John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 1372

Adam Smith was another son of J. Michael Smith who went to Kentucky with his two brothers, Zachariah and John.  All went at about the same time, and were quite early in Kentucky.  Perhaps Adam was born about 1735 to 1740 in the Robinson River Valley.  He died in Mercer County, KY, in 1793.  His wife was Elizabeth, maiden name unknown.  Adam and Elizabeth deeded away their land in 1772 and 1777.  This was land that Adam's father had given him.  They probably moved just after the last sale of land, and they disappear from the church records about then.

The will of Adam Smith, probated in Mercer County in 1793, mentions his wife Elizabeth, and his children Ezekiel, Benjamin, Solomon, and Elizabeth.  The witnesses were Zachariah Smith and John Smith.  There were more daughters than Elizabeth, as Mary, Catarine, and Anna are named in the marriage records of Lincoln County, before Mercer County was formed from it.  The marriages are noted in the " Kentucky Historical Social Register " in vol. 12, p.77, for Lincoln Co. marriages.

Children of Adam Smith and his wife Elizabeth ____ :

1. Ezekiel Smith,
2. Benjamin Smith, who died in 1798, in Mercer Co.,
3. Solomon Smith,
4. Elizabeth Smith,
5. Mary Smith, m. William Barbee, 20 Feb 1781,
6. Catarine (Catharine) Smith, m. Michael Hampton, 19 Apr 1784,
7. Anna Smith, m. William Custer, 16 Jun 1785.