Charles Smith's ancestry is shrouded in mystery. Descendants are involved in a SMITH Y-DNA STUDY. We know from 9 confirmed results that we are of Base Haplogroup I-M253 Big Y DNA Parent SNP I-A14734 & Big Y700 further expanded to SNP (I-A14738). Our SNP path leads us back to the Wales/England Border region. We now know that we were Western Germanic. Charles Smith is thought to be the son of John Smith & Barbara Allen. John Smith's brother was William Thornton Smith (ca.1700-1749) and they were thought to be the children of William Smith & Elizabeth Thornton. Our Y-DNA does not match any of the other Founding Smith lines in Colonial Virginia. Our SMITH DNA Study is ongoing. Grandfather Charles Smith married Elizabeth Hendrick, daughter of John Hendrick & Tabitha Hurt. Their known children were: (1) William Thornton Smith b. ca. 1764 died in infancy. (2) Martha "Patsy" Smith Dupree b. ca. 1765. (3) Tabitha Hendrick Smith Harper b. 1768, (4) William Thornton Smith b. ca. 1769, (5) Elizabeth "Betsy" Smith Echols b. 1771, (6) Anna Allen Smith Dickson, b. 1772, (7) Mary Ann "Nancy" Smith Lumpkin b. 1778, (8) Robert Allen Smith b. 1783 & (9) John Hurt Hendrick Smith b. ca. 1787 - 1790.
In July of 2016, five descendants of Charles & Elizabeth Hendrick Smith visited the grave site and placed flowers while the following poem in remembrance was read. We traveled from Louisiana & Alabama to document this grave yard in hopes of making a permanent record of the resting place of many of our family members. Known to be buried here are Charles Smith, his son Robert Allen Smith, as well as two infant children belonging to Martha Harper & John M. Baldwin. Martha being the granddaughter of Charles Smith & the daughter of Tabitha Hendrick Smith Harper. It is also suspected that Robert Allen Smith & wife Nancy Kirk had two additional children who are buried here. We found 16 to 18 additional burial spots besides Charles & his son Robert. These two graves were first located in 1958 by George Magruder Battey, Jr. & Charles C. Smith, both family researchers. In 2006/2007 cousin Ron Cescutti put up the iron crosses to mark the grave sites. It has also been noted in many family biographies that our Grandfather Charles Smith was a Revolutionary War soldier. To this date we have not been able to verify these claims as our genealogy seems to be confused with another Rev Soldier's record.
THE RECORDING OF A CEMETERY, BY THELMA GREENE REAGAN
Today we walked where others walked, On a lonely, windswept hill; Today we walked where others cried For Loved Ones whose live are stilled. Today our hearts were touched By graves of tiny babies; Snatched from the arms of loving kin, In the heartbreak of the ages. Today we saw where grandparents lay In the last sleep of their time; Lying under the trees and clouds - Their beds kissed by the sun and wind. Today we wondered about an unmarked spot; Who lies beneath this hollowed ground? Was it a babe, child, young or old? No indication could be found. Today we saw where Mom and Dad lay. We had been here once before, On a day we'd all like to forget, But will remember forever more. Today we recorded for kith and kin The graves of ancestors past; To be preserved for generations hence, A record we hope will last. Cherish it, my friend; preserve it, my friend, For stones sometimes crumble to dust And generations of folk yet to come Will be grateful for your trust.
In July of 2016, five descendants of Charles & Elizabeth Hendrick Smith visited the grave site and placed flowers while the following poem in remembrance was read. We traveled from Louisiana & Alabama to document this grave yard in hopes of making a permanent record of the resting place of many of our family members. Known to be buried here are Charles Smith, his son Robert Allen Smith, as well as two infant children belonging to Martha Harper & John M. Baldwin. Martha being the granddaughter of Charles Smith & the daughter of Tabitha Hendrick Smith Harper. It is also suspected that Robert Allen Smith & wife Nancy Kirk had two additional children who are buried here. We found 16 to 18 additional burial spots besides Charles & his son Robert. These two graves were first located in 1958 by George Magruder Battey, Jr. & Charles C. Smith, both family researchers. In 2006/2007 cousin Ron Cescutti put up the iron crosses to mark the grave sites. It has also been noted in many family biographies that our Grandfather Charles Smith was a Revolutionary War soldier. To this date we have not been able to verify these claims as our genealogy seems to be confused with another Rev Soldier's record.
THE RECORDING OF A CEMETERY, BY THELMA GREENE REAGAN
Today we walked where others walked, On a lonely, windswept hill; Today we walked where others cried For Loved Ones whose live are stilled. Today our hearts were touched By graves of tiny babies; Snatched from the arms of loving kin, In the heartbreak of the ages. Today we saw where grandparents lay In the last sleep of their time; Lying under the trees and clouds - Their beds kissed by the sun and wind. Today we wondered about an unmarked spot; Who lies beneath this hollowed ground? Was it a babe, child, young or old? No indication could be found. Today we saw where Mom and Dad lay. We had been here once before, On a day we'd all like to forget, But will remember forever more. Today we recorded for kith and kin The graves of ancestors past; To be preserved for generations hence, A record we hope will last. Cherish it, my friend; preserve it, my friend, For stones sometimes crumble to dust And generations of folk yet to come Will be grateful for your trust.
