Celia Wadsworth

1745 - 1849  (104 years)

• Name	Celia Wadsworth
  Birth	1745
  Gender	Female
  Death	20 Oct 1849	Tallapoosa County, AL
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Thomas Wadsworth   d. Bef 20 Nov 1821, Lincoln County, GA   (Father)  Nancy  (Mother)
  Notes	1843, Jul 15 -- Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty, File R9701.5, William Smith Celia Smith (age 98), Tallapoosa County, AL resident, applied for a widow's pension for deceased husband Captain William Smith. She testified that Capt. Smith served in the state of South Carolina and Georgia in skirmishes against Indians and Tories, served in the sieges of Augusta, Savannah and Charleston, commanded a mounted Indian spy company and built several forts in Wilkes County, GA. They were married prior to the Revolutionary War in Cumberland County, NC and that William Smith died 27 Nov 1824 in Clark[e] County, AL. Esther McBurnett (age 94), testified on 15 Jul 1843 that she was at the wedding of William and Celia Smith and she lived near the Smiths during the Revolutionary War. Also on 15 Jul 1843, Ruth Buce (age 68, of Tallapoosa County, AL) testified that she was the daughter of Captain William and Celia Smith and that there were four children older than her, to wit: Mary Smith (if living would be 75), Nicholas Smith (dead, would be age 74), Thomas Smith (if living would be 73) and Rachel Smith (age 71). Elijah Jordan, William Crane, Dempsey Jordan and Thomas McBurnett also testified that that were aware of William Smith's service. Elijah Jordan, administrator of Celia Smith Dec'd. (of Tallapoosa County) filed an affidavit in Monroe County, AL in 14 Jun 1852 stating that William Smith died in 1822 in Monroe County, AL: and Celia Smith died 20 Oct 1849 leaving the following children: James Smith (of TX), Thomas Smith (aged 70, of Pike County, AL), Sarah McBurnet, Celia Jourdan and Ruth Buce (age 75) (all of Tallapoosa County, AL).
  Person ID	I16836	Moore County Wallaces
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas Wadsworth   d. Bef 20 Nov 1821, Lincoln County, GA
  Mother	Nancy
  Family ID	F12956	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Smith   d. 1822, Monroe County, AL
  Marriage	Moore County, NC
  Children	1. James Smith     2. Celia Smith     3. Thomas Smith,   b. c1767     4. Mary Smith,   b. c1768     5. Nicholas Smith,   b. c1769     6. Rachel Smith,   b. c1772     7. Ruth Smith,   b. c1776-1780   d. Bef 30 Aug 1858, Tallapoosa County, AL (Age ~ 78 years) ▻ John Buce  (Age 80 years)     8. Sarah Smith,   b. c1785   d. c1860 (Age ~ 75 years) ▻ Thomas McBurnett  (Age 66 years)  m. 17 Jul 1806
  Family ID	F12953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2016

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 20 Oct 1849 - Tallapoosa County, AL Marriage - - Moore County, NC  = Link to Google Earth
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