Descendants of John G. Anderson

 

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN G.1 ANDERSON.

More About JOHN G. ANDERSON:

Fact 1: R.S. pioneer settler & free holder of Laurens Cty.

Child of JOHN G. ANDERSON is:

2. i. JOHN GAILLARD2 ANDERSON, b. December 23, 1790; d. 1849.

 

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN GAILLARD2 ANDERSON (JOHN G.1) was born December 23, 1790, and died 1849. He married RACHEL HESTER HOLLINGER, daughter of JASPER HESTER and NANCY [-?-].

More About JOHN GAILLARD ANDERSON:

Fact 1: R..S.

More About RACHEL HESTER HOLLINGER:

Fact 1: Widow of William Hollinger

Children of JOHN ANDERSON and RACHEL HOLLINGER are:

3. i. YOUNG JOHN3 ANDERSON.

4. ii. ANN ANDERSON, b. August 11, 1819; d. November 24, 1907.

iii. DANIEL ANDERSON, b. February 15, 1821; d. April 27, 1896; m. ALLIE SMITH.

5. iv. REBECCA ANDERSON, b. September 19, 1823.

 

Generation No. 3

3. YOUNG JOHN3 ANDERSON (JOHN GAILLARD2, JOHN G.1). He married TERENCE OWEN.

More About YOUNG JOHN ANDERSON:

Fact 1: eminent lawyer of Laurens Co

More About TERENCE OWEN:

Fact 1: of Augusta

Child of YOUNG ANDERSON and TERENCE OWEN is:

i. TERENCE4 ANDERSON, m. COL. ESTES.

More About COL. ESTES:

Fact 1: of Augusta

4. ANN3 ANDERSON (JOHN GAILLARD2, JOHN G.1) was born August 11, 1819, and died November 24, 1907. She married HARDY SMITH May 22, 1836, son of HARDY SMITH and REBECCA THOMPSON.

More About HARDY SMITH:

Fact 1: Buried in Smith Cemetery, Laurens County, GA

Fact 2: Married Sarah Ann Beacham 10/29/1826 by Justice of the Peace Samuel Miller1

Fact 3: Hx of Laurens Co., Vol I lists his 1st wife as Honore Beacham.

Fact 4: Laurens County marriage records lists his first wife as Sarah Ann Beacham

Children of ANN ANDERSON and HARDY SMITH are:

i. JOHN A.4 SMITH, b. September 01, 1837.

More About JOHN A. SMITH:

Fact 1: Died as an infant

6. ii. HARDY B. SMITH, b. October 24, 1841; d. December 06, 1912.

7. iii. LOFTON LAMAR SMITH, b. December 05, 1843; d. February 24, 1917.

iv. RACHEL E SMITH, b. February 1847; d. 1864, Cave Springs, GA.

More About RACHEL E SMITH:

Fact 1: Died at Cave Springs while a school girl, buried there

v. REBECCA SMITH, b. April 09, 1849; d. Cave Springs, GA; m. FRANK MOORRIS.

More About REBECCA SMITH:

Fact 1: Died without issue at Cave Springs, buried there

More About FRANK MOORRIS:

Fact 1: Died soon after marriage

8. vi. DANIEL ANDERSON SMITH, b. September 09, 1851; d. January 07, 1919.

vii. HENRY PRESTON SMITH, b. October 30, 1856; m. EMILY YOUNG.

viii. ANN ELIZA SMITH, b. November 08, 1859.

More About ANN ELIZA SMITH:

Fact 1: Died in childhood

5. REBECCA3 ANDERSON (JOHN GAILLARD2, JOHN G.1) was born September 19, 1823. She married COUNCIL B. WOLF.

Child of REBECCA ANDERSON and COUNCIL WOLF is:

i. JOHN BRYANT4 WOLF, b. October 07, 1838.

More About JOHN BRYANT WOLF:

Fact 1: Well known lawyer, merchant and farmer of Laurens Co, Member of Ga legislature

Fact 2: CSA veteran

 

Generation No. 4

6. HARDY B.4 SMITH (ANN3 ANDERSON, JOHN GAILLARD2, JOHN G.1)2 was born October 24, 1841, and died December 06, 1912. He married ELLA FEW DOUGLAS2, daughter of TILMAN DOUGLAS and PHOEBE CHARLTON.

More About HARDY B. SMITH:

Fact 1: Captain, Co. H, 14th Regt., E. L. Thomas Brigade, Ga Vol Inf.

