Ezekiel Smith was also known as Ezekiel Smith, Sr.
1 The Craven Precinct of Bath County NC was renamed as Craven Co in 1739.
He, son of
Aaron Smith and
Elizabeth Carraway, was born in 1742 in Craven Co, NC
G+.
2,3 Ezekiel Smith age ~20 married
Lurana Phelps age ~18, daughter of
Thomas Phelps and
Rachel McElroy, about 1762.
4,3 In 1769, the 96th District was one of the new districts formed in South Carolina to replace the Anglican parishes.
In 1769, an Ezekiel Smith was listed in in Pasquotank Co, North Carolina
G, but none in Craven Co.
5 Ezekiel Smith. SC militia during the Revolutionary War.
2 Washington Co GA was formed in Feb 25, 1784 from Wilkes Co and Creek indian lands ceded in 1783. Thanks to several courthouse fires and General Sherman, very few official records still exist for early Washington Co GA.
Greene Co GA was formed on Feb 3,1786 from Washington and Wilkes Counties.
Ezekiel Smith was the Head of Household in the census in 1790 in Cheraws District, South Carolina, 1785, 1800
G. Ezekiel Smith: males 1 >16, 1 <16; females 1; no slaves.
6 In 1793 Ezekiel Smith. Georgia militia as a private, probably Hancock Co.
7 Hancock Co GA was formed in Dec 17,1793 from Washington and Greene Counties. The courthouse burned down in October of 2014.
889 Ezekiel Smith was a land owner in the in 1796 tax list for in Capt Cooks District, Hancock Co, Georgia
G. 200 acres, [m5] slave(s). [m7] acres #2 hardwood [m8] acres #3 hardwood [m9] acres pine. Adjacent to
Jacob Bankston(SB ?).
910 On 25 March 1800 in Fulsom Creek, Hancock Co, Georgia
G,
Thomas Phelps of Jackson Co sold
Temple Lee. 130 acres on Fulsom Creek. DB [m2] Adjacent property owners: [S] ([wm1]),
Moses Goines ([wm2]) ([wm3]) ([wm4]) ([wm5]) (SB[wm6]).
1010101 In the in 1805 land lottery, drawer(s): there were 3 Ezekiel Smith's. 2 drew 2 blanks. Ezekiel F Smith drew land in Wilkerson Co. Ezekiel Franklin is the son of Ezekiel Sr.
11 Ezekiel Smith was a land owner in the in 1812 tax list for in Fulsom Creek, Capt Potters District, Hancock Co, Georgia
G. 600 acres on Fulsom Creek, [m5] slave(s). [m7] acres #2 hardwood [m8] acres #3 hardwood [m9] acres pine. Adjacent to
William Shivers.
12 Ezekiel Smith was a land owner in the in 1812 tax list for in Fulsom Creek, Capt Potters District, Hancock Co, Georgia
G. 228 acres on Fulsom Creek, [m5] slave(s). [m7] acres #2 hardwood [m8] acres #3 hardwood [m9] acres pine. Adjacent to
William Shivers.
1212 In 1812 tax list for in Ogeechee River, Capt Potters District, Hancock Co, Georgia
G, on the Ogeechee River: Ezekiel Smith -. 236 3/4. Some others in the district were:
George Lafayette Medlock, Jr, [WO].
12 Ezekiel Smith was the Head of Household in the census in 1820 in Capt Masons Dist, Hancock Co, GA
G. Ezekiel Smith >45; females 1>45; 26 slaves.
13 Ezekiel Smith died in 1821 in Hancock Co, GA
G+, at ~79 years of age.
2 He was buried in Sparta Cem, Sparta, Hancock Co, GA
G. Find A Grave Memorial # is. 28061088.
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