Elizabeth Smith was born in Georgia between June 1813 – May 1814. She is presumed to be the daughter of Isaiah Smith Sr of Houston County, Georgia (re 1827). Her birth is derived from the 1860 U.S. Census of Dooly County, Georgia where it shows her being 46 years of age. This also coincides with the 1830 U.S. Census for Isaiah Smith Sr living in Houston County where it shows three assumed daughters living with him that were born between June 1810 – May 1815.
Elizabeth Smith married Wade Crozier in ca 1832, probably in Dooly County, Georgia. The marriage records from Houston County where her father was living were well documented and if she was married in Houston County then there is the expectation that we should find them listed in those records. Research has shown no records of the Crosier or Crozier family living in Houston County which then suggest that Wade Crozier came to Dooly County some time before 1832 and Wade Crozier and Elizabeth Smith were married in Dooly County.
The proof of this marriage was likely lost to the Dooly Court House fire in May of 1847, where marriage records, land records and the likes were lost forever. (May 18 1847, ‘The Federal Union’)
The first historical or government record that can be attributed to Elizabeth Smith Crozier is likely the 1840 U.S. Census for Dooly County, Georgia. Below is a snippet of that census showing Elizabeth Smith Crozier as a mark in the Female 20 & under 30 column for Wade Crosier [sic].
Elizabeth Smith Crozier then appears in the 1850 U.S. Census for Dooly County, Georgia. Below is a snippet of that census showing certain families living near Elizabeth Smith Crozier.
- Household 782 is Irwin Walden and Martha Cross Walden. Martha Cross Walden is the daughter of Edward Cross and Elizabeth Ann Smith Cross.
- Household 783 is Edward Cross and Elizabeth Ann Smith Cross. Elizabeth Ann Smith Cross is believed to be the daughter of Job Smith Sr who I have assoicated as an elder member of the ‘Smith Clan’ as discussed in my previous article on Isaiah Smith Sr.
- Household 787 is Elizabeth Smith Crozier’s father Isaiah Smith Sr and Elizabeth Smith (likely Elizabeth’s step-mother).
- Household 793 is Absalom Christmas who is Isaiah Smith’s friend and adjoining property owner.
- Household 802 is Oliff Bradshaw and Quintine Smith Bradshaw. Quintine Smith Bradshaw is the daughter of Needham Smith Sr who died in Houston County in ca 1845. A future article on this site will uncover an historical document that proves this relationship.
- Household 804 is Margaret McNeese and her son Vincent McNeese household 809. Vincent McNeese’s son William Daniel McNeese will marry Elizabeth Smith Crozier’s daughter Adaline T Crozier on 12 February 1867.
- Household 813 is Wade Crozier and Elizabeth Smith Crozier and 9 of their 10 children.
These families lived in District 3 Dooly County, Georgia near what is today the eastern half of the town of Unadilla. Unadilla was incorporated in 1891. Below is a snippet of a map from The Hudgins Co, ca 1910 showing Dooly County, Georgia. This snippet is zoomed into District 3 and the grid laid out by the map maker coincides with the lot division as set forth in 1821 Land Lottery. Green circles indicate information derived from the Dooly County Deed Books. Yellow circles were derived from the Houston County 1831 Tax List and indicates persons who lived in Houston County (Houston County District 13 is immediately to the north of this map snippet) and were taxed on property in District 3 of Dooly County. Blue Circles indicate information derived from the 1851 Dooly County Tax List showing people living in District 3 and the property in District 3 they were being taxed on.
Elizabeth Smith Crozier became a widow, by estimation, in December of 1856 or January 1857. The cause of Wade Crozier’s death is unknown.
Interesting note: James O. Farnall who was the Administrator of Wade Croziers estate was the son of Nancy B Jelks whose brother James Oliver Jelks (J.O. Jelks & Bros), owned and sold Lot 165 in the 13th District of Houston County in 1888. That parcel of land was owned by Isaiah Smith Sr in the 1820s and 1830s.
