Phillip Pendleton Smith, Sr.

This is not the Philip Smith who received a Revolutionary War pension. He is the brother of the Gospel preacher and leader in the Restoration Movement, Rev. John (Raccoon) Smith.

Biography

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Philip Smith was born in August 1769 in Augusta County, Virginia in the area that became Botetourt County, Virginia. He was the first-born child of George and Rebecca (Bowen) Smith. A record found in Chalkeley's Chronicles infers that he was most likely named after his paternal grandfather, Philip Smith/Schmidt. Philip married Emily Atkins on January 11, 1798 and it is believed their marriage was the first performed in the new created Cumberland County, Kentucky after splitting from Greene County.

Philip was a farmer and always lived near his family. He died late in 1865 and Millie died in early 1868 as inferred by the minutes of the Clear Fork Baptist Church. Their burial place has not been located but they were last recorded living with their son, Isaac Denton Smith, in Fentress County, Tennessee. Isaac is buried in the Smith-Koger Cemetery in Pickett County in the area formed in 1881 from Fentress County.

Philip was a serious minded person and a steadfast Calvinist Baptist. He was an Elder in the Clear Fork Baptist Church. He named one son, Isaac Denton Smith, after the pioneer preacher of that church. He also served as an Elder in the Concord Baptist Church in Coopersville, Wayne County. Philip's brother, Raccoon John Smith, was supposedly one of the early preachers of this church. It is said Philip and Millie lived in a cater-cornered cabin of solid cedar logs near Bethel on Sinking Creek in Wayne County, Kentucky.

By 1820 Philip, Millie and family returned to Cumberland County, Kentucky, then moved to Fentress County, Tennessee about 1826 where they remained.

Information from a family bible possessed by Miss Gussie Smith (now deceased and the bible lost), lists eleven children. A descendant of Morris Adkins Smith indicated he was also a child of Philip and Millie and they had twelve children, but further research proves Morris was a child of their son, William D. Smith.

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via wife Emilie Smith (born Adkins) by SmartCopy: Aug 3 2015, 5:50:14 UTC

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via wife Emilie Milly Smith (born Adkins) by SmartCopy: Aug 3 2015, 5:56:52 UTC
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