Charles Smith, R. S. (b. 1763, d. 1833, m. 1783)
born in Edgefield District, SC at Cheraw's Nest; died in Wayne County, GA;
buried at Gardi, GA in the Harper Cemetery where his grave was marked some years
ago by the DAR. He served in Barnett's Company "D", Hampton Regiment,
Sumter's Brigade, in the SC militia. He was first married in 1783 in
Edgefield, SC; the second marriage was in 1825 in Applying County, GA.
Wayne County Ordinary's records show that his estate was appraised at $4700.75,
consisting of 481 cattle, 850 acres of land, five slaves, and other property.
The record shows the cattle were penned at the home of the deceased near the
Altamaha River and divided into nine shares of 44 head each and drawn by lot by
his heirs. A family tradition about Charles Smith is that the only way he
could keep the Indians from stealing his horse was to build a log stable at the
back of his dwelling house and bring the horse through the house into the
stable, and out the same way. In the State Department of Archives and
History is an original claim by Charles Smith as follows:
"Georgia, Glynn County, Sometime in March, 1802, Charles Smith lost one horse
stolen from him by the Creek Indians, which horse I believe to be worth 80
dollars. Signed, Charles Smith. W.m. O'Neill, J.P." There was
a record found in Philadelphia which says the value of one horse was paid to
Charles Smith in Georgia.
m. Vicy Ann Ellis (b. 1765, d. 1824)
children: Mary
Smith Harper (b. 1790, d. 1857, m. 11-2-1811) - m. James Harper
Robert Smith (b. 1793, m. 12-20-1810) - m. Susannah Rozier
Elender Smith Strickland (b. 1795, m. 1-3-1817) - m. James Strickland
Elizabeth Smith Harper (b. 1801, m. 8-21-1820) - m. Malachi Harper
Charles Smith, Jr. (b. 1802, d. 1860, m. 12-27-1824) - m. Eliza Strickland
Vicy Smith Dykes (1803) - m. Daniel Dykes
m. Rebecca Lane
children: Bryant Smith (b. 1826) - m. Christina Howard
Margaret Smith (b. 1827) - m. James C. Smith
Mary Smith Harper (b. 1790, d. 1857, m.
11-2-1822)
born in Edgefield District, SC, died in Wayne County, GA.
m. James Adam
Harper (b. 1784, d. 1854)
born in SC; died in Wayne County, GA.
children: Lavinia
Harper (b. 1813, d. 1858, m. 4-3-1828) - m. James Aaron Strickland
Levicy Harper (b. 1815, d. 1884) - m. William Eugene Campbell, Jr.
Malachi Harper (b. 1817, d. 1900)
m. 1) Mary Elizabeth Knight
2) Mary
A. Jane Sykes Lane (b. 1825, m. 7-13-1855)
Mary Elizabeth Harper (b. 1820, d. 1886)
m. 1) James Manning, 2) James C. Drawdy
Rebecca Harper (b. 1822, d. 1848, m. 1-8-1838) - m. James Manning
Charles Harper (b. 7-15-1830) - m. Ellen Popwell
Mary J. Harper (b. 1827) - m. 1) Martin Manning, 2) Thomas O. Lane (m 7-29-1869
Elizabeth Ann Harper (b. 1831, d. 1852) - never married
James A. Harper, Jr. (b. 1833) - m. Elizabeth Harper
Nancy E. Harper (b. 1834, d. 1877) - m. Elijah Tucker Knight
William Harper (b. 1838, m. 12-15-1854) - m. Harriet Kelley
Joshua Harper (b. 12-24-1835, d. 4-28-1899) - m. Eliza Knight
Mary Elizabeth Harper (b. 1-5-1820, d. 2-9-1886, m. 10-3-1833)
m. James C. Drawdy (b. 12-2-1812, d. 12-1-1872)
children: Mary
Ann Drawdy Head (b. 1836) - m. Richard Head
Besile Matilda Drawdy (b. 1837)
William Thomas Drawdy (b. 1838, m. 4-26-1866) - m. Rebecca Jane Liles (b. 1845)
Harriet Elizabeth Drawdy Manning Liles (b. 1842, d. 1909)
m. 1) Joseph Hamilton Manning (b. 8-3-1838, d. 8-22-1861, m. 1-14-1858)
2) James H. Liles
(m. 7-26-1866)
James M. Drawdy (b. 1844)
Daniel Webster Drawdy (b. 1846, d. 1925)
m. 1) Mary Lucinda Crosby 2) Janie Crosby Manning
George Washington Drawdy (b. 5-8-1848, d. 2-17-1926, m. 2-10-1870) - m. Mary E. Strickland
Martha Ann Drawdy Crosby (b. 1849, m. 9-6-1866) - m. Joseph Crosby
Albert H. Drawdy (b. 9-15-1851, d. 11-1869)
Samuel O. Drawdy (b. 1854, d. 1869)
Serena Drawdy (b. 1857)
Levicy Ann Drawdy (b. 1860)
Daniel Webster Drawdy (b. 3-22-1845, d. 2-6-1925, m. 8-20-1866)
born in Wayne County, buried in Crosby Cemetery at Buffalo, Brantley
County, GA; his epitaph reads: "Resting till the resurrection morn"; listed
as a taxpayer in Jesup, GA in 1909; he began his military career on September
22, 1862 at Waynesville, GA; he served in Company A, 24th Battalion, Georgia
Calvary and on February 13, 1864 was transferred to Company G, then to Company
D, 7th Regiment, Georgia Calvary; he received the Southern Cross of Honor;
Private Drawdy surrendered with General Lee at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.
