Jacob Smith

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Jacob Smith BIRTH 15 Dec 1772 Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 20 Jul 1854 (aged 81) Butler County, Kentucky, USA BURIAL Old Flener Cemetery Butler County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID 145766035 · View Source SHARE SAVE TOSUGGEST EDITS MEMORIAL PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 1 Married Mary Barker June 21, 1800, Jessamine County, Kentucky

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Son and family DANIEL M. SMITH was born in Morgantown, Butler Co., Ky., December 14, 1811, and was the first white child born in that place. He is a son of JACOB and MARY (Barker) SMITH, the former of whom was a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Maryland. They were of German and English descent, respectively. When but a small boy Jacob Smith removed with his mother to Maryland, his father, Adam Smith, being absent in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war, where he remained throughout the entire struggle, and was absent so long that his friends had given him up as dead.

In Maryland young Jacob received his early education, but while yet a young man, in the latter part of the last century, he immigrated to eastern Kentucky, coming down the Alleghany and Ohio Rivers, first landing at Maysville, and from thence he removed to Mercer County, Ky., where he was married in 1800.

In early life he learned the blacksmith trade, which he continued to follow, in connection with farming, all his life. In 1808 he removed with his family to Russellville, Logan County, Ky., where he remained some three years. In the fall of 1811, he came to Morgantown (then just laid out), Butler County, where he resided until his death, which occurred July 20, 1854, in his eighty-second year.

He and wife were devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for more than forty years. Daniel Morgan Smith received such an education as the schools of the country afforded in his youth. He was employed on his father’s farm and in his shop until he was twenty-five years old, after which he located a squatter’s claim, some seven miles east of Morgantown, Butler County, upon which he erected a cabin and commenced to improve the farm, upon which he still resides. Some years later he bought the land, and now owns a well-improved farm of 180 acres. He has always given considerable attention to the raising of stock.

He has held the office of assessor, and also of constable. He was married January 24, 1837, to Polly Flener, a native of Butler County, Ky., who was born March 6, 1818. Thirteen children blessed their union, nine of whom—four sons and five daughters—are yet living, all of whom are married, except two sons. Their names are as follows: Louisa J. Romans, Sallie Flener, Columbus B., Peplina Rogers, Berrilla Miligan, Powel C., Lavaga A., Daniel Morgan, Jr., and Paridine A. Flener. The maternal grandfather of our subject, John Barker, was also a veteran in the Revolution. Mr. Smith belongs to no church or secret order. In politics he is a Democrat.

Kentucky: A History of the State, J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Butler Co. -EMBRACING A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE VIRGINIA COLONY; ITS EXPANSION WESTWARD, AND THE SETTLEMENT OF THE FRONTIER BEYOND ALLEGHANIES; THE ERECTION OF KENTUCKY AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE, AND ITS SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT. , F. A. BATTEY PUBLISHING COMPANY, Louisville, Kentucky, 1885 ____________________________________________________________ -1810 Census data shows Jacob living in Logan County with 3 boys under 10 yrs old and 2 girls under 10 yrs old -1820 Census was living in Butler County with 2 boys under 10, 1m 10-15, 1m 16-25 and 2 girls under 10, 1f 10-15, 1f 16-25. -1830 Census was living in Butler County with 1M 10-14, 1M 15-19 and 1F 10-14, 1F 15-19, and 1F 20-29. (*** Jacob/Mary had no children under the age of 10 from 1830 Census on ***) ____________________________________________________________ Sons: John Barker 1802-1880, William 1809-1845, Daniel Morgan 1811-1892, James Dunn 1818-1878.

Daughters: Sarah (Phelps) 1803-1860, Elizabeth (Flener) 1807-1857, Paulina (Beesley) 1813-1849, Mary Ann (Flener) 1816-1894. ____________________________________________________________ Helen Embry, was told that John Michael Smith was born in Germany in 1674. He came to America with his wife and son John where they settled in Culpepper Co Va. They arrived in 1717. His Will is recorded at the Hemern Lutheren church. His wife was Katherine. John Michael Jr was the father of Adam Smith who moved to PA and was in the Revolutionary War. Jacob and Adam moved to Mercer Co KY. Adam died and was buried there. Jacob's son, John B. (mother was Mary Barkley) Moved to Logan Co. John B. kept going west and finally settled in Warren and Butler Co. KY. Daniel Morgan Smith was the first white child born in Morgantown after it was laid out as a town. John B.'s son, Jefferson Jennings Smith was grandma Given's (Smith) father. He is buried in the Old Fleener Cemetary aka Robin Cordwell Cemetery.(Close to Aberdeen, Butler Co.,KY.)

