Aaron Smith, Captain

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Name Aaron Smith Title Captain Birth 1720 York, Pennsylvania, United States Gender Male FSID LDY2-BNS Burial Jul 1776 Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States Death 1 Jul 1776 Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States Person ID I25067 footsteps | Child Last Modified 28 Apr 2025
Father David Smith, b. 1680, Kentshire, England d. 1755, York, Pennsylvania, United States
(Age 75 years)
Mother Elizabeth Stephenson, b. 10 Apr 1692, Huntingdonshire, England d. 1722, York, Pennsylvania, United States
(Age 29 years)
Marriage 1710 Huntingdonshire, England Family ID F13799 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Ann Carraway, b. 1726, Princess Anne, Virginia, United States d. 1 Jul 1776, Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States
(Age 50 years)
Children + 1. Lourenna Smith, b. 1744, Craven, South Carolina, United States d. 1 Jul 1776, Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States
(Age 32 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
Family ID F13847 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2025
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Event Map Birth - 1720 - York, Pennsylvania, United States Burial - Jul 1776 - Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States Death - 1 Jul 1776 - Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Photos _Sons of the American Revolution AaronSmith b1720
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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;
- SAR Patriot #: P-291394