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Gov. George William Smith

Gov. George William Smith

Male 1762 - 1811  (49 years)

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  1. 1.  Gov. George William Smith was born in 1762 in Essex, Virginia (son of Meriwether Smith and Alice Corbin Lee); died on 26 Dec 1811 in Richmond, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Died in a fire in Richmond theater.
    DAR 59528

    George married Sarah Adams on 7 Feb 1793 in Virginia. Sarah was born on 14 Jan 1766 in King And Queen, Virginia; died on 30 Sep 1806. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. George William Smith, Jr.
    2. John Adams Smith
    3. Richard Lee Smith

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Meriwether Smith was born in 1730 in Bathurst, Essex, Virginia (son of Francis Smith, Sr. and Lucy Meriwether); died on 25 Jan 1790 in Marigold, Essex, Virginia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alt. Birth: 1730; Alt. Birth

    Notes:

    Note: DAR 59528 issue George William Smith
    Note: DAR 147732 SAYS MERRIWETHER SMITH
    Note: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF NOTABLE
    AMERICANS: VOLUME IX
    Smith, Meriwether, statesman, was born a Bathurst,Essex County, Va. in
    1730. He was twice married; first to Alice, Daughter ofPhillip Lee, and
    of their children George William became Governor of Va. secondly Sep 29
    1769 to Elizabeth, daughter of Col. William Dangerfield. He Represented
    Essex county in the House of Burgessess in
    1770; was a member of theVirginia conventions in 1775 and 1776, being
    associated with George Mason (q.v.) in the drafting of the bill of rights
    and the state constitution; was a signer of the articles of the
    Westmorland association, Feb 27,1776 which was pledged to use no articles
    of British importation, and of the resolution of the Williamsburg
    association, which met the old Raleigh Tavern of the city, May 17,1779.
    He was also a delagate to the Continental congress, 1778-82, and amember
    of the Virginia convention, which adopted the constitution of the United
    States. He died Jan. 25 1790

    Meriwether married Alice Corbin Lee in 1760 in Essex County, Virginia. Alice was born between 1702 and 1730; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Alice Corbin Lee was born between 1702 and 1730; and died.
    Children:
    1. Alice Lee Smith was born about 1760; and died.
    2. 1. Gov. George William Smith was born in 1762 in Essex, Virginia; died on 26 Dec 1811 in Richmond, Virginia.
    3. Lucy Dangerfield Smith was born in 1773; and died.
    4. Rev Thomas G. Smith, Sr.
    5. Lettice Lee Smith
    6. William Smith


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Francis Smith, Sr. was born in 1700 in Gloucester County, Virginia; died in 1762 in Essex County, Virginia.

    Francis married Lucy Meriwether. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lucy Meriwether (daughter of Francis Meriwether, Sr. and Mary Bathurst).
    Children:
    1. 2. Meriwether Smith was born in 1730 in Bathurst, Essex, Virginia; died on 25 Jan 1790 in Marigold, Essex, Virginia.
    2. Mary Smith was born in 1735; died in 1787.
    3. Elizabeth Smith


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Francis Meriwether, Sr. (son of Nicholas Meriwether, Sr. and Elizabeth Woodhouse); died before 15 Mar 1762.

    Francis married Mary Bathurst about 1729. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Mary Bathurst
    Children:
    1. 5. Lucy Meriwether



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