, were Andrew (Img 5 of 19, p. 5A, 011101-00021-0-200 no slaves) and Hardy (Img 16 of 19, p. 12B, 400010-00010-0-100, no slaves). Of the two, Philip could be living with Andrew, but one wonders why Philip was not then made head-of-household.

6. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #23 of 58; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 KY Trigg Co. p. 13 Ln. 1 Philip Smith 100 010 000 100 - 000 100 000 000 110 000 - 201 000

These data indicate:

No., Race, Gender Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 white male 4 or under 1825-1830 = grandson?

1 white male 20-29 1800-1810 = William (b. 1800)

1 white male 70-79 1750-1760 = Philip (b. 1860)

1 white female 15-19 1810-1815 = Clarissa (b. 1813)

1 male slave 9 or under 1820-1830 = ?

1 male slave 10-23 1806-1820 = ?

2 female slaves 9 or under 1820-1830 = ? ?

1 female slave 24-35 1794-1806 = ?

7. 1840

8. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #10 of 74): 1st District, Trigg Co., KY, p. 294B, 73/73, enumerated 6 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Wm F Smith 49 M Farmer 1550 Virginia

M F Petty 27 M same Tennessee

Chas L A Eilert 22 M Cigar Maker Prussia

Listed four households from William's niece, Susan (WHARTON) WHITE.

. Trigg County, Kentucky, Cemeteries: Smith Cemetery (online at Trigg County KYGenWeb site):

Smith Phili (sic), March 6, 1760--Nov. 19, 1833 (Revolutionary War)

Smith Theresa, Nov. 18, 1768--Jan. 8, 1929 (sic)

Smith Jonathan, August 17, 1791--Nov. 24, 1834

Smith W.F. (footstone only)

. A.B. Willhite. [n.d.] Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1810-1813. (Self-published; available from author at 4396 Coopertown Rd., Russellville, KY 42276, or from the Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY). Not found, as expected.

. A.B. Willhite. [n.d.] Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1814-1818. (Self-published. This book is out of print. I do not have a copy. If you have one to sell, please contact me.) Really wish I had this book

. A.B. Willhite. [n.d.] Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1819-1823. (Self-published; available from author at 4396 Coopertown Rd., Russellville, KY 42276, or from the Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY). Not found, and anyone living in what would become Trigg County in 1820 should have been on these rolls in 1819. We do find John WHARTON and Hardy SMITH on the 1819 rolls.

. Barney Thompson, ed. 1996. "Letter to the Editor of the Kentucky Telephone, December 20, 1889." Pages 6-10 in Pioneers of Trigg County, Kentucky, As Seen through the Biographical and Genealogical Articles of Cyrus Thompson in the Kentucky Telephone and the Cadiz Record, 1889-1899. [MS] (online at the Trigg County KY GenWeb site).

Moses Thompson... married Miss Clarissa Smith, a sensible, practical, energetic and economical and most worthy woman, a sister of John Wharton and Jonathan and Firman Smith, and this marriage proved a most happy one...

Obviously, the author did not distinguish between being a sister (to Jonathan and Furman SMITH) and a sister-in-law (to John WHARTON). The odd thing here is the suggestion that Firman is her brother. In the 1820 census, we find

. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

. Messages in the Wharton Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

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