Aaron Smith, Captain

Aaron Smith, Captain

Male 1720 - 1776  (56 years)


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  • Name Aaron Smith 
    Title Captain 
    Birth 1720  York, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FSID LDY2-BNS 
    Burial Jul 1776  Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 1 Jul 1776  Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I24624  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father David Smith,   b. 1680, Kentshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1755, York, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Stephenson,   b. 10 Apr 1692, Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1722, York, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1710  Huntingdonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F13619  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Ann Carraway,   b. 1726, Princess Anne, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1776, Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Lourenna Smith,   b. 1744, Craven, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1776, Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F13667  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • SAR Patriot #: P-291394
      State of Service: SC Qualifying Service: Captain / Patriotic Service
      DAR #: A104530

      Birth: 1720 / / VA
      Death: 01 Jul 1776 / 96 Dist / SC

      Qualifying Service Description:
      1775, served as the Captain of the 3rd Company commanded by Andrew Williamson
      Died during a skirmish with Native American warriors in 1776

      Additional References:
      McCrady, EdwardThe History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1775-1780, New York City, The MacMillan Company, 1901, pg 90, 192
      Howe, GeorgeHistory of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina, South Carolina. Columbia: Dufie & Chapman, 1870, pg 429

      Spouse: Elizabeth Caraway
      Children: Ezekial; Thomas Smith Sr;

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