Ref: Story by John Barker Smith's Descendants. ____________________________________________________________ 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 Kaifer 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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Family Members

Spouse Photo Mary Barker Smith 1776–1868 (m. 1800)

Children John B Smith 1802–1880

Photo Sarah Elizabeth Smith Phelps 1803–1860

Photo Elizabeth Smith Flener 1807–1857

Photo William Smith 1809–1845

Photo Daniel Morgan Smith 1811–1892

Paulina Smith Beesley 1813–1849

Photo Mary Ann Smith Flener 1816–1894

Photo Mary Ann Smith Flener 1816–1894

Photo James Dunn Smith 1818–1878
Married Mary Barker
June 21, 1800, Jessamine County, Kentucky

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-Son and family
DANIEL M. SMITH was born in Morgantown, Butler Co., Ky., December 14, 1811, and was the first white child born in that place. He is a son of JACOB and MARY (Barker) SMITH, the former of whom was a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Maryland. They were of German and English descent, respectively. When but a small boy Jacob Smith removed with his mother to Maryland, his father, Adam Smith, being absent in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war, where he remained throughout the entire struggle, and was absent so long that his friends had given him up as dead.

In Maryland young Jacob received his early education, but while yet a young man, in the latter part of the last century, he immigrated to eastern Kentucky, coming down the Alleghany and Ohio Rivers, first landing at Maysville, and from thence he removed to Mercer County, Ky., where he was married in 1800.

In early life he learned the blacksmith trade, which he continued to follow, in connection with farming, all his life. In 1808 he removed with his family to Russellville, Logan County, Ky., where he remained some three years. In the fall of 1811, he came to Morgantown (then just laid out), Butler County, where he resided until his death, which occurred July 20, 1854, in his eighty-second year.

He and wife were devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for more than forty years. Daniel Morgan Smith received such an education as the schools of the country afforded in his youth. He was employed on his father’s farm and in his shop until he was twenty-five years old, after which he located a squatter’s claim, some seven miles east of Morgantown, Butler County, upon which he erected a cabin and commenced to improve the farm, upon which he still resides. Some years later he bought the land, and now owns a well-improved farm of 180 acres. He has always given considerable attention to the raising of stock.

He has held the office of assessor, and also of constable. He was married January 24, 1837, to Polly Flener, a native of Butler County, Ky., who was born March 6, 1818. Thirteen children blessed their union, nine of whom—four sons and five daughters—are yet living, all of whom are married, except two sons. Their names are as follows: Louisa J. Romans, Sallie Flener, Columbus B., Peplina Rogers, Berrilla Miligan, Powel C., Lavaga A., Daniel Morgan, Jr., and Paridine A. Flener. The maternal grandfather of our subject, John Barker, was also a veteran in the Revolution. Mr. Smith belongs to no church or secret order. In politics he is a Democrat.

Kentucky: A History of the State, J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Butler Co.
-EMBRACING A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE VIRGINIA COLONY; ITS EXPANSION WESTWARD, AND THE SETTLEMENT OF THE FRONTIER BEYOND ALLEGHANIES; THE ERECTION OF KENTUCKY AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE, AND ITS SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT. , F. A. BATTEY PUBLISHING COMPANY, Louisville, Kentucky, 1885
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-1810 Census data shows Jacob living in Logan County with 3 boys under 10 yrs old and 2 girls under 10 yrs old
-1820 Census was living in Butler County with 2 boys under 10, 1m 10-15, 1m 16-25 and 2 girls under 10, 1f 10-15, 1f 16-25.
-1830 Census was living in Butler County with 1M 10-14, 1M 15-19 and 1F 10-14, 1F 15-19, and 1F 20-29.
(*** Jacob/Mary had no children under the age of 10 from 1830 Census on ***)
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Sons: John Barker 1802-1880, William 1809-1845, Daniel Morgan 1811-1892, James Dunn 1818-1878.

Daughters: Sarah (Phelps) 1803-1860, Elizabeth (Flener) 1807-1857, Paulina (Beesley) 1813-1849, Mary Ann (Flener) 1816-1894.
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Helen Embry, was told that John Michael Smith was born in Germany in 1674. He came to America with his wife and son John where they settled in Culpepper Co Va. They arrived in 1717. His Will is recorded at the Hemern Lutheren church. His wife was Katherine. John Michael Jr was the father of Adam Smith who moved to PA and was in the Revolutionary War.  Jacob and Adam moved to Mercer Co KY. Adam died and was buried there.   Jacob's son, John B. (mother was Mary Barkley) Moved to Logan Co.  John B. kept going west and finally settled in Warren and Butler Co. KY. Daniel Morgan Smith was the first white child born in Morgantown after it was laid out as a town.  John B.'s son, Jefferson Jennings Smith was grandma Given's (Smith) father. He is buried in the Old Fleener Cemetary aka Robin Cordwell Cemetery.(Close to Aberdeen, Butler Co.,KY.)