Elizabeth Smith Crozier appears in the 1860 U.S. Census living on the same property as the 1850 U.S. Census (Lot 116, 3rd District, Dooly County, Georgia)
Almost a couple dozen of dwellings away is Richard T Smith and his wife Elizabeth J Johnson Grace Smith. Next to them is James A Fullington and Tabitha Elizabeth Smith Fullington and her mother Sarah Smith.
Sarah Smith is the widow of William Smith (d. ca 1856) who was the son of Needham Smith Sr of Houston County, Georgia. Richard T Smith is the oldest son of William Smith.
In the 13th District of Houston County, Georgia during the 1830’s and 1840’s Needham Smith Sr, Richard Johnson (Needham Smith Sr’s son-in-law) and Samuel Grace were relative neighbors. On 29 March 1849 Thomas T Grace married Elizabeth J Johnson in Houston County, Georgia. They had two boys John Hampton Grace and William W Grace. Thomas T Grace died ca 1854. Elizabeth J Johnson Grace remarried to Richard T Smith on 7 February 1856 and on 1 December 1856 Richard T Smith was appointed guardian of the two Grace boys (Guardian Bonds 1852-1947, and Temporary Administrator Bonds 1852-1924; Houston County, Georgia; pg 32).
Tabitha Elizabeth Smith Fullington is the daughter of William Smith. Living with her is her mother Sarah Smith and Tabitha’s siblings Needham Smith, Amanda Smith, Mathew Smith, George Smith and William Smith.
For clarity, Richard T Smith, grandson of Needham Smith Sr, married Elizabeth J Johnson, granddaughter of Needham Smith Sr.
After the 1860 U.S. Census the research trail for Elizabeth Smith Crozier grows cold. There are no documents so far that tells us anything further about her or where she may be living. Therefore it also is difficult to determine when and where she may have died.
However, a few of her children do resurface many years later. Son Alexander (Elic) P Crozier can be traced living a few years in neighboring Pulaski County and then by 1875 moves to Wilcox County, Georgia to a parcel of land in the twelfth (12) District originally Dooly County and now Wilcox County. The land was part of lot 38 containing 67-1/2 acres (near Pitts, Georgia).
Son William W Crozier appears to have died on 1 October 1862 at Ringgold, Catoosa, Georgia during the War between the States.
Daughter Adaline T Crozier married William Daniel McNeese, son of Vincent McNeese. William and Adaline moved to Alabama and settled in Houston County, Alabama.
Daughter Mary Ann Crozier resurfaces back in District 3 Dooly County recorded on the 1880 U.S. Census. Shown below, dwelling 208 records Elizabeth J Johnson Grace Smith (widow), son Richard Thomas Smith, daughter Sarah Smith and cousin Mary Ann Crozier.
In dwelling 209 is Elizabeth J Johnson Grace Smith’s son William Grace with his wife and three children and Julia Crozier, daughter of Mary Ann Crozier.
Mary Ann Crozier is identified as Elizabeth J Johnson Grace Smith’s cousin. As previously indicated Elizabeth J Johnson Grace Smith is the granddaughter of Needham Smith Sr. Mary Ann Crozier is the granddaughter of Isaiah Smith Sr. This suggest that Needham Smith Sr and Isaiah Smith Sr are kin.
To substantiate this, Needham Smith Sr (b ca 1762) and Isaiah Smith Sr (b ca 1785) would have to be a) father and son; b) brothers or half-brothers; or c) Isaiah Smith Sr is Needham Smith Sr’s nephew. These relations will have to be discussed in a future article.
Daughter Lucy Caroline Crozier surfaces in 1880 living in the household of Richard G Smith and his wife Sarah Clewis Smith in Henry County, Alabama. Lucy Caroline Crozier is listed as the niece of Richard G Smith. Richard G Smith is the son Isaiah Smith Sr. This concludes that Richard G Smith and Elizabeth Smith Crozier are siblings and Elizabeth Smith Crozier is the daughter of Isaiah Smith Sr.
In addition to the genealogy links above Elizabeth Smith Crozier has been added to my Smith Clan DNA Tree. I am able to connect to a descendant of hers through her son Alexander Crozier.
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