Sarah SMITH
F, b. 1761, d. 2 October 1841
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- 4th great-grandmother of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
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- Author's Pedigree Chart
Sarah SMITH, daughter of Charles SMITH, was born in 1761 in Virginia.
Sarah married William GRAVES, son of William GRAVES and Dorothy STERN, on 5 November 1782 in Bedford County, Virginia.1,2
Sarah SMITH and William GRAVES moved from Oglethorpe County, Georgia to Montgomery County, Mississippi Territory, in the winter of 1817 along with Rev. Britton Capel and settled a few miles below the town of Washington at Manack Station in the upper northeast corner of what is now Lowndes County, Alabama. He established a ferry there across the Alabama River. At that time Alabama was part of the Mississippi Territory. Autauga county wasn't created until 1818 and Lowndes County in 1830. Alabama gained statehood in 1819.3,4
Sarah SMITH died on 2 October 1841 in Lowndesboro, Alabama. She was buried in Graves Burying Ground.
Her obituary appeared an unknown date in the an unknown place , published in an unknown place , an unknown place . A Lowndes County newspaper, which said: "Departed this life on the 2nd of October last, Mrs. Graves, in the 81st year of her age. She had been a professor of the Christian religion and a member of the Methodist-Episcopal Church for 54 years. Sarah Graves had lived to a good old age, and left behind her a numerous progeny. It is said, that up to the time of her death, her descendants, including children, grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and great-great-great grandchildren, numbered in all 181."5
Sarah married William GRAVES, son of William GRAVES and Dorothy STERN, on 5 November 1782 in Bedford County, Virginia.1,2
Sarah SMITH and William GRAVES moved from Oglethorpe County, Georgia to Montgomery County, Mississippi Territory, in the winter of 1817 along with Rev. Britton Capel and settled a few miles below the town of Washington at Manack Station in the upper northeast corner of what is now Lowndes County, Alabama. He established a ferry there across the Alabama River. At that time Alabama was part of the Mississippi Territory. Autauga county wasn't created until 1818 and Lowndes County in 1830. Alabama gained statehood in 1819.3,4
Sarah SMITH died on 2 October 1841 in Lowndesboro, Alabama. She was buried in Graves Burying Ground.
Her obituary appeared an unknown date in the an unknown place , published in an unknown place , an unknown place . A Lowndes County newspaper, which said: "Departed this life on the 2nd of October last, Mrs. Graves, in the 81st year of her age. She had been a professor of the Christian religion and a member of the Methodist-Episcopal Church for 54 years. Sarah Graves had lived to a good old age, and left behind her a numerous progeny. It is said, that up to the time of her death, her descendants, including children, grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and great-great-great grandchildren, numbered in all 181."5
Last Edited=25 Sep 2022
Children of Sarah SMITH and William GRAVES
- Mary GRAVES+ b. 3 Oct 1783, d. 21 Jun 1835
- Susan GRAVES b. 15 May 1785
- Francis GRAVES b. 25 May 1787, d. 28 Dec 1798
- William GRAVES III+ b. 27 Dec 1788, d. 11 Nov 1854
- Sarah GRAVES+ b. 7 Nov 1790
- David GRAVES+ b. 7 May 1792, d. 10 Sep 1836
- Nancy GRAVES b. 28 Dec 1793, d. Aug 1794
- Charles GRAVES+ b. 11 Aug 1796, d. 27 Mar 1849
- Rev. Peyton Smith GRAVES b. 3 Mar 1799
- Dorothea GRAVES b. 20 Feb 1801, d. 1855
- George GRAVES b. 9 Apr 1803, d. 16 Mar 1810
- Martha GRAVES+ b. 9 Sep 1805, d. 15 Jul 1875
Citations
- [S53] Bud Graves, "Graves Family Newsletter (1995), p. 22," e-mail to Jr. John K. Brown, 29 Jan 1997.
- [S242] Carrie Scales Evans, "Abney Family Research," e-mail to Jr. John K. Brown, 28 Nov 1998.
- [S651] Lowndes County Heritage Book Committee, Heritage of Lowndes County, William Graves, Pioneer submitted by Robert H. Graves, Ft. Worth, TX.
- [S883] Rev. Anson West, History of Methodism in Alabama, pg. 185-186.
- [S759] Larry W. Nobles, Old Autauga: Portrait of a Deep South County, pg.223-224.
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