Talbot-Upson-Crawford County GaArchives Biographies.....Vining, Sara Harriett "Hattie" Smith December 17, 1869 - March 6, 1948
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T. Bradford Willis http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007638 March 6, 2013, 2:44 pm

Source: Daniel Allen's Family Register, obits., Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr. Bible, Records of James Anthony "Pete" Vining
Author: T. Bradford Willis, DDS

Sara Harriett "Hattie" Smith was born in 1869, the daughter of Anthony Garnett 
Smith, Jr. and Elizabeth M. Smith of Upson and Talbot counties, Georgia.  
Hattie Smith married Charles Stewart Vining (1869-1958), who served at the Tax 
Collector of Upson County for many years. Charles S. Vining was later 
associated with the Georgia Highway Department. Hattie Smith Vining passed in 
1948 and is buried with many family members in Southview Cemetery.
Much of my knowledge about the Smith family came from their son, James 
Anthony "Pete" Vining (1909-1994) who was a veteran of World War II, the head 
of the accounting department of the Thomaston Mills for many years, a member 
of the Thomaston City Council, and a member of the board of the First 
Methodist Church of Thomaston. He and his wife, Edna Laury Vining, took me to 
several 19th century Smith family homes in Crawford County and Talbot County 
in June of 1977.  We also visited the Smith plot at the historic Collinsworth 
Methodist Church Cemetery. Pete Vining owned the Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr. 
Bible and many old photographs of the Smith family.
On my pilgrimage back to Talbot County during this past Thanksgiving weekend, 
I retraced our steps in Talbot County.  The exterior of Collinsworth Church 
now gleamed with its restored porch, restored columns, and fresh paint. 
Unfortunately, the circa 1830 Smith-Matthews house near the church was no 
longer standing.
That Thanksgiving weekend, I gave thanks for these wonderful relatives who 
took time from their busy schedules to show me these historic places of Talbot 
County, some now gone, many years ago.

Additional Comments:
Appreciation is expressed to Mr. Vann Chapman, editor, for printing this 
article in the Jan. 24, 2013 issue of the Talbotton New Era of Talbot Co., Ga.


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