Smith - Rhett Family History:
Congressman, U.S. senator. Rhett was bom Robert Barnwell Smith in Beaufort on December 21,1800, the eighth child of James Smith and Marianna Gough. The Smith sons changed their surname to Rhett in 1837 to honor their ancestor Colonel William Rhett. Robert Bamwell Rhett attended Beaufort College and later read law in the Charleston office of Thomas Grimke. Rhett was admitted to the bar in 1821 and two years later formed a law partnership in Colleton District with his cousin Robert W. Barnwell. On February 21, 1827, he married Elizabeth Washington Burnet. The couple had eleven children. After the death of his first wife in 1852, Rhett married Catherine Herbert Dent on April 25,1854. His second marriage produced three more children.
James Hervey Smith Date of Marriage: 22 Dec 1791
Congressman, U.S. senator. Rhett was bom Robert Barnwell Smith in Beaufort on December 21,1800, the eighth child of James Smith and Marianna Gough. The Smith sons changed their surname to Rhett in 1837 to honor their ancestor Colonel William Rhett. Robert Bamwell Rhett attended Beaufort College and later read law in the Charleston office of Thomas Grimke. Rhett was admitted to the bar in 1821 and two years later formed a law partnership in Colleton District with his cousin Robert W. Barnwell. On February 21, 1827, he married Elizabeth Washington Burnet. The couple had eleven children. After the death of his first wife in 1852, Rhett married Catherine Herbert Dent on April 25,1854. His second marriage produced three more children.
James Hervey Smith Date of Marriage: 22 Dec 1791
Smith - Rhett Family History:
Congressman, U.S. senator. Rhett was bom Robert Barnwell Smith in Beaufort on December 21,1800, the eighth child of James Smith and Marianna Gough. The Smith sons changed their surname to Rhett in 1837 to honor their ancestor Colonel William Rhett. Robert Bamwell Rhett attended Beaufort College and later read law in the Charleston office of Thomas Grimke. Rhett was admitted to the bar in 1821 and two years later formed a law partnership in Colleton District with his cousin Robert W. Barnwell. On February 21, 1827, he married Elizabeth Washington Burnet. The couple had eleven children. After the death of his first wife in 1852, Rhett married Catherine Herbert Dent on April 25,1854. His second marriage produced three more children.
James Hervey Smith Date of Marriage: 22 Dec 1791
Congressman, U.S. senator. Rhett was bom Robert Barnwell Smith in Beaufort on December 21,1800, the eighth child of James Smith and Marianna Gough. The Smith sons changed their surname to Rhett in 1837 to honor their ancestor Colonel William Rhett. Robert Bamwell Rhett attended Beaufort College and later read law in the Charleston office of Thomas Grimke. Rhett was admitted to the bar in 1821 and two years later formed a law partnership in Colleton District with his cousin Robert W. Barnwell. On February 21, 1827, he married Elizabeth Washington Burnet. The couple had eleven children. After the death of his first wife in 1852, Rhett married Catherine Herbert Dent on April 25,1854. His second marriage produced three more children.
James Hervey Smith Date of Marriage: 22 Dec 1791
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