m. Mary Lucinda Crosby (b. 8-20-1842, d. 6-27-1906)
born in Wayne County, buried in Crosby Cemetery at Buffalo, Brantley
County, GA; her epitaph reads: “Heaven now returns our treasure, Earth
the lonely casket keeps, And the sunbeams long to linger, When our sainted
Mother sleeps.”
children:
Mary Esther Drawdy (b. 5-1-1867, d. 10-1-1941) - m. Joseph Raiford Sikes
Aaron Joshua Drawdy (b. 10-15-1868, d. 10-5-1942)
m. 1) Mary E. Roberson (m. 12-15-1889) 2) Mary Caroline Manning
(m. 12-13-1893)
Louisa Drawdy (b. 1872)
Virginia (Zinnie) Elizabeth Drawdy Lane (b. 8-13-1875, d. 1-24-1946)
m. John Hardy Lane (b. 1866, d. 8-23-1944, m. 1-3-1893)
Joseph Daniel Drawdy (b. 5-21-1878, d. 11-23-1939)
m. Martha Mattie Manning (b. 5-19-1878, d. 12-22-1957)
John Mitchell Drawdy (b. 3-21-1880, d. 1-27-1949)
m. Rachel Manning (b. 2-13-1890, d. 7-5-1969)
Addie Janie Drawdy Manning (b. 12-26-1882, d. 12-1-1958)
m. George Homer Manning (1880-1919)
Sallie Maebelle Drawdy (b. 11-26-1885, d. 2-15-1954)
m. 1) Andrew Jackson Knight, 2) Ernest Purvis
m. Janie E. Crosby Manning (b. 1853, d. 1933, m. 1908)
In the 1910 Census of Wayne County, GA, 3 stepchildren were living
with he and his wife: Lee Manning (b. 1893), Virgil Manning (b. 1896),
and Esma Manning (b. 1898).
John Mitchell Drawdy (b. 3-21-1880, d. 1-27-1949, m. 5-24-1908)
born in Wayne County, GA; buried at Shiloh Cemetery in Pierce County,
GA; listed as a taxpayer in Jesup, GA in 1909.
m. Rachel Manning (b. 2-13-1890, d. 7-5-1969)
born in Wayne County, GA; buried at Shiloh Cemetery in Pierce County,
GA
children:
Walter Conius Drawdy (b. 1909, d. 1984) - m. Goldie Dowling
Burris Daniel Drawdy (b. 12-17-1910, d. 8-2-1985) - m. Nola Vergalene Lee
(b. 9-27-1917, d. 10-2-2007)
Emmett Lafayette Drawdy (b. 9-19-1915, d. 7-9-1990) - m. Ellen Lorena Luke
John Dillion Drawdy (b. 1913, d. 1976) - never married
Joseph Franklin Drawdy (b. 11-11-1918, d. 6-22-1991) - m. Isabell Harris (b.
4-19-1924, d. 5-19-1992)
Janie Lue Drawdy (b. 1921, d. 1988) - never married
Viola R. Drawdy Jacobs (b. 7-7-1926, d. 5-6-2002, m. 11-18-1944) - m. Homer Eldon Jacobs
(b. 8-17-1924, d. 10-13-1993)
Fanny Drawdy Carr - m. Grady Carr
Myrtle Mary Drawdy Peacock Ramey Turner
m. 1) Marion Peacock (b. 2-28-1922, d. 8-4-1955) 2) Ralph Ramey 3) Isaac Turner
Burris Daniel Drawdy (b. 10-17-1910, d. 8-2-1985, m. 10-30-1934)
born in Wayne County, GA; died in Pierce County, GA; buried at Shiloh Cemetery in Pierce County,
GA
m. Nola Vergalene Lee (b. 9-27-1917, d. 10-2-2007)
born in Pierce County, GA; died in Ware County, GA; buried at Shiloh
Cemetery in Pierce County, GA
children: Virginia
Alene Drawdy Robinson (b. 11-3-1935) - m. Richard Robinson
Henry Edward Drawdy (b. 12-5-1937) - m. Lois Marie Everett
Joann Drawdy Davis (b. 5-20-1940) - m. Julius C. Davis
Nola Mae Drawdy Carter (b. 4-29-1943) - m. Warren Roger Carter
James Daniel Drawdy (b. 9-28-1946) - m. Gloria Bowen
Jo Allen Drawdy (b. 6-28-1948, d. 1-9-1949)
Ellie Jane Drawdy Loudermilk (b. 9-9-1949) - m. William A. Loudermilk
Linda Drawdy Griffis Hayden (b. 11-1-1951)
m. 1) Melvin Griffis, 2) Lee Hayden
Glenda Drawdy Lee (b. 11-1-1951) - m. Larry Lee
Ronald Austin Drawdy (b. 6-4-1955, d. 6-10-2000)
m. 1) Mary Ann Griner,
2) Beverly Ennis
Joseph Franklin Drawdy (b. 2-23-1961) - m. Karen Anderson
Ellie Jane Drawdy Loudermilk (b. 9-9-1949, m. 6-22-1968)
born in Ware County, GA
m. William Alex Loudermilk (b. 2-27-1949)
born in Birmingham, AL
children: Jason Wayne Loudermilk (b. 1975,
m. 6-12-2004) - m. Margaret Courtney McCammon
Sherri Lynn Loudermilk Underwood (b. 1978, m. 6-8-2002) -
m. Chris Underwood
John David Loudermilk (b. 1985)
Bibliography:
Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, VI, p. 119
Census Records, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, Wayne County, Georgia
Tombstone Inscriptions
E. L. Darling and Son Funeral Home Records, Blackshear, Georgia
www.familysearch.org - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Wayne County Internet site
Interviews with family members
Cemeteries of Brantley County