Parents of John Exum Smith are not known. He was bound, at age 13 in Wayne County, NC to Elisha Sasser on 17 August 1835 until he reached the age of 21. Elisha Sasser married Esther Smith, daughter of Stephen Cullen Smith and Patience Boyet. They migrated to Union County, NC.
John Exum Smith married Nancy Lilly Austin (c1826-c1857), d/o Bryant Austin & Temperance Williams of Montgomery County, NC. Nancy Lilly Austin is buried at the old Bryant Austin Burying Ground in Stanly County, near the Coble Mill, Hwy 205 and Rocky River.
37th Regt. Co. D "North Carolina Defenders: SMITH, JOHN E., Private
Born in Union County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Union County at age 37, September 16, 1861. Reported absent sick or without leave through August, 1863. Reported absent in confinement from September 25, 1863, through February 1864. Returned to duty in March-April, 1864. Captured at Fussell's Mill Virginia, August 16, 1864. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland. Paroled at Point Lookout on or about November 1, 1864, and transferred to Venus Point, Savannah River, Georgia, where he was received on November 15, 1864, for exchange. Reported absent without leave through February, 1865.
Source: North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster; by Louis H. Manarin & Weymouth T. Jordan; Vol. IX Page 520
Oral family tradition indicates he was a courrier during the War Between the States.
Children of John Exum Smith and Nancy Lilly Austin Smith were:
1. Eve Ann Smith (1845-1888)
2. John Stanley Smith (1847-1924)
3. Temperance Jane Smith (1849-1930)
4. Calvin M. Smith (1850-1904)
5. William Jasper Smith (1852-1934)
6. George Webster Smith (1855-1928)
After the death of wife Nancy Lilly Austin Smith, John Exum Smith married 2nd Leah Tucker Dry (widow of Charles Dry) on 28 Mar 1860 in Union County, NC.
John Exum Smith married Nancy Lilly Austin (c1826-c1857), d/o Bryant Austin & Temperance Williams of Montgomery County, NC. Nancy Lilly Austin is buried at the old Bryant Austin Burying Ground in Stanly County, near the Coble Mill, Hwy 205 and Rocky River.
37th Regt. Co. D "North Carolina Defenders: SMITH, JOHN E., Private
Born in Union County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Union County at age 37, September 16, 1861. Reported absent sick or without leave through August, 1863. Reported absent in confinement from September 25, 1863, through February 1864. Returned to duty in March-April, 1864. Captured at Fussell's Mill Virginia, August 16, 1864. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland. Paroled at Point Lookout on or about November 1, 1864, and transferred to Venus Point, Savannah River, Georgia, where he was received on November 15, 1864, for exchange. Reported absent without leave through February, 1865.
Source: North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster; by Louis H. Manarin & Weymouth T. Jordan; Vol. IX Page 520
Oral family tradition indicates he was a courrier during the War Between the States.
Children of John Exum Smith and Nancy Lilly Austin Smith were:
1. Eve Ann Smith (1845-1888)
2. John Stanley Smith (1847-1924)
3. Temperance Jane Smith (1849-1930)
4. Calvin M. Smith (1850-1904)
5. William Jasper Smith (1852-1934)
6. George Webster Smith (1855-1928)
After the death of wife Nancy Lilly Austin Smith, John Exum Smith married 2nd Leah Tucker Dry (widow of Charles Dry) on 28 Mar 1860 in Union County, NC.
Parents of John Exum Smith are not known. He was bound, at age 13 in Wayne County, NC to Elisha Sasser on 17 August 1835 until he reached the age of 21. Elisha Sasser married Esther Smith, daughter of Stephen Cullen Smith and Patience Boyet. They migrated to Union County, NC.
John Exum Smith married Nancy Lilly Austin (c1826-c1857), d/o Bryant Austin & Temperance Williams of Montgomery County, NC. Nancy Lilly Austin is buried at the old Bryant Austin Burying Ground in Stanly County, near the Coble Mill, Hwy 205 and Rocky River.
37th Regt. Co. D "North Carolina Defenders: SMITH, JOHN E., Private
Born in Union County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Union County at age 37, September 16, 1861. Reported absent sick or without leave through August, 1863. Reported absent in confinement from September 25, 1863, through February 1864. Returned to duty in March-April, 1864. Captured at Fussell's Mill Virginia, August 16, 1864. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland. Paroled at Point Lookout on or about November 1, 1864, and transferred to Venus Point, Savannah River, Georgia, where he was received on November 15, 1864, for exchange. Reported absent without leave through February, 1865.
Source: North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster; by Louis H. Manarin & Weymouth T. Jordan; Vol. IX Page 520
Oral family tradition indicates he was a courrier during the War Between the States.
Children of John Exum Smith and Nancy Lilly Austin Smith were:
1. Eve Ann Smith (1845-1888)
2. John Stanley Smith (1847-1924)
3. Temperance Jane Smith (1849-1930)
4. Calvin M. Smith (1850-1904)
5. William Jasper Smith (1852-1934)
6. George Webster Smith (1855-1928)
After the death of wife Nancy Lilly Austin Smith, John Exum Smith married 2nd Leah Tucker Dry (widow of Charles Dry) on 28 Mar 1860 in Union County, NC.
John Exum Smith married Nancy Lilly Austin (c1826-c1857), d/o Bryant Austin & Temperance Williams of Montgomery County, NC. Nancy Lilly Austin is buried at the old Bryant Austin Burying Ground in Stanly County, near the Coble Mill, Hwy 205 and Rocky River.
37th Regt. Co. D "North Carolina Defenders: SMITH, JOHN E., Private
Born in Union County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Union County at age 37, September 16, 1861. Reported absent sick or without leave through August, 1863. Reported absent in confinement from September 25, 1863, through February 1864. Returned to duty in March-April, 1864. Captured at Fussell's Mill Virginia, August 16, 1864. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland. Paroled at Point Lookout on or about November 1, 1864, and transferred to Venus Point, Savannah River, Georgia, where he was received on November 15, 1864, for exchange. Reported absent without leave through February, 1865.
Source: North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster; by Louis H. Manarin & Weymouth T. Jordan; Vol. IX Page 520
Oral family tradition indicates he was a courrier during the War Between the States.
Children of John Exum Smith and Nancy Lilly Austin Smith were:
1. Eve Ann Smith (1845-1888)
2. John Stanley Smith (1847-1924)
3. Temperance Jane Smith (1849-1930)
4. Calvin M. Smith (1850-1904)
5. William Jasper Smith (1852-1934)
6. George Webster Smith (1855-1928)
After the death of wife Nancy Lilly Austin Smith, John Exum Smith married 2nd Leah Tucker Dry (widow of Charles Dry) on 28 Mar 1860 in Union County, NC.
Gravesite Details
The marker inscription is in error. He was not in Company "F", 35th Regiment, NC Troops. That was another John E. Smith, son of David N. Smith.
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