Talbot-Oglethorpe-Statewide County GaArchives Biographies.....Smith, Asbury Fletcher March 23, 1825 - July 20, 1864 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: T. Bradford Willis http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007638 December 17, 2012, 9:31 am Source: Family Records and Bible Author: T. Bradford Willis, DDS Asbury Fletcher Smith was a pioneer of Talbot County, Georgia. He was born on March 23, 1825 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, the son of Charles Lee Smith, Sr. (1795-1877) and Martha T. Glenn Smith (1801-1878). His father was a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. His paternal grandfather, Larkin Smith, Sr. (1760-1834), was veteran of the American Revolution. A cenotaph for Larkin Smith, Sr. is located at Mt. Pleasant Church Cemetery in Oglethorpe County. On May 5, 1858, Asbury Fletcher Smith married Jane M. Butler (1838-1909) in Talbot County. On the 1860 federal census, he is listed as a planter. Regarding military service during the Civil War, there is the following entry, "Killed in Battle near Atlanta on the 20th of July 1864, Asbury F. Smith" in the family Bible. A cenotaph for Asbury Fletcher Smith was placed at the Charles Lee Smith, Sr. Family Cemetery, now located in the Big Lazer Creek WMA, on Nov. 26, 2012. Asbury Fletcher Smith and his wife, Jane, had the following children: Charlie P. Smith, George Butler Smith, and Asbury Francis Smith. After the death of her husband, Jane M. Butler Smith married James Freeman Simmons (1845-1885). Their children included: Alma Leila Simmons, Jennie Butler Simmons, and Ida Josie Simmons. The Simmons family resided in the log house built by Asbury Fletcher Smith. The home of Asbury Fletcher Smith in Red Bone, G.M.D. 876, Talbot County has been referred to as the Smith-Simmons-Smith House, a story and a half log structure, now covered by weathered siding. It was built around 1858 according to the noted historian, William H. Davidson in A Rockaway in Talbot: Travels in an Old Georgia County, Volume II. He goes into much detail describing this historic log structure. This house was later inherited by Alma Leila Simmons who married Garnett Daniel Smith, and it is presently owned by their descendant, Sidney George Smith, Jr. of Talbot County who uses it as a hunters' cabin. During Thanksgiving weekend 2012, Sidney George Smith, Jr. and his father certainly displayed true Southern hospitality to the writer of this article when he visited and toured the Smith-Simmons-Smith house, the Garnett Daniel Smith house, and its dependencies across George Smith Road. This road was named for Sidney George Smith's ancestor, Anthony George Smith. The Smith-Simmons-Smith House and its surrounding property were designated a Centennial Family Farm by the State of Georgia in 1997. This plaque proudly stands near the front of this historic structure. Descendants of these pioneer families still reside in Talbot County. published in the Talbotton New Era on Dec. 20, 2012, p. 5-A Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/talbot/photos/bios/smith1027gbs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/talbot/bios/smith1027gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb