Joseph Smart: Wm. L. Gann's Genealogy Site

Generation: 1

Joseph Smart was born 2 Jul 1791, Rutherford Co., North Carolina (son of Joseph Smart and Elizabeth White); died 9 Nov 1852, Tippah Co., Mississippi; was buried Tippah Co., Mississippi.

Other Events:

Census: 1820, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Census: 1840, Rutherford Co., North Carolina
Census: 1850, Dist. 2, Tippah, Mississippi
Occupation: 1850, Dist. 2, Tippah, Mississippi; Farmer
Residence: 1820, Rutherford Co., North Carolina; With a boy and three girls under age 10, a girl age 10 to 15 and a woman age 26 to 44
Residence: 1840, Rutherford Co., North Carolina; With two girls under age 5, two girls aged 5 to 9, a boy aged 10 to 14, two boys and a girl aged 15 to 19, a man aged 20 to 29 and a woman aged 40 to 49
Residence: 1850, Dist. 2, Tippah, Mississippi; With wife Elizabeth (Logan) and four children

Notes:

Not found in Tippah Co., Mississippi probate records

Name:
One burial record gives a middle name of "Daniel" but not from an official source

Buried:
Paul's Chapel Cemetery

Joseph married Elizabeth Logan 30 Apr 1809, Rutherford Co., North Carolina. Elizabeth was born 1793 - 1794, North Carolina; died 1860; was buried Dry Creek, Tippah, Mississippi. [Group Sheet]

Generation: 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]

Elizabeth White

Children:

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