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1811 Gallia Co Resident Tax List,
1812 Chattels, 2 horses, 4 cattles, Salisbury
1813 Gallia Co Resident Tax List,
1814 Lands (listed but no info)
1816, 1817 100 acres
1818 GC Chattels, 1 house, 2 horses, 2 cows, Salisbury
1819, Resident Tax list
1820 Meigs, Salisbury
1830 Meigs Co, Salisbury Twp
1m 20-30 John Adams?? He married in 1822! a hired hand? MT Matthews???
1m 60-70
1f 15-20 Polly
1f 40-50
1840 Meigs Co Rutland
1m 60-70
1f 60-70
Burial: Robinson Cemetery, Morgan Twp, Gallia Co, OH
Meigs Co Deeds
Pg Date Grantor Grantee Vol Pg Acres Lot Lot No Comments
479 Nov 22, 1820 Smith, Timothy McGrew, A. et. al. 1 161 100 376
479 Jun 2, 1825 Smith, Timothy Giles, Charles 2 146 100 100 376
519 Aug 31, 1818 Waters, Charles & wife Smith, Timothy 1 30 100 100 376
Hardesty's History of Meigs county
pg 285, Salisbury Township
About 1807 Daniel and Timothy Smith, brothers, emigrated from Caledonia county, Vermont. They landed at the mouth of Leading creek and stopped at Hamilton Kerr's. Timothy purchased a hundred acre lot at the mouth of Silver run, but Daniel, not liking the appearance of the country, bought his brother's interest in their boat and passed on to Cincinnati, where he settled.
For an account of Timothy Smith's mill, machinery and mining, see particulars under the heading of coal.
He first lived in a small cabin on the river bank at the mouth of Storys run. In 1814 he built the house that is still standing on the hill side, about 100 yards above the old salt works. The children of Timothy and Polly (Connor) Smith were as follows:
Charlotte, born 1797, married Elias Jones, their descendants still live in Cheshire
John Adams, born in 1800, married to Deborah Paine, sister of Seth Paine
Betsey, born in 1802, marrried John S, Giles, Sr, of Rutland
Sally, born in 1804, married Obediah Ralph, of Morgan township, Gallia County
Anselm, born in 1806, and died in 1816
Timothy, jr, born in 1810 and died the same year
Polly, born 1812, married M R Matthews, late of Vinton, Gallia county and is still living in the 71st year of her age, the only survivor of the family of Timothy Smith. She is the mother of our fellow townsman, Mr Charles Matthews, to whom the writer is indebted for the facts above stated as well as for other items in this history.
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Log Cabin Remeniscences Vol II, Meigs County P & H Soc:
The Smiths, and Other Early Settlers of Meigs County
written by Charles Matthews
Washington DC, Jan 18, 1908.
The Smith family of Silver Run, Daniel and Timothy Smith, with their brother-in-law, Bradbury Robinson, came from Vermont in 1805. With their families, household goods, wagons and stock, they floated down the Ohio River on a house-boat, stopping at Belpre, mouth of Big Hocking and mouth of Leading Creek. After looking at the land and visiting the settlements on Leading Creek, Timothy concluded that he would go on (sic) farther to find a home, while Daniel Smith and their brother-in-law, not satisfied with that part of the new counrty, concluded to go on. Accordingly, they purchased of their brother his share in the boat, and after landing Timothy, with his family, at Silver Run, pushed out into the river and floated on down until they came to Cincinnati, where they concluded to stop. They finally purchased homesteads back on the hills, on Hamilton Pike, in Springfield township, Hamilton County, where many of their descendants still reside.
Timothy Smith was born in 1770 and married to Polly Connor, who was born in 1772. They had seven children, as follows:
1st: Charlotte Smith, born May 24, 1797, and married Elias Jones, October 13, 1814. She died Oct 4, 1871.
2nd: John Adams Smith, born February 22, 1800 and married Deborah Paine November 22, 1822. He died Jan 10, 1840.
3rd: Elizabeth Smith, born January 9, 1802, and married John S Giles June 7, 1818. She died Nov 8, 1842.
4th: Sarah Smith, born July 10, 1804, and married Obediah Ralph September 19, 1822. She died Feb 3, 1875.
5th: Anselin Smith, born 1806 and died 1816.
6th: Timothy Smith, Jr, born 1810 and died at the age of nine months.
7th: Mary Smith, born December 19, 1812, and married Moses R Matthews April 10, 1831. She died December 24, 1893.
Timothy Smith erected among the first (if not the first) grist mills in the county. It was a tread mill, run by horse power, located on the bank of Silver Run. He also mined the first coal, and shipped the same to Cincinnati on log rafts. In this work he was aided by the above named Cyrus Giles and by the late John Woods, from North Caroliina, who died in Middleport about twenty-five or thirty years ago.
John Adams Smith, above mentioned, was the man arrested by Virginia officials in 1824, and confined in the Point Pleasant jail for running off slaves, and rescued by his Ohio friends, so ably described in the Pomeroy Telegraph, in 1875, by the Hon. John S Giles, Jr.
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