Individual Details

Edith Smith, daughter of Luke Smith (1715 – 1770) and the former Judith Farris (1715 – 1811), was born 1740 in Henrico Parish, Virginia. She was one of seventeen children.
Edith's family later moved to northwest South Carolina in the Ninety-Six District, where she met and married Nehemiah Howard in 1753. Edith and Nehemiah Howard would have fourteen children.
After Nehemiah died in 1798, Edith moved to Milledgeville, Georgia with her sons, John and Mark. Here Edith lived until her death on the 27th day of January 1829 at the age of 89 years old. She was laid to rest in the family cemetery.

Birth	1740	Henrico County, Virginia
Marriage	Abt 1753	North Carolina - James Nehemiah Howard Sr.
Death	27 Jan 1829	Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia
Burial		Howard - Williamson Cemetery, Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia

Spouse	James Nehemiah Howard Sr. (1735 - 1798)
Child	Archer Archibald Howard (1756 - )
Child	Sarah Howard (1758 - 1843)
Child	John Harrison Howard (1761 - 1822)
Child	Hannah Howard (1763 - )
Child	Archibald Howard (1768 - )
Child	Benjamin Howard (1768 - 1809)
Child	Joseph H. Howard (1772 - 1849)
Child	Nehemiah Mealing Howard (1773 - 1856)
Child	Nancy Ann Howard (1773 - 1852)
Child	Mary Elizabeth Howard (1774 - 1807)
Child	James Howard Howard (1776 - 1856)
Child	Harmon Howard (1778 - 1793)
Child	Isaiah Howard (1783 - )
Child	Rev. Mark Howard (1784 - 1852)

Father	Luke Bland Smith (1709 - 1770)
Mother	Judith Farris (1715 - 1811)
Sibling	Luke Smith Jr. (1742 - )
Sibling	Annabelle Smith (1744 - )
Sibling	Margaret Smith (1745 - 1804)
Sibling	Sarah Smith (1745 - 1817)
Sibling	Obadiah Smith (1746 - 1777)
Sibling	Susannah Smith (1746 - 1817)
Sibling	Zachariah Smith (1748 - 1798)
Sibling	Martha Smith (1750 - 1840)
Sibling	Drury Smith (1754 - )
Sibling	Archer Smith (1755 - )
Sibling	Ursula Susan Smith (1759 - 1821)
Sibling	James Smith (1760 - )
Sibling	Phoebe Smith (1760 - 1825)