Fact 2: June Self Adams in her book Northview Cemetery says his middle name is Beacham

Fact 3: Abt. 1873, Claudia Ella was 5 years old when the family moved into the house on Gaines St.3

Fact 4: 1891, The family was living in Fielder House on Bellevue Av.

Fact 5: Later, the family moved back to Gaines St.

Fact 6: house was sold after Ella died, then bought in the '40s by Mildred & Mary Elizab

Fact 7: Baptised at Hunger & Hardship Creek, Laurens County

Fact 8: Capt. Smith is buried in Northview Cemetery

More About ELLA FEW DOUGLAS:

Fact 1: Buried in Northview Cemetery, Dublin, GA

Children of HARDY SMITH and ELLA DOUGLAS are:

i. CLAUDIA ELLA5 SMITH, b. September 28, 1868, Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia4; d. November 07, 19545; m. WILLIAM CONEY BISHOP.

More About CLAUDIA ELLA SMITH:

Fact 1: Buried in Northview Cemetery, Dublin, GA

More About WILLIAM CONEY BISHOP:

Fact 1: buried in Northview Cemetery

ii. PHOEBE E. SMITH, b. April 08, 1870, Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia; d. December 18, 1873.

More About PHOEBE E. SMITH:

Fact 1: Died in childhood, buried in the old cemetery

iii. ARTHUR PEYTON SMITH, b. June 05, 1872, Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia; d. July 16, 1906, Buried in Northview Cemetery, Dublin, GA.

iv. ANNIE SMITH, b. December 18, 1874, Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia; m. GEORGE H. MCCULLOUGH.

More About GEORGE H. MCCULLOUGH:

Fact 1: Of Brunswick, GA

v. CORA ADELAIDE SMITH, b. June 29, 1877, Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia; d. February 14, 1919; m. PERRY FRYER.

More About PERRY FRYER:

Fact 1: Died February 14, 19?

vi. NINA CHARLTON SMITH, b. October 15, 1879, Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia; d. June 09, 1958; m. SANFORD NATHAN BRADSHAW.

Notes for NINA CHARLTON SMITH:

Before he died Nina promised her father she would not marry Dr. Bradshaw, but she did it anyway after he died.

More About NINA CHARLTON SMITH:

Fact 1: buried in Northview Cemetery, Dublin, GA

More About SANFORD NATHAN BRADSHAW:

Fact 1: D.V. M.

Fact 2: Graduated from Auburn in 1911 or 12

Fact 3: He had a brother named Charlie

Fact 4: He is buried in Northview Cemeterty

vii. HARDY SMITH, b. October 20, 1880, Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia; d. June 05, 1955, Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia; m. INEZ SESSIONS.

viii. TILMAN DOUGLAS SMITH, b. January 04, 1884, Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia; d. Atlanta; m. CORRIE LAZARUS.

More About CORRIE LAZARUS:

Fact 1: Of Atlanta

ix. AUGUSTA LESTER SMITH, b. September 03, 1887, Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia; d. January 02, 1959; m. ROBERT EARL CAMP.

Notes for ROBERT EARL CAMP:

Robert Earl Camp attended preparatory school in Shebbyville Tennessee, studied law in the offices of R. J. Williams in Swainsboro and G. H. Williams in Dublin. He was amittted to the Dublin Bar at the age of ninteen and achieved front ranks of his profession at an early age. He was Dublin City Attorney from 1906-1908; Assistant City Court Solicitor from 1908-1912; Lieutenant Colonel on Military Staff of Governor Thomas W. Hardwick, 1921-1925; Judger Superior Court, Dublin Judicial Circit,1925-1933; delegate to National Democratic Convention in San Francisco; delegate to National Democratic Convention in Philadelphia, 1936; member State Democratic Committee 1936-1940; Presidential

Elector 1940; recommissioned to Superior Court Bench in 1941.

More About ROBERT EARL CAMP:

Fact 1: Judge, Superior Court, Laurens County

x. HELEN FEW SMITH, b. March 04, 1888, Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia; d. Eatonton, GA; m. S.T. BROWN.

More About HELEN FEW SMITH:

Fact 1: Lived in Savannah

More About S.T. BROWN:

Fact 1: Lived in Savannah

7. LOFTON LAMAR4 SMITH (ANN3 ANDERSON, JOHN GAILLARD2, JOHN G.1) was born December 05, 1843, and died February 24, 1917. He married JULIA LUCINA SPELL January 08, 1885.

