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page last updated 10 Feb 2020
It is time for
the 4th
John J. Smith Reunion
When: Saturday, Aug 8, 2020
Where: The Church at Liberty Square (2001 Liberty Square
Dr, Cartersville, GA 30121)
What Time: TBD
Theme: John J. Smith Cemetery
These forms
will be available later in the summer of
2020. Please fill out the form
and mail to David Smith (info on form):
Form in MS Word FormatForm in Adobe (pdf)
format
Please e-mail
me now to make sure I have your
current e-mail. Send PHOTOS!!! (If you
haven't heard from me in 2019, I don't
have it!) Information was sent out on the
cemetery clean-up in January 2019, and
recent information about the reunion was
sent February 2020!
Read about the
first John J. Smith REUNION
in 2004.
Welcome to the
fascinating family of John J. Smith. He
first appears in Cass Co., Georgia, in the
1840 census. Most of the information has
been handed down from generation to
generation. Gradually, I am finding
documentation to support or negate these
stories. Probably the most interesting
fact is that he is the father of between
20 and 24 children, supposedly 12 from
each wife. Glenda Holton received a copy
of some court papers concerning John J.
Smith, in which Eliza states she has 10
living children. If this is true, then the
family story handed down about 24 children
would be in error. On the 1900 census, she
says she had 12 children, with 9 still
living. Was she the provider of the
information to the census taker, or was
someone else giving the information? More
answers still to be found! Through census
records and such we can only prove 10 from
each wife. A "list", written by one of the
children (Hester), shows an 11th one from
each wife that must have died before the
next census. On this list she also shows
birthdays. I have tried to add
sources as much as possible, so others
will know where the info originated. (In
most cases, when the person is still
living, I have noticed the RootsMagic
program does NOT include sources. I admit
I have not updated this site in a long
time. If you would like to contact others
who are from your own family line, see the
linked page listed below for "Other Smith
Contributors". I have listed the names of
John J. Smith's children, and then the
name and e-mail of the descendant who has
supplied information to me. New names
welcome! To the best of my
ability, I have changed all children's
names, high school and below, to initials
only. If you have pictures
of this family, I would love to add them.
My goal is to add a photo collection
representing each family line from John J
Smith. Pages for 10 of his children and
their descendants are started at this
time. I prefer to not put photos of living
people, especially current ones. If you
have a photo with someone living (when
they were much younger), that also shows
one of the "older" descendants, please get
permission from that living person before
asking me to put it on the website. Check
out the "photo album" below. Notes should NOT be
showing on any living person. If you
notice notes where they should not be, I
need to know quickly! If you see an
individual marked as "(Private)", and you
know they are deceased, please send me
that information. I may have notes about
them that could be added.
Website created
7 May 2000
Re-created 16
February 2001
Re-created 4 Jan
2002 - 16 Feb 2002 with Family
Origins 10.0
and a few
additions from me!
Re-created
16 Jul - August 26 2008 with RootsMagic
Genealogy Software -
I still have
about 850 pages to fix the graphics and
make sure no child's name slipped through.
Please let me
know immediately if you find any errors of
that kind.
Additional
changes/corrections have the new date at
the top of the page to identify when a
page has new information.
Welcome to the
fascinating family of John J. Smith. He
first appears in Cass Co., Georgia, in the
1840 census. Most of the information has
been handed down from generation to
generation. Gradually, I am finding
documentation to support or negate these
stories. Probably the most interesting
fact is that he is the father of between
20 and 24 children, supposedly 12 from
each wife. Glenda Holton received a copy
of some court papers concerning John J.
Smith, in which Eliza states she has 10
living children. If this is true, then the
family story handed down about 24 children
would be in error. On the 1900 census, she
says she had 12 children, with 9 still
living. Was she the provider of the
information to the census taker, or was
someone else giving the information? More
answers still to be found! Through census
records and such we can only prove 10 from
each wife. A "list", written by one of the
children (Hester), shows an 11th one from
each wife that must have died before the
next census. On this list she also shows
birthdays. 
I have tried to add
sources as much as possible, so others
will know where the info originated. (In
most cases, when the person is still
living, I have noticed the RootsMagic
program does NOT include sources. I admit
I have not updated this site in a long
time. If you would like to contact others
who are from your own family line, see the
linked page listed below for "Other Smith
Contributors". I have listed the names of
John J. Smith's children, and then the
name and e-mail of the descendant who has
supplied information to me. New names
welcome! 
To the best of my
ability, I have changed all children's
names, high school and below, to initials
only. 
If you have pictures
of this family, I would love to add them.
My goal is to add a photo collection
representing each family line from John J
Smith. Pages for 10 of his children and
their descendants are started at this
time. I prefer to not put photos of living
people, especially current ones. If you
have a photo with someone living (when
they were much younger), that also shows
one of the "older" descendants, please get
permission from that living person before
asking me to put it on the website. Check
out the "photo album" below. 
Notes should NOT be
showing on any living person. If you
notice notes where they should not be, I
need to know quickly! If you see an
individual marked as "(Private)", and you
know they are deceased, please send me
that information. I may have notes about
them that could be added.
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