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 1751 - 1835 (84 years)
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| Name |
Colesby Smith |
| Birth |
1751 |
Loudon County, VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
c. 1835 |
Washington County, GA |
| Burial |
Washington County, GA |
| Person ID |
I204 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
6 Apr 2014 |
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| Notes |
- During the revolution, Colesby Smith served as a volunteer in the North Carolina Militia, Chatham County of the Hillsborough District, North Carolina. Colesby Smith applied for a Grant of Land in 1779. He received a Grant of 200 acres of land in Chatham County, North Carolina in 1782. Colesby & wife Ann sold this land in 1785. He and his family are listed there in the census of 1790. His son Isaac was born there in 1796. He moved to Burke County, GA in 1798 and to Washington County, Georgia by 1800.(Cherokee book of Grants 25 District, p. 41: Washington County, GA, Head Right and Bounty Grants 1832 - Re: 12-12-1837 Cherokee 19..25..2: Roster of Revolution by L.L. Knight, page 141). He drew Lot #199 in District 25 of Cherokee County as a Revolutionary Soldier in the gold Lottery of 1832. He drew land in the 1832 Land Lottery while living in Washington County, Georgia. He lived in the southern part of Washington County, Georgia and died there c. 1835. Anna died c. 1838.
- Married Anna Henry c. 1774
Anna & Colesby lived in Chatham County of the Hillsborough District, NC. There is a Grant in Grant book C-65, No. 602 in the State of NC for 200 acres on the waters of Bear Creek in Chatham Co., NC issued Oct 23, 1782. Also an Entry No. 812, entered Oct 26, 1779, Book 48, page 12 for Coleby Smith. Also, the following in the Chatham County, NC Record of Deed, -C-, page 456, this Indenture made the 21st day of Jan. 1785, between Colby Smith and Ann, his wife of Chatham County, NC of the one part and Thomas Younger of the County & State aforesaid of the other part for twenty pounds delivering to Thomas Younger all that tract of land lately granted to the same Colby Smith, situate on the waters of great branch of Bear Creek.
- Served as a Soldier from NC during the Revolution.
NSSAR Record Copy National Number 184092 & 179132. Colby Smith and His Descendants, by Gene Doyle Brantley, Robert A. Smith and Carllene Sumner Veal, October 1998. "Authentic List of all Land Lottery Grants made to Veterans of the Revolutionary War by the State of Georgia", by Alex M. Hitz, 1966, p. 63.
- Grave marked in a ceremony sponsored by the Marshes of Glenn & Wiregrass Chapters of the GASSAR; Gov. Jared Irvin & Gov. David Emanuel - Adam Brinson Chapters of the GASDAR.
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