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• Name: Reuben Bartholomew Smith

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Notes from D. Haley Gomez
Ruben Smith enlisted in the Virginia Militia at the age of 17 in the Revolutionary War, serving under Capt. Robert Beal and Col. William Heth (or Heath). He was wounded, captured by the British, and then escaped through the aid of his sweetheart, Betsy Rice Smith, according to the D.A.R. records. Her father, Edward Smith, was a Tory and probably [was] opposed to the relationship. They married in 1782 and must have reconciled with her family, as they are remembered in Edward Smith's will of 1815. By the end of his life, Reuben was so enfeebled by the wound in his face from the war that his son, John Wesley Smith, ran the family plantation for his father and mother. Reuben and Betsy had fourteen children.

Reuben married Smith, Elizabeth Betty on 4 Nov 1782 in Goochland Co., Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Smith, Edward and Rice, Sarah) was born on 2 Feb 1766 in Albermerle, Va; was christened on 2 Feb 1766 in Louisa, Va. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Smith, Edward was born on 29 Oct 1784 in Pittslvania, Va.
2. Smith, Judith was born on 23 Dec 1786 in Pittslvania, Va.
3. Smith, Howell was born on 30 Nov 1788 in Pittslvania, Va.
4. SMITH, Reuben Bartholomew was born on 10 Nov 1790 in Culpepper, Courthouse, Va; died on 12 Sep 1868 in Maysville, Mason, Ky; was buried in Maysville Cmty, Mason, Ky.
5. Smith, Thomas was born on 6 Apr 1793 in Pittslvania, Va; died on 13 Jan 1872 in Grandview, Edgar, Ill; was buried in Grandview, Edgar, Ill.
6. Smith, William was born on 29 Oct 1795 in Pittslvania, Va.
7. Smith, Betsy was born on 8 Feb 1799 in Pittslvania, Va.
8. Smith, Charles Rice was born on 9 Feb 1801 in Pittslvania, Va; died on 20 Feb 1884 in Pittslvania, Va.
9. Smith, Nancy M. C. was born on 10 Nov 1804 in Pittslvania, Va.
10. Smith, Sally Salley was born on 1 Jan 1805 in Pittslvania, Va.
11. Smith, John Wesley was born on 8 Jan 1807 in Bedford County, VA, USA; died on 27 Mar 1844 in Rockingham Co., NC.

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Ruben married about 1750 in Virginia. was born about 1729 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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married BROOCKE, Rebecca R. about 1720 in Virginia. Rebecca was born about 1700 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Unknown married about 1695 in Virginia. was born about 1675 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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