Upson County GaArchives Biographies.....Smith, Anthony Garnett, Jr. 1809 - 1891
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Anthony Garnett Smith Jr.

Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr. was born on January 25, 1809 in Oglethorpe County,
Georgia, the son of the Reverend Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr. (August 30,
1776-January 18, 1852) and Mary "Polly" Allen Smith (December 21, 1777-April 19,
1857). The Reverend Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr. was ordained a deacon in 1811 by
Bishop Francis Asbury and ordained an elder in 1812 by Bishop William McKendree
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Robert Smith, Jr. and Daniel Allen were the
grandfathers of Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr., and they were veterans of the
American Revolution.

Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr. married Elizabeth M. Smith (1823-1902) on May 14,
1848 in Upson County, GA. They are buried in the Glenwood Cemetery in Thomaston,
GA. He has a marble grave marker.

Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr. was a veteran of the Texas Revolution. His service
has been documented in the Sons of the Republic of Texas by T. Bradford Willis,
DDS and in the Daughters of the Republic of Texas by his mother, Hester M. Beck
Willis. In two of the three obituaries of his son, Wesley Asbury Smith, MD,
Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr.'s service is mentioned: "In 1836 when the fate of
Texas' independence hung in the balance Dr. [W.A.] Smith's father came over from
Georgia, valiantly espoused the Texans' cause and was seriously wounded in one
of the battles against the forces of Santa Anna."

From The Atlanta Constitution, Thursday, Nov. 3, 1887, p. 1:

"Thomaston Times; After service was over,
we accepted an invitation from Mr. G. D.
[Garnett Daniel] Smith, to take dinner with him. A ride of
three miles or so, through a mountainous
country, brought us to the home of himself
and his father, Mr. [Anthony] Garnett Smith. Here we
received cordial greeting from the venerable
Mr. and Mrs. Smith and their sons and daughters.
We found them to be relatives of some
of our most esteemed friends in Forsyth. Mr.
Garnett Smith is seventy-nine years old, and
has made forty-one crops on the place where
he now lives. He is full of reminiscences of
old time, which his retentive memory recalls.
He was in the war between Texas and Mexico
and was on the march to the Alamo when that
fortress fell; and but for a little unexpected
delay, he would have arrived there in time for
the battle. In that event, he would probably
have shared the fate of the other troops in that
ill-fated garrison, and not have lived to make
forty-odd crops on the hill-sides of Upson
county."

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More information on the A. G. Smith family may be found in Centennial
Anniversary of Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church, Oglethorpe County, GA, compiled by
Rev. Clement C. Cary, ca. 1920. Apparently this church history was reprinted ca.
1973. In the center of the reprint is an addendum which was compiled by Anthony
Joseph Smith, Sr. of Florida. This addendum mentions the Colonial and American
Revolutionary War service of Robert Smith of Cumberland County, VA, a
transcription of the Robert Smith, Jr. Bible, and a transcription of the Rev.
Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr. Bible.

The following is an obituary from the Thomaston Times on February 27, 1891 for
Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr.:

"Death of Mr. Garnett Smith. Mr. A. Garnett Smith [Jr.] died at his home in this
county on Thursday, 19th instant. His remains were brought here and buried in
the cemetery on the hill Friday at 2 o'clock, services being conducted by Rev.
D. J. Myrick. He had been in failing health for some time, his last illness
being of about three weeks' duration.
He was born in Oglethorpe County in 1809, being 82 years old at his death. He
came this county about forty years ago, and has since been identified with all
its interests. He was a moral, upright man, a good citizen and neighbor, a
faithful husband and kind father. He leaves a wife and ten children, all of whom
are grown, some of them being in various place in the south and west. Our
sympathies are extending these and the other bereaved relatives."

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The Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr. home is described in detail in A Rockaway in
Talbot: Travels in an Old Georgia County, Volume II, by William Davidson. He
refers to it as the Smith-Matthews House, built circa 1830, and he describes the
interior of the house in detail. He mentions the parlor being on the right on
the first floor.

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