NAME:
Her birth is recorded in the family Bible of her mother, Matilda Colquitt Smith.
"Sarah Presley Smith was Born April the 13th day 1853,"
Middle name "Presley" was likely an attempt to spell "Priscilly," an endearing form of her middle name Priscilla.
Note: The family Bible was passed to from Matilda to Sarah, then from Sarah to Sarah's youngest sister Nancy Smith Clfton, then to Nancy's daughter Emiline Clifton Potts, then to Emiline's son Joe.
BIRTH:
Sarah Pricilla Smith, daughter of Tyre David Smith & Matilda Colquitt Smith, was born near the 'Fountainhead' [the head or source of a stream] of the The Elk River, which rises in Grundy County, Tennessee , in Burroughs [Burrows] Cove near the community of Elkhead on the Cumberland Plateau.
When Sarah was about 5 years old the family moved about 12 miles to the south to Jumpoff, Marion, Tennessee, which is 5 miles southeast of Sewanee, TN
MARRIAGE:
At the age of 22, Sarah married John Major Robbins on August 15, 1875 at Jasper, Marion, Tennessee, as recorded in the family Bible of Thomas B. Robbins (John's father). Sarah's death is also recorded in the T.B. Robbins Bible.
Her birth is recorded in the family Bible of her mother, Matilda Colquitt Smith.
"Sarah Presley Smith was Born April the 13th day 1853,"
Middle name "Presley" was likely an attempt to spell "Priscilly," an endearing form of her middle name Priscilla.
Note: The family Bible was passed to from Matilda to Sarah, then from Sarah to Sarah's youngest sister Nancy Smith Clfton, then to Nancy's daughter Emiline Clifton Potts, then to Emiline's son Joe.
BIRTH:
Sarah Pricilla Smith, daughter of Tyre David Smith & Matilda Colquitt Smith, was born near the 'Fountainhead' [the head or source of a stream] of the The Elk River, which rises in Grundy County, Tennessee , in Burroughs [Burrows] Cove near the community of Elkhead on the Cumberland Plateau.
When Sarah was about 5 years old the family moved about 12 miles to the south to Jumpoff, Marion, Tennessee, which is 5 miles southeast of Sewanee, TN
MARRIAGE:
At the age of 22, Sarah married John Major Robbins on August 15, 1875 at Jasper, Marion, Tennessee, as recorded in the family Bible of Thomas B. Robbins (John's father). Sarah's death is also recorded in the T.B. Robbins Bible.
NAME:
Her birth is recorded in the family Bible of her mother, Matilda Colquitt Smith.
"Sarah Presley Smith was Born April the 13th day 1853,"
Middle name "Presley" was likely an attempt to spell "Priscilly," an endearing form of her middle name Priscilla.
Note: The family Bible was passed to from Matilda to Sarah, then from Sarah to Sarah's youngest sister Nancy Smith Clfton, then to Nancy's daughter Emiline Clifton Potts, then to Emiline's son Joe.
BIRTH:
Sarah Pricilla Smith, daughter of Tyre David Smith & Matilda Colquitt Smith, was born near the 'Fountainhead' [the head or source of a stream] of the The Elk River, which rises in Grundy County, Tennessee , in Burroughs [Burrows] Cove near the community of Elkhead on the Cumberland Plateau.
When Sarah was about 5 years old the family moved about 12 miles to the south to Jumpoff, Marion, Tennessee, which is 5 miles southeast of Sewanee, TN
MARRIAGE:
At the age of 22, Sarah married John Major Robbins on August 15, 1875 at Jasper, Marion, Tennessee, as recorded in the family Bible of Thomas B. Robbins (John's father). Sarah's death is also recorded in the T.B. Robbins Bible.
Her birth is recorded in the family Bible of her mother, Matilda Colquitt Smith.
"Sarah Presley Smith was Born April the 13th day 1853,"
Middle name "Presley" was likely an attempt to spell "Priscilly," an endearing form of her middle name Priscilla.
Note: The family Bible was passed to from Matilda to Sarah, then from Sarah to Sarah's youngest sister Nancy Smith Clfton, then to Nancy's daughter Emiline Clifton Potts, then to Emiline's son Joe.
BIRTH:
Sarah Pricilla Smith, daughter of Tyre David Smith & Matilda Colquitt Smith, was born near the 'Fountainhead' [the head or source of a stream] of the The Elk River, which rises in Grundy County, Tennessee , in Burroughs [Burrows] Cove near the community of Elkhead on the Cumberland Plateau.
When Sarah was about 5 years old the family moved about 12 miles to the south to Jumpoff, Marion, Tennessee, which is 5 miles southeast of Sewanee, TN
MARRIAGE:
At the age of 22, Sarah married John Major Robbins on August 15, 1875 at Jasper, Marion, Tennessee, as recorded in the family Bible of Thomas B. Robbins (John's father). Sarah's death is also recorded in the T.B. Robbins Bible.
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