Washington County GaArchives Biographies.....Smith, John before 1700 - 
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Author: W. M. Clemens

The Smiths of Georgia.

John Smith emigrated from Bristol, England, in 1700.  He had twos sons, John 
Smith, who married Ann Marshall and Augustine Smith, who married Elizabeth 
Marshall, who were daughters of John Marshall and Elizabeth Markham.

John Smith, the first son of Augustine Smith, and Elizabeth Marshall had two 
sons, Henry and William.  The first emigrated to Kentucky and William went to 
Georgia, and settled in Washington County.

William Smith of Georgia had one son, Needham Smith and two daughters, Mary and 
Martha.  Mary Smith married William Bland.  Martha Smith married Ransome Davis 
Avant and their daughter Isabella married John E. Smith.

Ransome Davis Avant married Martha Smith about 1794.  Both the Smith family and 
the Avant family were from Albemarle County, Virginia.  William Smith and Joseph 
Avant, the father of Ransome, were soldiers in the 9th Virginia Regiment under 
Col. George Mathews, and who also induced the emigration to Georgia after the 
war.

Additional Comments:
Source: Genealogy, A Journal of American Ancestry, Vol. 6, 1916, Wm. M. Clemens, 
New York: p. 25.

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