Terry & Lynn Smith wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Schwank <wmschwank@tcsx.net> > To: TNMACON-L@rootsweb.com <TNMACON-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 10:29 PM > Subject: Smith family Macon County Tennessee > > >I am looking for a copy of a book by J.H. Grime called > >History of Middle Tennessee Baptists published in 1902. This makes > >reference to Elder. Daniel Smith. Daniel Smith was born in Chatham Co. > >NC 8-29-1786. He served with Andrew Jackson in New Orleans. Children > >were: William Martin Smith md. Susan Dixon?; Daniel Wiseman md. > >Elizabeth Smith, Effie married Isham Beasley; Mary Ann md. William L. > >Smith, Henry never married; Neil went to Ky., SARAH (SALLY) > >married JOSHUA W. SMITH, Emily md. William Buie. By his second > >marriage he had Don Dixon Carlos Smith md. Sara Jane Meador (1) and > >Eliza Meador (2) and Charles Smith. My ancestors in the Smith family > >are Sarah and Joshua. Joshua was the son of Robert Smith of > >Virginia. Joshua Smith's brother, William L. Smith married Mary > >Ann Smith, Sarah Smith's sister. > > I think we maybe realated in a document I have that was written by a William > York a Smith decendent! > In 1809 William T. came from NC to Smith County between plesant Shade and > Difficult. Some of William's brothers had came before and settled in this > community. The brothers later built the first Baptist Church in that section > and Daniel, brother of William, was the first preacher, Randall(My > GGGGGGGrandfather as a young man worked in the church with his Uncle Daniel > in Pleasant Shade, Tenn. Could your Daniel be James Daniel? born about 1790 > in Chatham NC? I also have a LDS printout ...That lists Daniel Elder Smith > as a brother to my William but no parents. Also many of the childern listed > there are also on your list. > Terry I am sure that it is the one. Elder Daniel Smith has several articles written about him. I have some things that I do not know exactly where I picked them up. They reference the book I was asking about. I can send to you the articles I have if you can give me a fax number. My fax is 502-782-9719 JSchwank