Schley County GaArchives Photo Person.....Smith, James Jackson Mannie
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FINAL TRIBUTE PAID MRS. W.A. ROOKS, 95
My Great Grandfather, James Jackson Manning Smith 
He was born in Oxford, Newton County, Georgia in 1839 but 
the family lived in Ellaville in 1850 and 1860.  They were counted in Sumter 
County Census in 1850 but that part was carved off as part of Schley County 
and in 1860 they were counted in Schley County census 1860.  His father, 
Benjamin Tarpley Smith was a Master Carpenter and my Great Grandfather's 
occupation was Sawyer.  My mother said he worked in sawmills.  They left 
Randolph County Georgia in December, 1875 and went to Texas.  His occupation 
there was Architect.  I have a copy of a letter written by my Great 
Grandmother on his Letterhead paper from Burnet County, Texas dated 1893.  In 
Texas he built among other things, churches.  One such was a building for the 
First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas.  The Smith family were builders and 
carpenters.  One fact I have uncovered deals with William Spivey "Pony" Smith 
who in 1900 lived in Tift County, Georgia and built the church building for 
the Zion Hope Baptist Church in Tifton.  Pony Smith and my great grandfather 
were first cousins.  Will later this evening scan and send the tombstone 
pictures for the Texas Tombstone project-graves of James Jackson Manning 
Smith, his wife, Catherine Brown Smith, and their son John Smith. 
All born in Georgia.