Murray County MuseumMurray County Museum
Home Page | Planned Exhibits | Research Support | Want to Help? | Why a Museum in Cyberspace? | Updates
Carter's QuarterBarbed WireCherokee Removal FTCivil WarCoulter Dolls
County OfficialsDeath CertificatesEarly ChenilleEarly DoctorsEarly Newspapers
Fort MountainFree Negroes 1870GatewaysHistorical County LinesHistorical Markers
History of MurrayKorean WarLandmarks LostListsMemoirs of a Slave
Methodist ChurchMurray ArtistsMurray CemeteriesMurray CharactersMurray Census 1834
Murray FamiliesMurray Heritage BookMurray High SchoolMurray History 1911Murray Memories
Murray Post OfficesMurray QuiltsMurray SchoolsOld News StoriesPhotographs
Planned DisplaysPoemsPrized PossessionsRoad to Dalton 1950Rolling Stores
Roseville PotterySchool ValentinesStained GlassTime CapsulesVann House
Vann SlavesVeterans MemorialVietnam WarVintage ADsWar Dead
Wood VasesWorld War IWorld War IIWright Hotel 
 Murray County Museum  
MURRAY COUNTRY FAMILIES

James and Robert Smithey


James and Robert Smithey, brothers, were killed in Civil War fighting at Baker's Creek, Mississippi, May 16, 1863.

Their parents were living in Murray County, Georgia, when the 1850 Census was taken. The Census taker, mistakenly spelled the family name as Smitha, as he recorded the following information

    John Smithey, age 43, born in SC;

    Malinda Smithey, age 42, born in SC;

    Jeremiah Smithey, age 18, born in GA;

    Caroline Smithey, age 21, born in GA;

    John Smithey, age 15, born in GA;

    James Smithey, age 13, born in GA;

    Mary A. Smithey, age 11, born in GA;

    Robert Smithey, age 6, born in GA;

    Nancy Smithey, age 4, born in GA;

    June Smithey, age 2, born in GA.


When the 1860 Census was taken, Malinda, the mother, was listed as head of the household. Jeremiah, James, and Robert enlisted in the Confederate Army, Co. H, 36 Georgia Cummings Brigade, in April 1862. Their company participated in military engagement at Richmond, Kentucky, August 29-30, 1862; Vicksburg, Mississippi, March 29 through May 18, 1863; and at Baker's Creek, Mississippi, May 16, 1863. Both James and Robert A. Smithey were killed at Baker's Creek, May 16, 1863. Jeremiah survived that battle and remained with Co. H.

 



Previous PageMurray County Families

  Murray County Museum 
© Copyrighted 2005 - 2020 Murray County Museum - All Rights Reserved