Thomas Whetstone SMITH

M, b. 1 October 1836, d. 11 September 1916
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     Thomas Whetstone SMITH, son of Daniel Newman SMITH, was born on 1 October 1836 in Autauga County, Alabama.1,2 Thomas Whetstone SMITH also went by the name of Tinker Tom. He was a school teacher and later clerk of the circuit court in Autauga County.2

Thomas began military service at age 24 on 18 April 1861 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama, where he enlisted as a private in the "Prattville Dragoons", attached to the 7th Ala. Inf. Regt. as Co. I and reorganized as Co. H, 3rd Alabama Cavalry Regiment.. He continued service until discharged March 1862. He re-enlisted 7 November 1863 at Pollard, Alabama in T.L. Faulkner's Company A Livingston's 8th Alabama Cavalry and fought with them until discharged 10 April 1865. He had been promoted to Quartermaster Sgt. of Reg. in May 1864.3

Thomas married Margaret Caroline BURT, daughter of Martin Ross BURT and Delilah Anne GRIFFIS, on 5 November 1862 in Autauga County, Alabama.4

In 1907 Thomas Whetstone SMITH was tax collector in Autauga County.

Thomas Whetstone SMITH died on 11 September 1916 in Autauga County, Alabama, at age 79.5 He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama.
Last Edited=17 Jan 2024

Children of Thomas Whetstone SMITH and Margaret Caroline BURT

  • Tommie Euline SMITH b. 15 Sep 1863, d. 23 May 1948
  • Bertha Eugenia SMITH b. 2 Dec 1865, d. 1929
  • Jettie Pearl SMITH b. 2 Jan 1873, d. 19 Aug 1940
  • Daniel Newman SMITH6 b. 5 Feb 1875, d. 21 Jul 1911
  • William Ross SMITH b. 29 Jan 1877
  • Samuel Archibald SMITH b. 5 Apr 1880, d. 1932

Citations

  1. [S42] Capt. Wibur F. Mims, War History of the Prattville Dragoons.
  2. [S1006] Evelyn Futch Smith, Charn Cuimhne, pg. 153.
  3. [S580] "Autauga at War", Accessed 25 Jan 2009.
  4. [S45] Autauga Genealogical Society, Marriage Records of Autauga, MB 4, pg. 160.
  5. [S18] Autauga Genealogical Society, Autauga Cemetery Records.
  6. [S11] , Tombstone Inscription, Author's Personal Collection, Prattville, Alabama.

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