More About LOFTON LAMAR SMITH:

Fact 1: CSA6

Fact 2: Burried in Northview Cemetery

Fact 3: Scott Thompson in Roster...lists L L Smith as son of Loftin & Jane Smith

More About JULIA LUCINA SPELL:

Fact 1: Burried in Northview Cemetery

Children of LOFTON SMITH and JULIA SPELL are:

i. CLAUDIA EMILY5 SMITH, b. October 18, 1885; m. HERSCHEL WADE JENKINS.

More About HERSCHEL WADE JENKINS:

Fact 1: Burried in Northview Cemetery

ii. ETHEL LAMAR SMITH, m. JAMES SIMMONS DEVEREAUX.

iii. NETTIE SMITH.

More About NETTIE SMITH:

Fact 1: Died in childhood

iv. ANNIE ELIZA SMITH, m. TOM SIKES.

More About ANNIE ELIZA SMITH:

Fact 1: Tom & Annie had six children

v. EDWIN SMITH, m. LORA COTNEY.

vi. EUNICE SMITH, m. O'DANIEL KITCHENS.

vii. JULIA FRANCIS SMITH, m. GEORGE COMB.

viii. MAVIS SMITH, m. [--?--] BOCARTE.

ix. LOFTIN SMITH.

x. JIMMIE SMITH.

8. DANIEL ANDERSON4 SMITH (ANN3 ANDERSON, JOHN GAILLARD2, JOHN G.1) was born September 09, 1851, and died January 07, 1919. He married CELESTIA LESSIE HERNDON March 04, 1885, daughter of BRYANT HERNDON and JANE MURPHY.

More About DANIEL ANDERSON SMITH:

Fact 1: farmer and cotonseed buyer

Fact 2: member of the Baptist church

Notes for CELESTIA LESSIE HERNDON:

Celestia was a leader in the Methodist Church and carter member of the local Woman's Missionary Society, serving as president for many years. She was voted an honorary life member. The Celestia Smith Bible Class is named for her. (by Julia Herndon Rawls, 1st Hx of Laurens County)

Children of DANIEL SMITH and CELESTIA HERNDON are:

i. JANE ROBERTA5 SMITH.

More About JANE ROBERTA SMITH:

Fact 1: A.B. Wesleyn College, Emory Un. Library School

Fact 2: 1st recipient of Mary McCants Memorial Award for librarians 1940

Fact 3: Dublin City Librarian

ii. LEE EDWARD SMITH, b. May 09, 1890; m. ALMA LOUISE BOYLE, October 17, 1918.

More About LEE EDWARD SMITH:

Fact 1: graduate of Emory University

Fact 2: 1917-1918, surgeon in Naval Reserves in the World War

iii. ROBERT MURPHY SMITH, b. June 20, 1893; m. LOIS POLHILL, April 06, 1927.

Notes for ROBERT MURPHY SMITH:

R. Murphy Smith , a graduate so Meridian Military College, Mississippi, enlisted as a volunteer in the United States Armey on December 13, 1917, was commissioned Second Lieutenant from the ranks in 1918, in the Motor Transport Corp, and served until March 1919. After his discharge, he was for several months Commanding officer, Headquarters Company, of the Third Battalion of the 121st Infantry, Georgia National Guard.

More About ROBERT MURPHY SMITH:

Fact 2: served as Lt. in World War 1918-1919

Fact 3: Graduate of Meridian Military College, Mississippi

Fact 4: Commanding Officer, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Inf. GA Nat. Guard

 

Endnotes

1. Allen Thomas, Compiled and Edited by, Laurens County Georgia Legal Records 1807-1832, (Roswell, GA: W H Wolfe Associates, 1991).

2. Allen Thomas, Compiled and Edited by, Laurens County Georgia Legal Records 1807-1832, (Roswell, GA: W H Wolfe Associates, 1991), pp. 484-497.

3. David Renzo Moore, Ariel Douglas Gray Oral Interview, via telephone, 17 Janurary 1999.

4. 1900 United States Census, Dublin District, Laurens County, Georgia.

5. June Selph Adams, Northview Cemetery of Dublin Laurens County Georgia 1902-1992,(Alpharetta, Ga: Wh Wolfe Associates, 1992), p170

6. Scott B. Thompson, Sr., Compiled by, Roster of Confederate Soldiers Laurens County Georgia, (Dublin, Georgia: The Gem City Company, Inc., 1997).