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Benjamin Smith (b. November 20, 1791, d. September 11, 1866)

Benjamin Smith (son of Ransom D. Smith and Elizabeth Morse Moss)^{236, 237} was born November 20, 1791 in Granville County, NC, and died September 11, 1866 in Campbell Co. Tennessee. He married (1) Rodah Proffitt, daughter of William Proffitt and Nancy Barron. He married (2) Martha "Mary" Cain on Abt. 1815 in Granville County, NC.

Notes for Benjamin Smith:
Individual:
Name: Benjamin Smith
Type of Document: Credit
Page Number: 228
Date: Mar 11, 1828

1850 Campbell Co, TN Census, 17th Subdivision, by John Phillips on the 9th day of October 1850
550 550 Smith, Benjamin 58 m Farmer 1800 NC
550 550 Smith, Rhoda 44 f TN
550 550 Smith, Nancy 26 f TN
550 550 Smith, Mary 22 f TN
550 550 Smith, William 20 m Farmer TN
550 550 Smith, Anna 16 f TN
550 550 Smith, Martha 14 f TN
550 550 Smith, Lucretia 12 f TN
550 550 Smith, Benjamin F. 10 m TN
550 550 Smith, Sarah 8 f TN
550 550 Smith, Preston 7 m TN
550 550 Smith, Rhoda 5 f TN
550 550 Smith, Marcellus 3 m TN
550 550 Chavis, William 16 m Farmer TN

More About Benjamin Smith:
Burial: Unknown, Ben Smith Cemetery LaFollette, Tennessee.

More About Benjamin Smith and Martha "Mary" Cain:
Marriage: Abt. 1815, Granville County, NC.

Children of Benjamin Smith and Rodah Proffitt are:

Martha Smith, b. 1837, d. date unknown.
Sarah Smith, b. 1841, d. date unknown.
Francis P. Smith, b. 1843, d. date unknown.
+Rhoda Smith, b. 1845, Campbell County, Tennessee, d. 1884, Marion County, Tennessee.
+Marcellus M. Smith, b. 1847, Campbell County, Tennessee, d. date unknown.

Children of Benjamin Smith and Martha "Mary" Cain are:

Nancy Smith, b. Abt. 1824, d. date unknown.
Mary Smith, b. Abt. 1828, d. date unknown.
William Smith, b. Abt. 1830, d. date unknown.
Anna Smith, b. Abt. 1834, d. date unknown.
Martha J. Smith, b. September 13, 1835, Campbell County, Tennessee²³⁸, d. March 18, 1875, Campbell County, Tennessee.
Lucretia Smith, b. Abt. 1838, d. date unknown.
Sarah M. Smith, b. December 22, 1840, Campbell County, Tennessee, d. November 27, 1899, Marion County, Tennessee.
Francis Preston Smith, b. 1843, d. date unknown.
+Benjamin Franklin Smith Sr., b. October 03, 1847, Wells Spring, Campbell Co. Tennessee, d. September 30, 1916, Campbell Co. Tennessee.