James Smart

Notes:

State of Louisiana Parish of Claiborne
The Baptist Church of Christ at Homer
This is to certify that Brother James Smart and Sister Ann Smart as members of our Church
in full fellowship are dismissed from us when joined to another church of the same faith
and order Done by order of the Church in Conference this 11th day of Nov A D 1857

James Smart is listed as 60 years old in the 1850 Yazoo County, MS Census, living with his son Jessee K. Smart.

James married Annie Knighten on 22 Apr 1823 in West Feliciana Parish, , , Louisiana. Annie was born about 1801 in , Edgefield County, South Carolina, ; died on 14 Aug 1899 in Claiborne Parish, , , Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jessee K. Smart was born about 1824 in Louisiana, , , .
2. Samuel W. Smart was born about 1827 in Louisiana, , , .
3. Sarah Ann Emmaline Smart was born on 20 Aug 1830 in Mississippi, , , ; died on 14 Oct 1899 in Claiborne Parish, , , Louisiana; was buried in Mount Paran Cemetery, , Caliborne Parish, Louisiana.
4. Franklin Smart was born about 1834 in Yazoo County, , , Mississippi.
5. James D. Smart was born about 1836 in Yazoo County, , , Mississippi.
6. Margaret E. Smart was born about 1839 in Yazoo County, , , Mississippi.
7. Susan B. Smart was born on 9 Nov 1840 in Yazoo County, , , Mississippi; died on 28 Dec 1917 in Richland Parish, , , Louisiana; was buried in Amity Cemetery, , Richland Parish, Louisiana.

Notes:

The 1790 Census of Dorchester County, South Carolina lists a Samuel Smart with three sons under 16, and three females, one being his wife.

The 1820 Census of Feliciana Parish, Louisiana lists the following:

Samuel Smart
Males 1(0-10), 1(10-16), 1(16-18), 1(16-26), 1(26-45)
Females 1(10-16), 1(16-18), 1(16-26), 1(26-45)

There are no other Smart families listed in the extant Louisiana census records for 1820.

Samuel Smart and John W. Smart are listed as a Head of Household in the 1830 West Feliciana Parish, LA Census.

James Smart and John W. Smart are listed as a Head of Household in the 1840 West Feliciana Parish, LA Census.

James Smart was married in 1823 in West Feliciana Parish, LA

James Smart named one of his sons Samuel Smart.

This circumstantial evidence supports Samuel Smart being the father of James and John W. Smart.