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John Smythe Richardson, son of Capt William Richardson, was born April eleventh, 1777. He was educated in Charleston, S. C., studied law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1799.
He married Miss Elisabeth L. Contusier, in 1802. He practiced law in Charleston for several years; then with his family he moved to Stateburg, in the Sumter District, S. C. He rose in his profession and filled several important offices at different times.
He died the senior presiding Judge of the State, May 8, 1850, in the seventy-fourth year of his age.
He had come in possession of Bloomhill in 1818, and at that time moved there from Stateburg, and Bloomhill continued to be his home as long as he lived and there he was buried.
His widow died in 1859, and was laid to rest by his side.
--From: p. 434-439, THE RICHARDSON FAMILY, Part V, HISTORY of BALDWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, BY MRS. ANNA MARIA GREEN COOK, ILLUSTRATED, ANDERSON. S. C., Keys-Hearn Printing Co., 1925
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John Smythe Richardson, son of Capt William Richardson, was born April eleventh, 1777. He was educated in Charleston, S. C., studied law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1799.
He married Miss Elisabeth L. Contusier, in 1802. He practiced law in Charleston for several years; then with his family he moved to Stateburg, in the Sumter District, S. C. He rose in his profession and filled several important offices at different times.
He died the senior presiding Judge of the State, May 8, 1850, in the seventy-fourth year of his age.
He had come in possession of Bloomhill in 1818, and at that time moved there from Stateburg, and Bloomhill continued to be his home as long as he lived and there he was buried.
His widow died in 1859, and was laid to rest by his side.
--From: p. 434-439, THE RICHARDSON FAMILY, Part V, HISTORY of BALDWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA, BY MRS. ANNA MARIA GREEN COOK, ILLUSTRATED, ANDERSON. S. C., Keys-Hearn Printing Co., 1925
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Thomas Couturier Richardson
1804–1808
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Col John Smythe Richardson II
1805–1871
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Elizabeth Frances Richardson
1807–1809
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Susan Richardson Logan
1809–1864
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David Evans Richardson
1813–1813
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Eleanor Lucretia Richardson
1814–1814
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William Buford Richardson
1816–1831
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Langdon Cheves Richardson
1817–1817
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Judge Francis deLesseline Richardson
1818–1870
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