In the book History of Jones County: Page 688 under the chapter of Genealogies: SMITH Leonidas Smith of Jones Co., was the son of John T. and Elizabeth Frances Key Smith. He was b. in Jones Co. Dec. 17, 1840. The Smiths came here from Weldon, N.C. John T. and Lovid Smith, brothers, came here together. Children born to John T. and Elizabeth F.K. Smith were: Amanda (Mrs. Jeremiah Miller) Leonida, Robert, John H. The mother of these children died and he mar. 2nd Carrie C. Clark of Houston Co. Ga.. Their ch. were: Benjamin T., Sarah F. (Mrs. Green of Hancock Co.), and William A. of Jones Co. Leonidas Smith was in the 12th Ga. Reg., Co. B during the Civil War and fought in many battles. He was wounded at Manassas and returned home. He was elected Sheriff of Jones Co. in 1868 and served four years. He mar. in Jones Co. Mary A.M. Tufts April 14, 1870 and they had 12 children, Tallulah, (Mrs. Charles Farrar), baby died, Sarah J. , William, Mamie Lee, John T., Fannie, Laura Belle (Lollie), Claude, Virgil, Colton and Ruth. He was a democrat and a Master Mason. ( Memoirs of Ga. Vol. II)