Frances Smith
about 1784–1816 (Age 32)
Wilkes, Georgia, United States
The Life Summary of Frances
Frances Smith was born about 1784, in Wilkes, Georgia, United States as the daughter of Benjamin or Benajah Smith and Sarah Alexander. She died in 1816, at the age of 32.
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Family Time Line
Benjamin or Benajah Smith
–
Sarah Alexander
1743–1797
Bedaiah Smith
1766–
Franky Smith
1771–
Elizabeth Smith
1778–
Mildred Milly Smith
1779–
Frances Smith
1784–1816
Robert Matthews Smith
1790–
Margaret Smith
1773–
Mary Smith
1774–1820
William Smith
1778–
Margaret Elizabeth Smith
1780–1829
Nancy Smith
1782–
Alexander Smith
1785–
Alexander Smith
1794–
Parents and Siblings
1743–1797Female
Siblings
(13)
1766–Male
1771–Female
1773–Female
1774–1820Female
1778–Female
+8 More Children
World Events (3)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 2
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 2
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
Age 3
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
Age 3
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1795 · Yazoo Land Fraud
Age 11
1795 · Yazoo Land Fraud
Age 11
As Georgia had been weakened during the Revolutionary War, it was unable to defend its Yazoo lands, or land west of the Yazoo River. Thirty-five million acres were sold to four companies for $500,000 as Governor George Mathews signed the Yazoo Act on January 7, 1795. Angry Georgians protested in the streets as they felt bribery and corruption were involved and the sale was far below market value. The legislation tried to rescind the Yazoo Act, but much of the land had been sold to third parties. The issue made its way to the United States Supreme Court and it was determined that rescinding the law was an unconstitutional infringement on a legal contract. The government took full possession of the territory by 1814 and awarded its claimants over $4,000,000.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metalworking was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Blacksmith
Gowan
Nesmith
Smithe
Smithson
Smyth
Smythe
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