Ref: Story by John Barker Smith's Descendants.
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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 Kaifer 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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Married Mary Barker
June 21, 1800, Jessamine County, Kentucky

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-Son and family
DANIEL M. SMITH was born in Morgantown, Butler Co., Ky., December 14, 1811, and was the first white child born in that place. He is a son of JACOB and MARY (Barker) SMITH, the former of whom was a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Maryland. They were of German and English descent, respectively. When but a small boy Jacob Smith removed with his mother to Maryland, his father, Adam Smith, being absent in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war, where he remained throughout the entire struggle, and was absent so long that his friends had given him up as dead.

In Maryland young Jacob received his early education, but while yet a young man, in the latter part of the last century, he immigrated to eastern Kentucky, coming down the Alleghany and Ohio Rivers, first landing at Maysville, and from thence he removed to Mercer County, Ky., where he was married in 1800.

In early life he learned the blacksmith trade, which he continued to follow, in connection with farming, all his life. In 1808 he removed with his family to Russellville, Logan County, Ky., where he remained some three years. In the fall of 1811, he came to Morgantown (then just laid out), Butler County, where he resided until his death, which occurred July 20, 1854, in his eighty-second year.

He and wife were devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for more than forty years. Daniel Morgan Smith received such an education as the schools of the country afforded in his youth. He was employed on his father’s farm and in his shop until he was twenty-five years old, after which he located a squatter’s claim, some seven miles east of Morgantown, Butler County, upon which he erected a cabin and commenced to improve the farm, upon which he still resides. Some years later he bought the land, and now owns a well-improved farm of 180 acres. He has always given considerable attention to the raising of stock.

He has held the office of assessor, and also of constable. He was married January 24, 1837, to Polly Flener, a native of Butler County, Ky., who was born March 6, 1818. Thirteen children blessed their union, nine of whom—four sons and five daughters—are yet living, all of whom are married, except two sons. Their names are as follows: Louisa J. Romans, Sallie Flener, Columbus B., Peplina Rogers, Berrilla Miligan, Powel C., Lavaga A., Daniel Morgan, Jr., and Paridine A. Flener. The maternal grandfather of our subject, John Barker, was also a veteran in the Revolution. Mr. Smith belongs to no church or secret order. In politics he is a Democrat.

Kentucky: A History of the State, J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Butler Co.
-EMBRACING A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE VIRGINIA COLONY; ITS EXPANSION WESTWARD, AND THE SETTLEMENT OF THE FRONTIER BEYOND ALLEGHANIES; THE ERECTION OF KENTUCKY AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE, AND ITS SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT. , F. A. BATTEY PUBLISHING COMPANY, Louisville, Kentucky, 1885
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-1810 Census data shows Jacob living in Logan County with 3 boys under 10 yrs old and 2 girls under 10 yrs old
-1820 Census was living in Butler County with 2 boys under 10, 1m 10-15, 1m 16-25 and 2 girls under 10, 1f 10-15, 1f 16-25.
-1830 Census was living in Butler County with 1M 10-14, 1M 15-19 and 1F 10-14, 1F 15-19, and 1F 20-29.
(*** Jacob/Mary had no children under the age of 10 from 1830 Census on ***)
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Sons: John Barker 1802-1880, William 1809-1845, Daniel Morgan 1811-1892, James Dunn 1818-1878.

Daughters: Sarah (Phelps) 1803-1860, Elizabeth (Flener) 1807-1857, Paulina (Beesley) 1813-1849, Mary Ann (Flener) 1816-1894.
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Helen Embry, was told that John Michael Smith was born in Germany in 1674. He came to America with his wife and son John where they settled in Culpepper Co Va. They arrived in 1717. His Will is recorded at the Hemern Lutheren church. His wife was Katherine. John Michael Jr was the father of Adam Smith who moved to PA and was in the Revolutionary War.  Jacob and Adam moved to Mercer Co KY. Adam died and was buried there.   Jacob's son, John B. (mother was Mary Barkley) Moved to Logan Co.  John B. kept going west and finally settled in Warren and Butler Co. KY. Daniel Morgan Smith was the first white child born in Morgantown after it was laid out as a town.  John B.'s son, Jefferson Jennings Smith was grandma Given's (Smith) father. He is buried in the Old Fleener Cemetary aka Robin Cordwell Cemetery.(Close to Aberdeen, Butler Co.,KY.)

Ref: Story by John Barker Smith's Descendants.
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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 Kaifer 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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