Smith, Benjamin Gainer: My Damon Genealogy

Generation: 1

1. Smith, Benjamin Gainer was born on 16 Mar 1882 in Washington Co., GA (son of Smith, Samuel Gainer and Brantley, Lucy Elmira).

Generation: 2

Smith, Samuel Gainer was born on 01 Dec 1852 in Washington Co., GA (son of Smith, Samuel G. and Turlington, Elizabeth Ann); died on 24 Jun 1932 in Washington Co., GA; was buried on 25 Jun 1932 in Washington Co., GA.

Notes:

Died:
Cause of Death: Influenza 2 months; Pulmonary Abscess 5 weeks

Buried:
Mount Gilead Primitive Baptist Cemetery

Samuel married Brantley, Lucy Elmira on 10 Dec 1878 in Washington Co., GA. Lucy was born on 01 Jun 1859 in Washington Co., GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Brantley, Lucy Elmira was born on 01 Jun 1859 in Washington Co., GA.

Children:

Smith, Lucy Elmira was born on 27 Dec 1888 in Washington Co., GA; died on 29 Nov 1973 in Vidalia, Toombs Co., GA.
Smith, Georgia was born on 07 Sep 1879 in Washington Co., GA.
1. Smith, Benjamin Gainer was born on 16 Mar 1882 in Washington Co., GA.
Smith, Thomas Jefferson was born on 18 May 1884 in Washington Co., GA; died on 12 Aug 1961 in Washington Co., GA.
Smith, Solomon Watson was born on 20 Apr 1893 in Washington Co., GA.
Smith, Samuel Lewis was born on 15 Oct 1895 in Washington Co., GA.

Generation: 3

Smith, Samuel G. was born on 14 Jan 1800 in Washington Co., GA; died on 28 Nov 1888 in Washington Co., GA; was buried in Riddleville, Washington Co., GA.

Notes:

Buried:
Smith Family Cemetery

Samuel married Turlington, Elizabeth Ann on 27 Feb 1834. Elizabeth (daughter of Turlington, Thomas and Smith, Mourning) was born on 30 May 1817 in Washington Co., GA; died on 02 Jan 1886 in Washington Co., GA; was buried in Riddleville, Washington Co., GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Turlington, Elizabeth Ann was born on 30 May 1817 in Washington Co., GA (daughter of Turlington, Thomas and Smith, Mourning); died on 02 Jan 1886 in Washington Co., GA; was buried in Riddleville, Washington Co., GA.

Notes:

Buried:
Jordan Smith Family Cemetery

Children:

Smith, Amanda
Smith, James Benjamin was born on 27 Jul 1846 in Washington Co., GA; died on 18 Oct 1927 in Washington Co., GA; was buried on 20 Oct 1927 in Washington Co., GA.
Smith, Bennett B. was born on 01 Nov 1848; died on 29 Sep 1887.
2. Smith, Samuel Gainer was born on 01 Dec 1852 in Washington Co., GA; died on 24 Jun 1932 in Washington Co., GA; was buried on 25 Jun 1932 in Washington Co., GA.

Generation: 4

10.

Turlington, Thomas was born on 18 Oct 1781 in Nash Co., NC (son of Turlington, John and Youell, Elizabeth); died on 21 Jan 1857 in Washington Co., GA; was buried in Riddleville, Washington Co., GA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1820, Washington Co., GA
Census: 1830, Washington Co., GA
Census: 1840, Washington Co., GA
Census: 30 Oct 1850, Washington Co., GA; Farmer

Notes:

Excerpt from Pritchard Kin regarding tombstones:
"On 23 August 2004, Jo and I tried to visit Thomas and Mourning Turlington's graves. We were accompanied by Mr. Newman Smith and later joined by Tad Jackson. Both guides grew up nearby and had visited the cemetery many times in their youth. Mr. Smith said he was eighty-three. Tad said he was seventy-three. Tad Jackson said he last visited the cemetery about thirty to forty years ago. Our mother described the cemetery location in her book (Tombstone Inscriptions, p. 51).

Alas, the cemetery has been obliterated. The location is now an irrigated cornfield. It is not far from a tributary to Limestone Creek. (Strick Newsom-February 2005)."

Will:
Dated Dec. 6,1856. No probate date. He bequeathed to his wife Mourning" with whom I have lived 40 years 340 acres of land where I reside for her life, then to Henery T. Turlington if he die without issue to my daughter Elizabeth Ann Smith and my daughter Mourning Pritchard and her children... To my son Henry T. Turlington 350 acres on Little Onoopie where he now resides adjacent G.R. Taylor and Phillip Clarke and others... To my daughter Mourning... free from disposition of her former husband James Pritchard slaves and 338 acres of land known as the Hicks place adjacent Thomas Smith, John Smith and others, on Limestone Creek." Henry T. Turlington Trustee for Mourning and Children. Executors: wife Mourning and son Henry T. Turlington. Witnesses: Drury W. Harrison, Benjamin G. Smith, Andrew E. Tarver,Henry A. Josey.

Notes:
1814 Pri.Capt.Hopson's Co. 1st Class Militia 13 R 2B 2D Wash.Co.
1825 Tax Digest Capt. Whitfield's District 92 pg 37.
03/04/1816 Witnessed Deed from Simon Whitaker, Ex John Bell's Estate to
Hordan, 2000 Acres for $200.
1828 Tax Digest p. 34
01/16/1821 Southern Recorder listed Thomas Turlington winner in 1820 Land
Lottery.
7/3/1830 S.R. Sheriff Sale Aug. 1st levied on 9 negros, property of
Bryant Lane.

Washington County Georgia Estate Papers 1829-1903 (Pg. 38)
Will Book Pages 66-68 Thomas Turlington

Buried:
Small family site no longer in existence.

Thomas married Smith, Mourning about 1810. Mourning (daughter of Smith, Benjamin and Thomas, Mary) was born on 17 Nov 1781 in Nash Co., NC; died on 27 Jun 1866 in Harrison, Washington Co., GA; was buried in Riddleville, Washington Co., GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Smith, Mourning was born on 17 Nov 1781 in Nash Co., NC (daughter of Smith, Benjamin and Thomas, Mary); died on 27 Jun 1866 in Harrison, Washington Co., GA; was buried in Riddleville, Washington Co., GA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 30 Oct 1850, Washington Co., GA
Census: 12 Jul 1860, Washington Co., GA

Notes:

Excerpt from Pritchard Kin regarding tombstones:
"On 23 August 2004, Jo and I tried to visit Thomas and Mourning Turlington's graves. We were accompanied by Mr. Newman Smith and later joined by Tad Jackson. Both guides grew up nearby and had visited the cemetery many times in their youth. Mr. Smith said he was eighty-three. Tad said he was seventy-three. Tad Jackson said he last visited the cemetery about thirty to forty years ago. Our mother described the cemetery location in her book (Tombstone Inscriptions, p. 51.

Alas, the cemetery has been obliterated. The location is now an irrigated cornfield). It is not far from a tributary to Limestone Creek. (Strick Newsom-February 2005)."

Buried:
Small family site no longer in existence.

Children:

5. Turlington, Elizabeth Ann was born on 30 May 1817 in Washington Co., GA; died on 02 Jan 1886 in Washington Co., GA; was buried in Riddleville, Washington Co., GA.
Turlington, Henry Thomas was born about 1818 in Washington Co., GA; died on 06 Jul 1864 in Savannah, Chatham Co., GA.
Turlington, Mourning was born on 25 May 1822 in NC; died on 07 Feb 1897 in Tennille, Washington Co., GA; was buried in Riddleville, Washington Co., GA.