Martha Amanda Smith
b. 26 March 1818, d. 26 April 1863
- Father: Simon Smith b. say 1790
- Martha Amanda Smith was born on 26 March 1818 in Georgia.
- Her name was recorded as Martha F. Speight in the transcription of her grave marker.
- She married Moses K. Speight, son of Moses Speight and Elizabeth Maria Cawthon, on 20 June 1833 in Henry County, Alabama, and the marriage is elsewhere recorded on the same date in 1832.
- Moses K. Speight and Martha Amanda Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Sarah Elizabeth Speight, Susan E. Speight and Moses K. Speight Jr.
- Moses K. Speight and Martha Amanda Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, and also a farm laborer and a ditcher.. Other members of the household included Susan E. Speight, Moses K. Speight Jr. and Joseph W. Speight.
- Her husband Moses K. Speight became a widower at her death.
- Martha Amanda Smith died on 26 April 1863 at age 45.
- She was interred at Victoria Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
- Last Edited: 18 Sep 2009
Family: Moses K. Speight b. 27 June 1812, d. 30 September 1876
- Sarah Elizabeth Speight+ b. 2 August 1834, d. 17 April 1907
- Susan E. Speight b. circa 1843
- Moses K. Speight Jr.+ b. 7 June 1845, d. 11 September 1891
- Joseph W. Speight b. 11 August 1852, d. 17 March 1906