You know that if he owned land and died after the 1880 census there might be
something in the registry of deeds in Jackson Co. If the land was in
Jackson Co. there would be a record of the transfer in Jackson Co. no matter
where he was living at his death.
I found a lot about my family in Lawrence Co. through Deeds in the court
house. Also there are records in the Jackson Co. court house for
settlements of estates. I know-- I found about 5 entries on my Moses Turpen
after he died. Got a list of all his children and the last names of the
married girls. You have to be lucky, sometimes, to find these records, BUT
that's the fun of it, isn't it???
Roberta Turpin Willett
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jody McKenney Thomson" <JodyThomson(a)compuserve.com>
To: <INJACKSO-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:08 AM
Subject: Sarah and Samuel Smith
(1) Have you checked "The HIstory of Jackson County" to see
if he was
mentioned in that book. Since he was living during the time that those
books were being written and published by the various counties, that is a
possibility. (2) Another place to check is to see if the county genealogy
society has a listing of obits. They were living (and dying) during a time
when they would surely have been mentioned in the local paper. And (3)
check cemetery listings for the county. The local genealogy society would
likely have that information. You might, of course, have to pay a nominal
fee for the society to do this search for you.
It also happened that often elderly parents lived their last years with a
married adult daughter or son. So you might check out the places where all
of their "children" lived to see if Samuel and/or Sarah smith lived and
died somewhere other than in Jackson County.
Message text written by INTERNET:INJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com
>>>>I am looking for a death date of Samuel D. Smith, b. South Carolina
abt.
1820, give or take 2 years. His wife was Sarah. He was found in the 1880
census,
in Crothersville at 58 years old, Sarah was 56. They were not found in
the
1900 census (yet). I would like to send for his death certificate but I
have
a 20 year span here and I have no date. I don't think vital records would
be
too happy if I sent off for his death certificate with no more to go
on.<<<<