Samuel Henry Smith

(1800-1846)

At a Glance

Rev. Samuel H. Smith was son Of James Smith (1758-1823) and Amy Ann Pomfret (1759-1834). James Smith was the eldest son of Col. Samuel Smith, Jr. and Mary Ann Edmondson Webb (1740-1827) who moved from Cock’s Quarter Farm, Virginia, to Abrams Plains, Granville County, NC in 1766. They converted from Anglican to Presbyterian. Col. Samuel Smith, Jr. was son of Samuel Smith (1694-1737) and Ann Amis (1705-1753) of Three Springs, Saluda, Virginia.

Story

Reverend Samuel Henry Smith was assigned to Spring Grove Presbyterian Church and then Geneva Presbyterian Church in Granville County, NC.

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Samuel Henry Smith was born in 1800, in Abram's Plains Plantation in Granville County, NC. He died in 1846.

Places of Residence

• Granville County, NC [1].

Schools Attended

• University of North Carolina, from 1821. Rev. Samuel Henry Smith of Granville County took his AB at UNC in 1821 [2].

Occupations

• Presbyterian Minister [1].

Relatives

• Spouse: Grizelda Dickens (1799-1870). They had one daughter, Mary Smith (1834-1860) .
• Other children: one son (James Jesse Smith (1823-1890)) and four daughters (Sarah Smith (1838-1890) , Amy F Smith (b. 1825), Bettie G Smith (1836-1880) and Martha Smith (1839-1870)).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).
2. The Alumni History of the University of North Carolina.