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Source:             James Anthony "Pete" Vining
Name:               Anthony Garnett Sr. Reverend Smith
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Rev. Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr. was born August 30, 1776 in Cumberland County, 
Virginia and later died January 18, 1852 in Crawford County, Georgia. He 
married Mary "Polly" Allen on January 19, 1797 according to the Anthony 
Garnett Smith, Sr. Bible. He began his ministry in 1807 and was licensed to 
preach in 1801 (Methodist Preachers in Georgia, 1783-1900, A Supplement.) Rev. 
Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr. is listed, as are many of his relatives, as a 
charter member of the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church in Oglethorpe County, GA 
in 1820. The Smith family moved to Crawford County, GA circa 1824. He and his 
wife are buried at the A. G. Smith, Sr. family cemetery near his home in 
Crawford County, GA. He was the son of Robert Smith, Jr. (1749-1834) and 
Hannah Andrews Smith (1755-1845). Robert Smith, Jr. was a veteran of the 
American Revolution. Robert Smith, Jr. has a marble VA marker at the Mt. 
Pleasant Church Cemetery next to his brother, Larkin Smith, Sr., also a 
veteran of the American Revolution.







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