The Shemwell Family

William Smart Jr.Age: 83 years17441827

Name
William Smart Jr.
Given names
William
Surname
Smart
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth 1744 24

Military
Revolutionary War Veteran

Note: Patriot army at Kings Mountain
MarriageJean “Jennie” HuddlestoneView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherJohn Smart
1745 (Age 12 months)

Birth of a sisterElizabeth Smart
1747 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a brotherJoseph D Smart
1750 (Age 6 years)

Birth of a half-sisterMargaret Smart
1761 (Age 17 years)

Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763 (Age 10 years)

Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc
Birth of a half-sisterJane Smart
1763 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a half-sisterMary Smart
1765 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a half-brotherThomas Smart
1769 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Elizabeth Smart
February 10, 1770 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Jane Smart
September 22, 1774 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 31 years)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Death of a brotherJohn Smart
October 7, 1780 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Margaret Smart
1782 (Age 38 years)

Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 31 years)

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Birth of a daughter
#4
Isabella Smart
October 17, 1784 (Age 40 years)

Birth of a son
#5
Thomas Smart
April 18, 1786 (Age 42 years)

Marriage of a childJohn ReidElizabeth SmartView this family
December 15, 1792 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Long Sr.Jane SmartView this family
December 17, 1793 (Age 49 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Smart
1795 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Thomas S Long
February 3, 1798 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 49 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Marriage of a childHugh BlackMargaret SmartView this family
November 7, 1799 (Age 55 years)

Marriage of a childJohn Preston Goforth Jr.Isabella SmartView this family
September 22, 1803 (Age 59 years)

Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 59 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Birth of a grandson
#2
John Allison Long
1810 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
John E Goforth
1811 (Age 67 years)

Marriage of a childThomas SmartElizabeth “Betsey” BladridgeView this family
September 28, 1811 (Age 67 years)

Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 68 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Birth of a grandson
#4
Preston Nevins Long
June 20, 1818 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph D Smart
October 8, 1819 (Age 75 years)

Death of a sisterElizabeth Smart
1820 (Age 76 years)

Marriage of a childThomas SmartMargaret “Peggy” FlemingView this family
February 4, 1822 (Age 78 years)

Birth of a grandson
#5
Thomas Batey Goforth
1823 (Age 79 years)

Death of a daughterIsabella Smart
December 9, 1826 (Age 82 years)

Death 1827 (Age 83 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Brittain Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
himself
2 years
younger brother
John Smart
Birth: 1745 25
Death: October 7, 1780Kings Mountain, York, South Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
4 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Isabella Jean McGaughy - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage:
half-sister
3 years
half-sister
3 years
half-sister
5 years
half-brother
Family with Jean “Jennie” Huddlestone - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
daughter
Elizabeth Smart
Birth: February 10, 1770 26Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 17, 1863Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
5 years
daughter
8 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
18 months
son

Military
Patriot army at Kings Mountain
Note
Honoring American Patriot, William Smart, DAR Ancestor Number A105564 - Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: (CIRCA) 1742 NORTH CAROLINA Death: 9-28-1827 RUTHERFORD CO NORTH CAROLINA Service Source: NC REV WAR PAY VOUCHERS, #2349, ROLL #68.61. - Vonnie Cantrell