Obituary for Benjamin J. Smith, Lowndes, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/lowndes/obits/bjsmith.txt ================================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Rae Venable Calvert ===================================================================== September 2002 Benjamin J. Smith was born in Greensville County, Virginia, and died in Lowndes County, Alabama, aged about 64 years. He settled in Alabama near the line of Montgomery County in 1828 and pursued the life of an active, intelligent and successful planter for a score of years. [1] [1]Brent Holcomb, Death and Obituary Notices from the Southern Christian Advocate, 1867-1878 (Columbia, S.C.: 1993), p. 33.