Database: rdball dated 21 Mar 2021
John Samuel Smoak1
- Sex: M
- Born: 13 Nov 1811 in Cordova, South Carolina1
- Died: 20 Nov 1900 in Dooley County, Georgia1
- Buried: Smoak Cemetery in Crisp County, Georgia
- Notes:
Served in the Civil War as Private, 6th Reg., GA Militia, 1864.
He was disowned by his father William. When William died, his will did not mention John Samuel, but did mention John Samuel's son Edmund Thomas Richard. DAR records wrongly document ETR Smoak as William's son rather than John Samuel.
He built Smoak Bridge on Swift Creek , just North of Warwick, GA, about 1879.
John Samuel is buried in Smoak Cemetary near Smoak Bridge off of Highway 300 just North of Warwick, GA.
He was disowned by his father William. When William died, his will did not mention John Samuel, but did mention John Samuel's son Edmund Thomas Richard. DAR records wrongly document ETR Smoak as William's son rather than John Samuel.
He built Smoak Bridge on Swift Creek , just North of Warwick, GA, about 1879.
John Samuel is buried in Smoak Cemetary near Smoak Bridge off of Highway 300 just North of Warwick, GA.
Father: William Smoak, b. 7 Feb 1784 in Orangeburgh District, South Carolina
Mother: Elizabeth Griffith, b. 10 Jan 1785
Family 1: Anna Margaret Dukes, b. 31 Oct 1809 in Orangeburg County, South Carolina
- Married: 1830 Orangeburg, South Carolina1
- Edmund Thomas Richard Smoak, b. 25 Dec 1831
- John William Smoak, b. 21 Sep 1833 in Orangeburg, South Carolina
- David Daniel Smoak, b. 5 Nov 1835 in Orangeburg, South Carolina
- Anna Elizabeth Smoak, b. 3 Aug 1837 in Branchville, South Carolina
- Mildred Sophia Smoak, b. 17 Nov 1839 in Branchville, South Carolina
- Margaret Elizabeth Smoak, b. 22 Dec 1841 in Branchville, South Carolina
- Mary Emma Smoak, b. 24 Dec 1843 in Branchville, South Carolina
- Abraham Perry Smoak, b. 2 Apr 1846 in Branchville, South Carolina
- George Washington Pinckney Smoak, b. 22 Oct 1848 in Orangeburg, South Carolina
- Andrew Asbury Hazelwood Smoak, b. 9 May 1851 in Whitfield County, Georgia
Family 2: Alvena Jordan, b. 1824 in Georgia
- Married: Sep 1864
- Fanny Ellen Smoak, b. 12 Aug 1865 in Dooley County, Georgia
- Lonnie Tolula Smoak, b. 22 Feb 1867 in Dooley County, Georgia
- Arnold Gerom Smoak, b. 6 Feb 1869 in Dooley County, Georgia
Family 3: Jackie A. Cox, b. 1843 in Georgia
- Married: 7 Nov 1876 Dooley County, Georgia2
- Wesley Jackson Smoak, b. 15 Aug 1877
- Jackie Leola Smoak, b. 3 Jan 1879 in Dooley County, Georgia
- Lydia Louvenia Smoak, b. 16 Apr 1881
- Elijah Lucian Smoak, b. 19 Jun 1883
- Johnnie Samuel Smoak, b. 26 Mar 1885