Tag: Robert Windsor Smith
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Smith family history: Part 13
Civil War Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series I’m certainly not a Civil War historian, but I will try to provide some contextual information along with comments specifically relevant to the Smith family. On September 29, 1862 Robert Windsor Smith had written to his uncle William McNaught stating: The Conscription Act has concluded to…
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Smith family history: Part 12
Mary Cleveland Wright Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series As we saw in the last post, Robert became engaged to a “Mary W.” around three weeks after his father’s death in late July, 1861. Robert and Mary would eventually be married in March of 1864, despite the concerns Robert’s mother Eveline expressed in a…
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Smith family history: Part 11
Smith – McNaught correspondence highlights Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series As I mentioned in the last post, the Atlanta History Center has in its collection correspondence between the Smith family and William McNaught. Finding this correspondence was a true stroke of luck, and I think highlights what an invaluable resource the Kenan Research…
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Smith family history: Part 10
L. Windsor Smith – Last will and estate Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series Larned Windsor Smith passed away at his property acquired from Meredith Webb Legg in Cleveland, TN on Jul 7, 1861. Bradley county records were apparently burned by Union forces so there is no record of the transaction. I was able…
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Smith family history: Part 9
L. Windsor Smith – GA to TN Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series After South Carolina seceded in December 1860, six more southern states followed suit by February 1861, including Georgia. On January 19, 1861 members of the Georgia Secession Convention voted, with 208 votes in favor of secession, and 89 opposed. On February…
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Smith family history: Part 8
L. Windsor Smith – Mid-1850s to 1860 Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series In the mid-1850s Atlanta was growing and so was the Smith family. Born over 12 years after Robert Windsor Smith, Leonard Windsor Smith was born May 12, 1853 in Atlanta. Throughout most of his life he is primarily referred to as…
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Smith family history: Part 7
L. Windsor Smith – Early 1850s Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series In the early 1850s Atlanta was growing rapidly, in no small part due to the railroads converging on the place. However, Atlanta was still notably smaller than Savannah, Augusta, Columbus, and still less than half the size of Macon. City 1850 U.S.…
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Smith family history: Part 5
L. Windsor Smith – “Virtually in the wilderness” Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series After the devastation of the 1846 “Great Havana Hurricane” and the loss of 1 year old second son Clark Smith it is not difficult to see why Robert’s father Larned wanted to make a change. That change would be yet…
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Smith family history: Part 4
L. Windsor Smith – Robert arrives and tragedy strikes Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series Evie Spencer Smith gave birth to Robert Windsor Smith in Key West, Florida on April 29th, 1841. Larned Windsor Smith was still serving in his position as a U.S. District Attorney for the southern district of Florida. He served…
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Smith family history: Part 1
Where are we and how did we get here? If you haven’t read my introduction yet, please head over there first: Introduction Part of the ‘Smith family history’ series In order to set the stage I think it’s important to start with an initial look at Robert Windsor Smith’s home in Kirkwood and how the…
Birds of Kirkwood 