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- 1820 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Smith
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Lawrence, Tennessee
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 4
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
Free White Persons - Over 25: 1
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 7
1830 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Smith
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Franklin, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 9
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 11
1840 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Smith
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Franklin, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
Persons Employed in Learned Professional Engineers: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 9
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Smith
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 59
Birth Year: abt 1791
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1850: District 14, Franklin, Tennessee, USA
Occupation: Meth Minister
Industry: Welfare and Religious Services
Real Estate: 1000
Line Number: 12
Dwelling Number: 1557
Family Number: 1557
Joseph Smith 59
Elizabeth Smith 56
Joseph H Smith 16
Mary Cook 34
Nancy C Cook 9
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Smith
Age: 69
Birth Year: abt 1791
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: South Carolina
Home in 1860: District 15, Franklin, Tennessee
Post Office: Ridgeville
Dwelling Number: 972
Family Number: 959
Occupation: Meth Minister
Real Estate Value: 4000
Personal Estate Value: 4700
Joseph Smith 69
Elizabeth Smith 65
Mary Cook 48
James Clay 20
Wm Clay 16
Rev Joseph Robert Smith
Birth 10 Oct 1791
South Carolina, USA
Death Sep 1862 (aged 70)
Tennessee, USA
Burial
Turkey Creek Cemetery
Moore County, Tennessee, USA
Memorial ID 24744041
Joseph came to Tennessee from South Carolina between 1800 and 1809. Although Tennessee had been a state since 1796, most of Tennessee in 1800 including Southern Tennessee below Williamson, Davidison, and Wilson counties, was still Indian Land. Joseph was 18 & Elizabeth was 14 when they were married on May 15, 1809.
Joseph Smith was a hard-riding, hard praying Methodist Minister who founded Smith's Chapel in 1810 and later Turkey Creek Methodist Church, and filled the pulpit for a year during the founding of Rock Creek Church, which later became known as Tullahoma Tennessee First Methodist. Joseph was ordered during the Civil War to take an oath of allegiance to the Union. Since this meant that he would have to inform on his relatives, friends, and neighbors, Joseph told his family that he would rather die than take an oath he could not keep. Therefore, he went into hiding in the cold Franklin County woods where he died from exposure.
Joseph made his will out on Sept. 5, 1862 and it was recorded as the will of the deceased Joseph Smith on October 6, 1862. Therefore, Joseph died sometime in between these two dates. Joseph and Elizabeth are buried in Turkey Creek Cemetery in present day Moore Co., TN. Turkey Creek Cemetery was at that time in Franklin Co. as Moore Co., TN had not been estiblished till 1872."
Information from the above can be found in the following:
The Joseph Smith Family by Bennett and Scheibly (1985)
TEMPO Page 18, Sept., 1967
Tullahoma News 1969
Nellie Scheibly Find A Grave Memorial# 47803480
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1791 - 1862 (70 years)
