Smith Family Letters
Four Carroll County, Virginia Soldiers in the American Civil War, 1861-1865
PREFACE CHRONOLOGY PERSONS PLACES REGIMENTS STATISTICS
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William A. Smith to Alexander Smith, 16 July 1861.
William A. Smith to Stephen M. Smith, 19 August 1861.
William A. Smith to Stephen M. Smith, 16 June 1862.
William A. Smith to Stephen M. Smith, 22 July 1862.
William A. Smith to Stephen M. Smith, 4 August 1862.
William A. Smith to Alexander Smith, 4 September 1862.
William A. Smith to Stephen M. Smith, 23 October 1862.
William A. Smith to Stephen M. Smith, 23 December 1862.
William A. Smith to Polly G. Mitchell and Sallie E. Smith, 9 February 1863.
William A. Smith to Stephen M. Smith, 9 February 1863.
William A. Smith to Stephen M. Smith, 3 March 1863.
Barton Smith to Alexander Smith, 3 March 1863.
Barton Smith to Stephen M. Smith, 20 March 1863.
William A. Smith to Stephen M. Smith, 28 April 1863.
William A. Smith to Alexander Smith, 4 May 1863.
Barton Smith to Stephen M. Smith, 7 May 1863.
Barton Smith to Stephen M. Smith, 17 May 1863.
William A. Smith to Alexander Smith, 14 August 1863.
William A. Smith to Stephen M. Smith, 22 September 1863.
James R. Smith to Stephen M. Smith and Mary G. Smith, 26 September 1863.
William A. Smith to Stephen M. Smith, 29 April 1864.
Stephen M. Smith to Mary G. Smith, 19 January 1865.
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Alexander  Smith
Born: 25 Feb. 1807
Died: 13 Aug. 1893
  
Occupation[s]:
farmer (1870), millworker (1880)
Born on February 25, 1807 to James Smith and Sarah Philpot Smith. According to the 1850-1880 U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, in 1860, the cash value of Alex’s farm was $1500. At the time, he owned one horse, three milk cows, 12 other cattle, and the value of his livestock was $220. He grew wheat, rye, Indian corn, oats, and tobacco. When the 1870 census was taken, Alexander wrote his occupation as a farmer, and in the 1880 census he listed himself as a millworker. He was married three times during his life. His wives were (in order of marriage date) Charity Mitchell, Phebe Gallimore, and Matilda Davis. His children were all from his first marriage to Charity Mitchell. He died on 13 August 1893.
Sources: 
Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
Carroll County Genealogy Club . Carroll County Heritage Book, Committee, and Club Carroll County Genealogy. Carroll County Heritage. Hillsville, Va. (P.O. Box 395, Hillsville 24343): Carroll County Genealogy Club, 1994. Print.
Nonpopulation Census Schedules for Virginia, 1850-1880 (NARA microfilm publication T1132, rolls 1-8, 11-15, 17, 20-32). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.