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William Smart

Male 1773 - Aft 1850  (77 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Smart was born 1773, Rutherford Co., North Carolina (son of Joseph Smart and Elizabeth White); died Aft 1 Jun 1850.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1820, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
    • Census: 1830, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
    • Census: 1840, Cocke Co., Tennessee
    • Census: 1850, Dist. 11, Cocke, Tennessee
    • Residence: 1820, Buncombe Co., North Carolina; With a boy and two girls under age 10, two boys age 10 to 15, a man and a woman age 16 to 25 and a woman over age 45
    • Residence: 1830, Buncombe Co., North Carolina; With a girl age 10 to 14, a boy and a girl age 15 to 19 and a woman age 50 to 59
    • Residence: 1840, Cocke Co., Tennessee; With a boy and girl under age 5, a boy and two girls aged 5 to 9, a man aged 20 to 29 and a woman aged 40 to 49
    • Residence: 1850, Dist. 11, Cocke, Tennessee; With wife Mary (Collins) and a granddaughter

    Notes:

    Available probate records of Cocke county, Tennessee start in the 1870s due to a courthouse fire (27 Jan 2017)

    William — Mary Collins. Mary was born 1778, Ireland; died Aft 01 Jun 1850. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph Smart was born Abt 1736, Pennsylvania; died 8 Oct 1819, Rutherford Co., North Carolina; was buried Ellenboro, Rutherford, North Carolina.

    Other Events:

    • Will: 24 Jun 1819, Rutherford Co., North Carolina; To wife Elizabeth Smart; to son Joseph Smart; to son Thomas Smart; to son Reubin Smart; to son John Smart; to daughter Deida Burns; to grandchild Rachel Brooks; to sons Joseph, Wm. and Thomas Smart; executors son Thomas Smart and wife Elizabeth Smart

    Notes:

    Per Martha Smart: "The story has been passed down by family members that Joseph Smart came to Rutherford County, North Carolina about 1770. He left Pennsylvania, came through Virginia, and married Elizabeth White. They first settled in Mooresboro (now Cleveland County) and later moved to Ellenboro (Webb's Creek) which is 1/2 mile SE of Corinth Baptist Church. He was a carpenter/cooper by trade. His will was dated June 24, 1818 and filed June 1819. He is buried in Joseph Smart Cemetery, now called Hamrick Family Cemetery."

    There is a grave of a William Smart (died 1795) in Rutherford Co., some researchers make him Joseph's father and give two brothers who fought in the Revolutionary War.

    Name:
    Some researchers give him a middle initial of 'D,' based on unknown sources

    Buried:
    Hamrick Family Cemetery

    Joseph married Elizabeth White Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth White
    Children:
    1. Daniel Smart
    2. Deida Smart was born Rutherford Co., North Carolina; died 25 Jan 1849, North Carolina; was buried Ellenboro, Rutherford, North Carolina.
    3. 1. William Smart was born 1773, Rutherford Co., North Carolina; died Aft 1 Jun 1850.
    4. Reuben Smart was born 1775 - 1780, Rutherford Co., North Carolina; died Aft 1 Jun 1840; was buried Grundy Co., Tennessee.
    5. Thomas Smart was born 28 Nov 1780, Rutherford Co., North Carolina; died 23 May 1862, Rutherford Co., North Carolina; was buried Ellenboro, Rutherford, North Carolina.
    6. Mary Smart was born Abt 1782, Rutherford Co., North Carolina; died Rutherford Co., North Carolina.
    7. John White Smart was born 10 Apr 1783, Ellenboro, Rutherford, North Carolina; died 1858-1859; was buried Mahomet, Burnet, Texas.
    8. Elizabeth Smart was born Abt 1788, Rutherford Co., North Carolina.
    9. Joseph Smart was born 2 Jul 1791, Rutherford Co., North Carolina; died 9 Nov 1852, Tippah Co., Mississippi; was buried Tippah Co., Mississippi.