I updated reports for the descendants of Andreas “Anton” and Eva Barbara (Schick) DEININGER , Nicholas and Mary (Casper) BAUSMAN, Philip and Julia (Stoft) BAUSMAN, Johann J.H. and Henrietta (Koch) BOHNSACK, Levi and Mary (Smith) LIGHTCAP, Frank and Fannie (Hainey) STRELESKY, and Johann Jacob Dietrich and Catherine Maria Magdalena (Bohnhoff) WULFF. These reports are based…
Category: Smith
Marriage Record: Levi Lightcap and Mary Smith
Levi Lightcap and Mary Smith are my ggg-grandparents. They married in Seneca County, Ohio, on January 26, 1942. Levi’s parents are John and Mary Lightcap. Mary’s parents are Christian and Rebecca (Firestone) Smith. Transcription of marriage: Levi Lightcap and Mary Smith license to marry January 24 1842. [unreadable] The State of Ohio Seneca County –…
Chancery Record: Christian Smith granted land for service in War of 1812
As reward for his service in the War of 1812, my gggg-grandfather Christian Smith was granted land by the U.S. government. Christian Smith was drafted into Captain Jacob Catterlin’s 2nd Regiment Ohio militia in Fairfield County, Ohio. He served from September 1, 1813, until March 1, 1814. Military Warrant No. 3833 for 80 acres issued…
Rebecca (Firestone) Smith Headstone – Thank You RAOGK.org!
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness is a fantastic website where dedicated volunteers agree to do a free genealogy research task at least once per month in their local area purely as an act of kindness. I’ve used the website three times and am always amazed when they are able to get my information. In July…
Marriage: Christian Smith and Rebecca Firestone
When I ordered Christian Smith’s military records (he was a veteran of the War of 1812) from the National Archives, I never imagined that it would have this gem when the records arrived in the mail in May. I was so excited to discover the marriage record of Christian Smith and Rebecca Firestone, my gggg-grandparents….
U.S. Daughters of 1812
My gggg-grandfather, Christian Smith, served in the War of 1812. He was drafted into Captain Jacob Catterlin’s 2nd Regiment Ohio militia in Fairfield County, Ohio, and served from 1 Sept 1813 until 1 Mar 1814. Christian was discharged at Upper Sandusky, Ohio. A couple of months ago, I applied for membership into the U.S. Daughters…
Obituary: Rebecca (Firestone) Smith
Rebecca (Firestone) Smith was my gggg-grandmother and she was the wife of Christian Smith. Her daughter Mary was Levi Lightcap‘s wife. Rebecca’s father, Daniel, is the ancestor traced back to for my Daughters of the American Revolution application. Rebecca is buried in Firestone Cemetery in Kosciusko County, Indiana, on land formerly owned by her nephew…
Firestone Genealogy
So, I’ve been researching Mary (Smith) Lightcap’s parents, Christian and Rebecca (Firestone) Smith. Rebecca’s parents are Daniel and Anne (Lang) Firestone. There has been a lot of research done on the Firestones – thank goodness! Sometimes it seems that I’m the only person researching certain family lines. How wonderful to make a family connection where…
Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness
My ggg-grandfather was married to Mary Smith. I never focused much on her because, well, her name was Smith. Anyway, I should have focused on her side sooner since I’ve discovered so much about them the past couple of months – ever since I received her father’s War of 1812 pension records. I discovered through…
DAR
When I first started researching my family tree, I had one goal – trace my heritage with the goal of joining the Daughters of the American Revolution. Well, almost 10 years have past and I am *this* close to having the proof. Of course,getting the proof will probably take awhile. I have to get will…
Forgotten History 