Individual Details
Luke Bland Smith
(1709 - 1770)
Citation:
The Separate Baptist Movement
The Story Of The Early Beginnings Of The Fairforest Baptist Church In Union District
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA
By ROBERT A. IVEY
DEEP RIVER MEMBERS WHO CAME LATER TO FAIRFOREST BAPTIST CHURCH
LUKE B. SMITH’S FAMILY
(An unknown researcher added this note: "Luke’s father was not Obediah as this article states, that was a different Luke out of Virginia that died in 1758.")
“He was the son of Obediah and Mary Cocke Smith, and was born in Charles City County, Virginia, in 1709.
Luke B. Smith was an early teacher in Virginia. Tradition states that he was a teacher in Prince Edward County, Virginia, which later became Hampden-Sidney College. He married Judith Farris, daughter of Henry and Alicia McGuiver Farris, in 1732, in Virginia. She was born in Richmond County, Virginia, in 1715.
They were residing in Lunenburg County, Virginia, as early as 1745, where he was listed as a vestryman of Cumberland Parish from 1745-1755.
Luke B. Smith moved his family to Orange County, North Carolina, by 1747, for in that year he gave his son, Luke Smith, Jr. and his wife, Martha, for ‘love and Affection, 250 acres of land lying on the south side of the Dan River. In 1761, he deeded land to Nehemiah Howard, who had married his daughter, Edith Smith.
On April 5, 1770, he had a plantation ‘measured and laid out in Craven County (Union District), S. C., situated on the north side of Tyger River, bounded south by said River, and on the north by Philip Mulkey’s land and west by vacant lands. This grant was certified on May 15, 1770, by James Wofford, District Surveyor.
Luke and Judith had the following children: Luke Smith, Jr., Edith Smith, Sarah Smith, Martha Smith, Archer Smith, Phoebe Smith and James Smith.
Edith Smith married Nehemiah Howard, brother of Obediah Howard.
Sarah Smith married Thomas Greer. Their grandsons were the Reverends Thomas S. Greer and Joshua Greer .
Their daughter, Phebe Smith, first married Hosea Holcombe. After the death of her husband, Hosea Holcombe, Phoebe Smith Holcombe married William Wilbanks.
Their grandson, Hosea Lot Holcombe, joined the Padgett’s Creek Baptist Church by experience on September 20, 1800.
He was licensed to preach by the Padgett’s Creek Baptist Church on May 16, 1803, and ordained to the gospel ministry by the above church on August 16, 1805.
Hosea Lot Holcombe was a Baptist preacher, well–known evangelist and church planter in Alabama. He was author of A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptist in Alabama.
The Reverend Hosea Holcombe married his first cousin, Cassandra Jackson, and three of their eleven children became Baptist preachers. Cassandra’s mother, Martha Smith, was a sister of Hosea Holcombe’s mother, Phebe Smith Holcombe.
Luke B. Smith’s son, Archer was paid for patriotic service during the Revolutionary War years. On August 15, 1785, he was paid ‘for a horse, bridle and saddle, provisions and forage for the State Troops and Militia in 1781-1782. Luke B. Smith died in Craven County (Union District), S. C., in 1783. His wife, Judith, died in Union District (Cross Keys), S. C., in March of 1811."
The Separate Baptist Movement
The Story Of The Early Beginnings Of The Fairforest Baptist Church In Union District
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA
By ROBERT A. IVEY
DEEP RIVER MEMBERS WHO CAME LATER TO FAIRFOREST BAPTIST CHURCH
LUKE B. SMITH’S FAMILY
(An unknown researcher added this note: "Luke’s father was not Obediah as this article states, that was a different Luke out of Virginia that died in 1758.")
“He was the son of Obediah and Mary Cocke Smith, and was born in Charles City County, Virginia, in 1709.
Luke B. Smith was an early teacher in Virginia. Tradition states that he was a teacher in Prince Edward County, Virginia, which later became Hampden-Sidney College. He married Judith Farris, daughter of Henry and Alicia McGuiver Farris, in 1732, in Virginia. She was born in Richmond County, Virginia, in 1715.
They were residing in Lunenburg County, Virginia, as early as 1745, where he was listed as a vestryman of Cumberland Parish from 1745-1755.
Luke B. Smith moved his family to Orange County, North Carolina, by 1747, for in that year he gave his son, Luke Smith, Jr. and his wife, Martha, for ‘love and Affection, 250 acres of land lying on the south side of the Dan River. In 1761, he deeded land to Nehemiah Howard, who had married his daughter, Edith Smith.
On April 5, 1770, he had a plantation ‘measured and laid out in Craven County (Union District), S. C., situated on the north side of Tyger River, bounded south by said River, and on the north by Philip Mulkey’s land and west by vacant lands. This grant was certified on May 15, 1770, by James Wofford, District Surveyor.
Luke and Judith had the following children: Luke Smith, Jr., Edith Smith, Sarah Smith, Martha Smith, Archer Smith, Phoebe Smith and James Smith.
Edith Smith married Nehemiah Howard, brother of Obediah Howard.
Sarah Smith married Thomas Greer. Their grandsons were the Reverends Thomas S. Greer and Joshua Greer .
Their daughter, Phebe Smith, first married Hosea Holcombe. After the death of her husband, Hosea Holcombe, Phoebe Smith Holcombe married William Wilbanks.
Their grandson, Hosea Lot Holcombe, joined the Padgett’s Creek Baptist Church by experience on September 20, 1800.
He was licensed to preach by the Padgett’s Creek Baptist Church on May 16, 1803, and ordained to the gospel ministry by the above church on August 16, 1805.
Hosea Lot Holcombe was a Baptist preacher, well–known evangelist and church planter in Alabama. He was author of A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptist in Alabama.
The Reverend Hosea Holcombe married his first cousin, Cassandra Jackson, and three of their eleven children became Baptist preachers. Cassandra’s mother, Martha Smith, was a sister of Hosea Holcombe’s mother, Phebe Smith Holcombe.
Luke B. Smith’s son, Archer was paid for patriotic service during the Revolutionary War years. On August 15, 1785, he was paid ‘for a horse, bridle and saddle, provisions and forage for the State Troops and Militia in 1781-1782. Luke B. Smith died in Craven County (Union District), S. C., in 1783. His wife, Judith, died in Union District (Cross Keys), S. C., in March of 1811."
Events
| Birth | 1709 | Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | 1732 | Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg County, Virginia - Judith Farris |  | ||
| Death | 1770 | Union, Union County, South Carolina |
Families
| Spouse | Judith Farris (1715 - 1811) |
| Child | Edith "Ede" Smith (1740 - 1829) |
| Child | Luke Smith Jr. (1742 - ) |
| Child | Annabelle Smith (1744 - ) |
| Child | Margaret Smith (1745 - 1804) |
| Child | Sarah Smith (1745 - 1817) |
| Child | Obadiah Smith (1746 - 1777) |
| Child | Susannah Smith (1746 - 1817) |
| Child | Zachariah Smith (1748 - 1798) |
| Child | Martha Smith (1750 - 1840) |
| Child | Drury Smith (1754 - ) |
| Child | Archer Smith (1755 - ) |
| Child | Ursula Susan Smith (1759 - 1821) |
| Child | James Smith (1760 - ) |
| Child | Phoebe Smith (1760 - 1825) |
| Father | Obadiah Smith (1667 - 1744) |
| Mother | Mary Ann Cocke (1677 - 1753) |