Beloved son of Jeremiah Griffin Smith and Temperance Morrison Smith. Beloved husband of Rhoda "Adaline" Grubbs. Their children were John Thomas Smith, Mary Jane Smith and Sarah Elizabeth Smith. William and Adaline were the overseers at the Bell Plantation, located in Jones County near the Jarrell Plantation. (Bell Fence line is still on some large rocks joining the Jarrell Plantation.) This is where they were living when William joined the Confederate War on March 4, 1862, and was killed in 2nd Manassas, Va. August 29, 1862. Adeline was still living at the Bell Plantation alone with her three small children when Sherman's army set up camp in her front yard, and guards were placed around the house and warned that no one was to harm the family.
NOTE:
In 2006, officials at the Manassas battle site informed Mrs. June Hamm that any bodies that were not returned to the family were buried in trench graves at the battle site. She then erected this memorial to William, next to his son John Thomas Smith.
NOTE:
In 2006, officials at the Manassas battle site informed Mrs. June Hamm that any bodies that were not returned to the family were buried in trench graves at the battle site. She then erected this memorial to William, next to his son John Thomas Smith.
Beloved son of Jeremiah Griffin Smith and Temperance Morrison Smith. Beloved husband of Rhoda "Adaline" Grubbs. Their children were John Thomas Smith, Mary Jane Smith and Sarah Elizabeth Smith. William and Adaline were the overseers at the Bell Plantation, located in Jones County near the Jarrell Plantation. (Bell Fence line is still on some large rocks joining the Jarrell Plantation.) This is where they were living when William joined the Confederate War on March 4, 1862, and was killed in 2nd Manassas, Va. August 29, 1862. Adeline was still living at the Bell Plantation alone with her three small children when Sherman's army set up camp in her front yard, and guards were placed around the house and warned that no one was to harm the family.
NOTE:
In 2006, officials at the Manassas battle site informed Mrs. June Hamm that any bodies that were not returned to the family were buried in trench graves at the battle site. She then erected this memorial to William, next to his son John Thomas Smith.
NOTE:
In 2006, officials at the Manassas battle site informed Mrs. June Hamm that any bodies that were not returned to the family were buried in trench graves at the battle site. She then erected this memorial to William, next to his son John Thomas Smith.
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KILLED IN BATTLE OF 2D MANASSAS, VA
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