Upson County GaArchives Photo Person.....Smith, Elizabeth Murphy 
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Name:               Elizabeth Murphy Smith
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This is a photograph of Elizabeth Murphy/Murphey Smith Smith of Upson and Talbot
counties, Georgia.  She was born June 21, 1823 in Box Springs, Talbot County,
Georgia, the daughter Charles Lee Smith, Sr. (February 10, 1795-1877) a War of
1812 veteran, and Martha T. Glenn Smith (June 1801-September 6, 1878).  She
married Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr. on May 14, 1848 in Upson County, Georgia. 
She died February 27, 1902 and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Thomaston,
Georgia.  Her grandfather, Larkin Smith, Sr. (March 6, 1760-October 20, 1834)
was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War.  Her grandfather, Larkin Smith,
Sr., and her husband's grandfather, Robert Smith, Jr. (February 7, 1749-December
9, 1934) were brothers.

Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr. married Elizabeth Murphy/Murphey Smith (1823-1902) on
May 14, 1848 in Upson County, GA.  They are buried in Glenwood Cemetery in
Thomaston, GA.  He has a marble grave marker while she is buried in an unmarked
grave. I believe that there is a concrete slab next to the grave marker of
Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr. and this is the burial site for his wife.
 
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 Beck
Willis.  In the 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."
 
The following is an undated obituary from an unknown newspaper on 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."
 
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.  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.


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