 - 1841
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| Name |
Booker Smith |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
23 Sep 1841 |
Pittsylvania County, Virginia  |
| Notes |
- The records show that Booker Smith, private and sergeant, (2nd) Company C, 46th Regiment Virginia Infantry (also known as 1st Regiment of Infantry, Wise Legion and 2nd Regiment Wise Brigade) Confederate States Army and enlisted 13 November 1862 at Chaffins Farm (Virginia). The company muster roll for January and February 1865, last on file,
shows him present. Union prisoner of war records show that he was captured 6 April 1865 at Farmville, Virginia and was imprisoned at U.S. Military Prison, Newport News, Virginia where he died 3 May 1865.
Their brother, Joseph Smith also served in the Civil War. [2]
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| Person ID |
I12833 |
Devin Timber |
| Last Modified |
27 Oct 2011 |
| Father |
Ralph Smith, b. 01 Sep 1813, Tomahawk, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia , d. 07 Jan 1902, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (Age 88 years) |
| Mother |
Ardinnia Wright, b. 14 Jan 1827, Pittsylvania County, Virginia , d. 24 Jan 1904, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (Age 77 years) |
| Married |
07 Dec 1843 |
Pittsylvania County, Virginia |
| Notes |
- WAR RECORDS
War Records of Sons of Ralph Smith and Ardinnia Wright Smith
From Council Journal 1776-1777
Letter received 5 September 1950 from the Adjutant General giving the following information:
The records show that one George Smith, born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, age 17 years, private (2nd) Company C, 46th Regiment Virginia Infantry, (also known as 1st Regiment of Infantry, Wise Legion and as 2nd Regiment Wise Brigade), Confederate States Army, enlisted 15 Dec 1863 at Camp Dismal, South Carolina, (also shown as 16 Dec 1863 at Adams Run, South Carolina). The company muster roll for January and February 1865, dated 28 February 1865, last on file, shows him present and no later record has been found. [2]
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| Family ID |
F3705 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
1. Booker (Bowker) Smith was never married. He built the R.J. Reynolds tobacco factory and manufactured tobacco. He had a train of wagons and sold it through the Carolinas and Georgia. He died in early manhood so showed a genius for business ability quite young. (This line of Smith's are related to R.J.Reynolds' wife according to Dr. George Smith Anderson, nephew of Booker Smith). According to his tombstone at the old Smith home near Tomahawk he died Sepember 23, 1841.
- [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vapittsy/genealogynotes2.html
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