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John Barker Smith

Birth
Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA
Death
1880 (aged 77–78)
Butler County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Morgantown, Butler County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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- Son of Jacob and Mary (Barker) Smith
- Married Mariah Burden 23 Dec 1824

Children:
William Smith b1828 m. Phinetta Burden
George W. Smith b1831
Hester Smith
Elizabeth Smith m. James Enos Burden
Eliza Smith
Jasper Smith b1836 m. Mary E Burden
Jefferson Jennings Smith b1838 m. Isabelle Burden

The following is a "Coming To America" story posted on Ancestry:
"Helen Embry, was told that John Michael Smith was born in Germany in 1674. He came to America with his wife and son John where they settled in Culpepper Co Va. They arrived in 1717. His Will is recorded at the Hemern Lutheren church. His wife was Katherine. John Michael Jr was the father of Adam Smith who moved to PA and was in the Revolutionary War. Jacob and Adam moved to Mercer Co KY. Adam died and was buried there. Jacob's son, John B. (mother was Mary Barkley) Moved to Logan Co. John B. kept going west and finally settled in Warren and Butler Co. KY. Daniel Morgan Smith was the first white child born in Morgantown after it was laid out as a town. John B.'s son, Jefferson Jennings Smith was grandma Given's (Smith) father. He is buried in the Old Fleener Cemetary aka Robin Cordwell Cemetery.(Close to Aberdeen, Butler Co.,KY.)"
- Son of Jacob and Mary (Barker) Smith
- Married Mariah Burden 23 Dec 1824

Children:
William Smith b1828 m. Phinetta Burden
George W. Smith b1831
Hester Smith
Elizabeth Smith m. James Enos Burden
Eliza Smith
Jasper Smith b1836 m. Mary E Burden
Jefferson Jennings Smith b1838 m. Isabelle Burden

The following is a "Coming To America" story posted on Ancestry:
"Helen Embry, was told that John Michael Smith was born in Germany in 1674. He came to America with his wife and son John where they settled in Culpepper Co Va. They arrived in 1717. His Will is recorded at the Hemern Lutheren church. His wife was Katherine. John Michael Jr was the father of Adam Smith who moved to PA and was in the Revolutionary War. Jacob and Adam moved to Mercer Co KY. Adam died and was buried there. Jacob's son, John B. (mother was Mary Barkley) Moved to Logan Co. John B. kept going west and finally settled in Warren and Butler Co. KY. Daniel Morgan Smith was the first white child born in Morgantown after it was laid out as a town. John B.'s son, Jefferson Jennings Smith was grandma Given's (Smith) father. He is buried in the Old Fleener Cemetary aka Robin Cordwell Cemetery.(Close to Aberdeen, Butler Co.,KY.)"


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