Elizabeth D. Smith

b. circa 1798, d. 16 July 1866
  • Elizabeth D. Smith was born circa 1798 in Dickson County, Tennessee.
  • She married Hodge Rayburn Adams, son of Howell Collier Adams and Nancy Rayburn, on 1 September 1811 in Dickson County, Tennessee.
  • Hodge Rayburn Adams and Elizabeth D. Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1830 in Hickman County, Tennessee. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Thomas Edward Adams, Howell Collier Adams, Elisha Berryman Adams and Hodge Rayburn Adams Jr. Known members of the family are fairly well accounted for here. Two boys age 5-9, two girls age 0-4 and one age 5-9 may or may not have been of the immediate family. The woman age 50-59 may have been Elizabeth's mother.
  • Hodge Rayburn Adams and Elizabeth D. Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Harrison County, Texas. Other members of the household included Hodge Rayburn Adams Jr., Samuel Smith Adams, Karen Adams, John Bullock Adams and Adeline Adams.
  • It is possible that Hodge Adams was enumerated in the 1860 census in Monroe, Oachita Parish, Louisiana, as farmer "H. Adams" in the the houshold of J. R. & T. Simmons. While his eldest son Thomas Edward is found on the next page, his wife Elizabeth has has not yet been found in the 1960 census.
  • Her husband Hodge Rayburn Adams became a widower at her death.
  • Elizabeth D. Smith died on 16 July 1866 in Lavaca County, Texas.
  • She was interred at Mossy Grove Cemetery, Ezzell, Lavaca County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 10 Sep 2011

Family: Hodge Rayburn Adams b. 18 March 1791, d. 2 April 1871