Adam Smith

• Adam, DAR Ancestor A081663
• Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
• Birth: CIRCA 1740 ORANGE CO VIRGINIA
• Death: ANTE 3- -1793 MERCER CO KENTUCKY
• Service Source: KY HIST SOC, CERT BOOK OF THE VA LAND COMM, 1779-1780, P 298
• Service Description: 1) TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND CLAIM UNDER SETTLEMENT PREEMPTION RIGHTS, KENTUCKY CO
• Adam was born about 1740 to Michael and Anna (Thomas) Smith. Adam was married and living in Pennsylvania with his wife and baby son, Jacob, when the Revolutionary War began. Adam joined the cause and was away until the war ended. On his return, the family settled in what is now Mercer County, Kentucky, where Adam died prior to 1800.

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Adam Smith

• Born 1736 in Orange, Virginia
• Son of Hans Michael Schmidt Jr. and Anna Magdalena (Thomas) Smith
• Brother of Zacharias Smith, Mary Elizabeth (Smith) Barlow, Susannah Schmidt (Smith) Berrey, Catherine (Smith) Marbes, John Smith [half] and Anna Magdalena (Schmidt) Christler
• Husband of Elizabeth (Powell) Smith — married about 1753 in Orange, Virginia
• Father of Mary (Smith) Tullis, Susanna (Smith) Thomas, Catherine (Smith) Small, Benjamin Smith, Anna (Smith) Custar, Elizabeth (Smith) McGinnis, Ezekial Smith and Solomon Smith
• Died 1793 at about age 57 in Mercer, Kentucky, United States

References

• http://germannafamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I087094&tree=tree1
• Find a grave memorial
• Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 16 2017, 22:33:00 UTC
• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy
• TNG Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 27 2021, 1:48:43 UTC

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  • * Adam is a Germanna Second Colony Descendant ***

Michael Smith was born in Germany about 1674 and came to America about 1717. He was warden in the Hebron Lutheran Church. He died in Culpepper County, Virginia. His son, Michael, Jr. was born in Culpepper County and records show that he and the church pastor made a trip to Europe in 1734 to raise funds for the church. Michael Smith, Jr and his wife, Ann Magdalena Thomas Smith, had a number of children, including Adam, who was born about 1740. Adam was married and living in Pennsylvania with his wife and baby son, Jacob, when the Revolutionary War began. Adam joined the cause and was away until the war ended. On his return, the family settled in what is now Mercer County, Kentucky, where Adam died prior to 1800. Jacob married Mary Barker in 1800 in Mercer County. They had a son, John Barker Smith, born there in 1802. Jacob's family moved to Logan County in 1808 and then to the newly laid out town of Morgantown in Butler County in 1811.
Ref: Butler County, KY History 1987, page:79

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Ancestor #: A081663
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1740 ORANGE CO VIRGINIA
Death: ANTE 3- -1793 MERCER CO KENTUCKY
Service Source: KY HIST SOC, CERT BOOK OF THE VA LAND COMM, 1779-1780, P 298
Service Description: 1) TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO MAKE LAND CLAIM UNDER SETTLEMENT PREEMPTION RIGHTS, KENTUCKY CO
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Will dated 11 Aug 1792 in Mercer County, Kentucky
Bk: 1 Pg: 98-99 - Will for Adam Smith lists wife: Elizabeth, sons - Ezekiel, Benjamin, & Solomon and daughter - Elizabeth
Proved in Court in March 1793
Witnesses to will are: Zacharias Smith, John Smith, & John Samuel Mow
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9P32-9ZLC?i=56&cc=... -* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 6 2024, 10:39:10 UTC