An American Family History

Henry Smith and Mary Smith married before 1786.

Mary was NOT Mary Polly Honaker. She married another Heinrich Smith.

They eventually settled in Sullivan County, Tennessee and either came directly from Germany or through Pennsylvania. There were quite a few Smiths in Sullivan County in the 18th and early 19th century. The links between them is not clear.

They had at least four children. John Smith was born on October 18, 1786. George Smith was born in 1787. Mary (Polly) Smith Malone was born in 1789. Magdalene Smith Cox was born in 1790.

Henry Smith appeared in the 1797 tax list of Sullivan County.

The family farm was on Evans' Branch (creek) on the sourth side of the Holston River. They bought the land from Elizabeth Barber on November. 18, 1798. This land contained 1,000 acres and was part of the 640 acre tract which the State of Tennessee granted to the heirs of Benjamin Cobb.

Henry Smith appeared in the 1812 tax list of Sullivan County.

Henry made his will on December 20, 1822.

In 1830 Mary was living with her daughter, Magdalene Cox.

Henry and Mary were buried at Smith-Cross Cemetery in Sullivan County,

Sullivan County is in far northeast corner of Tennessee between North Carolina and Virginia and was originally part of those states. It was formed in 1779 when it was divided from Washington County.