Charles Smith's ancestry is shrouded in mystery. Descendants are involved in a SMITH Y-DNA STUDY. We know from 9 confirmed results that we are of Base Haplogroup I-M253 Big Y DNA Parent SNP I-A14734 & Big Y700 further expanded to SNP (I-A14738). Our SNP path leads us back to the Wales/England Border region. We now know that we were Western Germanic. Charles Smith is thought to be the son of John Smith & Barbara Allen. John Smith's brother was William Thornton Smith (ca.1700-1749) and they were thought to be the children of William Smith & Elizabeth Thornton. Our Y-DNA does not match any of the other Founding Smith lines in Colonial Virginia. Our SMITH DNA Study is ongoing. Grandfather Charles Smith married Elizabeth Hendrick, daughter of John Hendrick & Tabitha Hurt. Their known children were: (1) William Thornton Smith b. ca. 1764 died in infancy. (2) Martha "Patsy" Smith Dupree b. ca. 1765. (3) Tabitha Hendrick Smith Harper b. 1768, (4) William Thornton Smith b. ca. 1769, (5) Elizabeth "Betsy" Smith Echols b. 1771, (6) Anna Allen Smith Dickson, b. 1772, (7) Mary Ann "Nancy" Smith Lumpkin b. 1778, (8) Robert Allen Smith b. 1783 & (9) John Hurt Hendrick Smith b. ca. 1787 - 1790.
In July of 2016, five descendants of Charles & Elizabeth Hendrick Smith visited the grave site and placed flowers while the following poem in remembrance was read. We traveled from Louisiana & Alabama to document this grave yard in hopes of making a permanent record of the resting place of many of our family members. Known to be buried here are Charles Smith, his son Robert Allen Smith, as well as two infant children belonging to Martha Harper & John M. Baldwin. Martha being the granddaughter of Charles Smith & the daughter of Tabitha Hendrick Smith Harper. It is also suspected that Robert Allen Smith & wife Nancy Kirk had two additional children who are buried here. We found 16 to 18 additional burial spots besides Charles & his son Robert. These two graves were first located in 1958 by George Magruder Battey, Jr. & Charles C. Smith, both family researchers. In 2006/2007 cousin Ron Cescutti put up the iron crosses to mark the grave sites. It has also been noted in many family biographies that our Grandfather Charles Smith was a Revolutionary War soldier. To this date we have not been able to verify these claims as our genealogy seems to be confused with another Rev Soldier's record.
THE RECORDING OF A CEMETERY, BY THELMA GREENE REAGAN
Today we walked where others walked, On a lonely, windswept hill; Today we walked where others cried For Loved Ones whose live are stilled. Today our hearts were touched By graves of tiny babies; Snatched from the arms of loving kin, In the heartbreak of the ages. Today we saw where grandparents lay In the last sleep of their time; Lying under the trees and clouds - Their beds kissed by the sun and wind. Today we wondered about an unmarked spot; Who lies beneath this hollowed ground? Was it a babe, child, young or old? No indication could be found. Today we saw where Mom and Dad lay. We had been here once before, On a day we'd all like to forget, But will remember forever more. Today we recorded for kith and kin The graves of ancestors past; To be preserved for generations hence, A record we hope will last. Cherish it, my friend; preserve it, my friend, For stones sometimes crumble to dust And generations of folk yet to come Will be grateful for your trust.
In July of 2016, five descendants of Charles & Elizabeth Hendrick Smith visited the grave site and placed flowers while the following poem in remembrance was read. We traveled from Louisiana & Alabama to document this grave yard in hopes of making a permanent record of the resting place of many of our family members. Known to be buried here are Charles Smith, his son Robert Allen Smith, as well as two infant children belonging to Martha Harper & John M. Baldwin. Martha being the granddaughter of Charles Smith & the daughter of Tabitha Hendrick Smith Harper. It is also suspected that Robert Allen Smith & wife Nancy Kirk had two additional children who are buried here. We found 16 to 18 additional burial spots besides Charles & his son Robert. These two graves were first located in 1958 by George Magruder Battey, Jr. & Charles C. Smith, both family researchers. In 2006/2007 cousin Ron Cescutti put up the iron crosses to mark the grave sites. It has also been noted in many family biographies that our Grandfather Charles Smith was a Revolutionary War soldier. To this date we have not been able to verify these claims as our genealogy seems to be confused with another Rev Soldier's record.
THE RECORDING OF A CEMETERY, BY THELMA GREENE REAGAN
Today we walked where others walked, On a lonely, windswept hill; Today we walked where others cried For Loved Ones whose live are stilled. Today our hearts were touched By graves of tiny babies; Snatched from the arms of loving kin, In the heartbreak of the ages. Today we saw where grandparents lay In the last sleep of their time; Lying under the trees and clouds - Their beds kissed by the sun and wind. Today we wondered about an unmarked spot; Who lies beneath this hollowed ground? Was it a babe, child, young or old? No indication could be found. Today we saw where Mom and Dad lay. We had been here once before, On a day we'd all like to forget, But will remember forever more. Today we recorded for kith and kin The graves of ancestors past; To be preserved for generations hence, A record we hope will last. Cherish it, my friend; preserve it, my friend, For stones sometimes crumble to dust And generations of folk yet to come Will be grateful for your trust.
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