Notes for Marcus Lafayette Smith: Military service in the Civil War with Co F, 22nd Alabama Infantry Regiment, (Wither's Division led by Hindman) under Brig. Gen. Zachary C. Deas. Marcus Smith reportedly joined and went to Tennessee or joined in Johnson Tennessee with his brother Thomas. It is also possible he joined in Georgia as the regiment was in Atlanta in July 1864 (from the official history of the 22nd Alabama) before it went to Tennessee. According to family oral history he was in the CSA in Tennessee. The 22nd moved from Georgia to Tennessee with Gen. John Bell Hood and on 30 November 1864 the regiment suffered severely at the battle Franklin, Tenn which took place on 30 Nov 1864. the regiment then fought the battle of Nashville on 15-16 Dec 1864 but took only light casualties. The 22nd had also fought in Tennessee in 1862-63 at Shiloh, Murfreesboro, and Chattanooga.
Marcus Smith lived in Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas
Family legend has it that either Marcus Smith or his wife Martha Anne Echols was related either to David Stern Crockett (Davy Crockett) or his wife Polly Crockett. ( For what its worth Davy Crockett lived in Lincoln County, TN for a few years around 1813.) The following is from Crockett history from the internet: On August 12, 1806, David Crockett and Mary Polly Finley were married. Davy and his new wife moved into the Duck and Elk River area of Lincoln County, Tennessee. They located near the head of Mulberry Fork, where he began to distinguish himself as a hunter. They lived there during the years of 1809-1810. His two sons, John Wesley and William Finley, were born there. The Crockett family moved, in 1811, to he south side of Mulberry Creek, near Lynchburg, where David build a log house where his family lived till 1813. He hunted and cleared a field three miles northwest of his homestead on Hungry Hill. When bear and other game became scarce, he moved to better hunting grounds in Franklin County where he settled on Beans Creek and built a homestead which he called "Kentuck" This was the Crockett home until the close of the War of 1812. Polly Crockett died in 1813. In 1816, Crockett married Elizabeth Patton and they lived in Tennessee until 1836 when he lost an election and moved to Texas and was at the Alamo. Children of Polly Finley Crockett are: John Wesley Crockett, b. 1808; William Finley Crockett, b. 1809; and Margaret Finley (Polly) Crockett, b. 1812. Children of David Crockett and Elizabeth Patton Crockett are: Rebecca Elvira Crockett, b. 1815; Robert Patton Crockett, b. 1816, and Matilda Crockett, b. 1821.
More About Marcus Lafayette Smith: Burial: 24 August 1926, Thomas Cemetery, Bridgeport, Wise, TX. Military service: 1861, Co F, 22nd Alabama Inf, Deas Brigade,Wither's Div under Hindman, Johnson, Tenn.
More About Marcus Lafayette Smith and Martha Ann Echols: Marriage: 1872, Fayetteville, Lincoln, TN.
Children of Marcus Lafayette Smith and Martha Ann Echols are:
+Clay Roscoe Smith, b. 27 March 1883, Sherman, Grayson, TX, d. 22 March 1971, Ft. Worth, Tarrant County, TX.
Marcus Lafayette Smith (b. 02 July 1846, d. 24 August 1926)
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