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Persönliche Daten John (Dutch) Smith

• Er/sie ist geboren Mar 6, 1760 in Burke County, North Carolina.Quelle 5
• Wohnhaft:
• am 2. August 1790: Rowan, North Carolina, USA.Quelle 6
• im Jahr 1820: Scott, Virginia, United States.Quelle 7
• im Jahr 1830: Scott, Virginia, Verenigde Staten.Quelle 8
• im Jahr 1840: Scott, Virginia, Verenigde Staten.Quelle 9
• Er/sie ist gestorben am 30. Juni 1847 in Scott County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten, Im Alter von 87 Jahren.Quelle 5
• Er/sie ist begraben in Hiltons, Scott County, Virginia, United States of America.Quelle 5
• Ein Kind von Johann David Schmidt und Anna Barbara Leonhardt

Familie von John (Dutch) Smith

Diese Person ist verheiratet mit Hannah McGuire.

Sie haben geheiratet am 9. März 1790 in Rowan, North Carolina, Im Alter von 30 Jahren.Quelle 4

Kind(er):

1. William B. Smith  1803-1879 

Notizen bei John (Dutch) Smith

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John "Dutch" Smith (b. March 1760, d. June 30, 1847)

John "Dutch" Smith was born March 1760 in Burke County, NC, and died June 30, 1847 in Scott Co., Virginia.

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Carter’s Fort NSDAR Dedicates Pvt. John "Dutch" Smith Memorial Marker

On November 10, 2001, descendants of Pvt. John "Dutch" Smith and members of the NSDAR, NSSAR, NSCAR, and V.F.W. gathered at the Spurrier Cemetery located at Hiltons, VA to pay their respects to him and his role in the American Revolution.

Carter’s Fort NSDAR dedicated a memorial military marker to Revolutionary War soldier, Pvt. John "Dutch" Smith. Members of General William Campbell NSSAR, including a full Colonial Color Guard, dressed in Continental and Overmountain uniforms paid their respects by firing black powder volleys using weapons like the one Pvt. Smith would have carried as a North Carolina Militiaman. V.F.W. Post #3382 Color Guard under the command of Colonel Ernest Hooven, 3rd Great Grandson of Pvt. Smith, posted the colors and fired rifle volleys in honor of Pvt. Smith. Dr. John Dale Hobbs, 4th Great Grandson, placed a wreath at the marker site after 4th Great Granddaughters, Katherine Lorraine Carrier and Clara Jane Richards, unveiled the memorial military marker. Jonathan Dale Carrier honored his 4th great grandfather by playing Taps before the ceremony concluded. As a final tribute to a soldier of the American Revolution, V.F.W. Post #3382 Color Guard Commander, Colonel Earnest Hooven, presented an American Flag to Jonathan Dale Carrier, in honor of Pvt. Smith’s service to his country.

John "Dutch" Smith was born in Burke County, NC in March 1760. He was drafted into service in Burke County, NC and served in the militia under Captain Mordecai Clarke. He fought in the Battle of Cowpens, SC, under the command of General Daniel Morgan. The Battle of Cowpens is now considered to be one of the most influential battles of the Revolutionary War in the South.
The lower South became the decisive theatre of the Revolutionary War. After the struggle settled into stalemate in the north, the British mounted their second campaign to conquer the region.
British expeditionary forces captured Savannah in late 1778 and Charleston in May 1780. By late that summer, most of South Carolina was pacified, and a powerful British army under Cornwallis was poised to sweep across the Carolinas into Virginia.

The southern campaign opened at Charleston in August 1780 when Cornwallis marched north to confront General Horatio Gates moving south with a Continental army. It ended at Yorktown in October 1781 with Cornwallis’s surrender of the main British army in America. In between were 18 months of some of the hardest campaigning and most savage fighting of the war.

BATTLE AT COWPENS
January 17, 1781

Americans engaged: 800 - 1000
12 killed, 60 wounded

British engaged: 1,100
100 killed, 229 wounded,
about 600 captured

John "Dutch" Smith was one of the 120 men of the North Carolina militia positioned as sharpshooters in front of the battle line who fired the first volley of the battle. John "Dutch" Smith fought throughout the battle without relief. This battle led to the devastating defeat of the British regular troops under the command of General Banastre Tarleton. A stunning victory for General Daniel Morgan and his men, Cowpens provided a tremendous boost for the morale of the Americans, especially the southern patriots.

John "Dutch" Smith came to Scott County about 1800 and lived there until about 1820 when he moved to Hawkins County TN. When he became old and disabled he moved back to Scott County about 1840 and lived with his son William B Smith until his death. It is believed he is buried in the old Head Cemetery located about ½ mile from the Spurrier Cemetery.

John Smith’s daughter, Rebecca, married Dulaney Carter. Dulaney and Rebecca are the ancestors of nearly all the Carters of Fulkerson District of Scott County, VA.

Related families include Carter, Hobbs, Smith, McMurray, Baker, Gardner, Groves, Salyers, Hunsucker, Bays, Good, Hensley, and Derting.

For more information,
please contact:

Barbara D. Bishop, Regent
Carter’s Fort NSDAR
472 Merman Road
Kingsport, TN 37663-3451

Phone: (423) 239-9934
Email: (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)

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