State: NC; County: Chatham; Dist: Newbern;
Enumerator: Ellish Sanders
Roll: M637_7; Image: 0132; Line: 19; Page: 25 (or 223)
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Head of Household: Coley [sic] Smith
....Free White Males: 1 (16 up), 2 (0-16);
Free White Females: 5 (including heads);
.....All other persons: 0
....................Slaves: 0

In 1800 Colby moved to Washington County, Georgia. He came with sturdy yeomen including the Peacocks, Brantleys, Youngs and others from North Carolina.

Colby settled in the 89th Georgia Militia District in 1800 and was granted property reaching from Harrison to Ball's Ferry by the Governor of Georgia in Honor of his service to America during the Revolutionary War. The acreage was on Colby Smith Road" renamed from Foxtail Road, "8 miles south of Tennille" in Washington County.

Records show that Colby obtained a land grant in Washington County in 1816. The grant was recorded in the Georgia Archives as follows:

Location Grant Acres Year of
Grantee of Grant Book Page Granted Grant

Smith, Colbey Wash'ton K-5 704 200 1816

State: GA; County: Washington; Dist: not stated;
Enumerator: T. Dixon, Marshal's Asst.;
Roll M33_9; Image: 0231; Line: 25; Page: 137
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Head of Household: Colesby Smith [sic]
….White Males: 2 (10-16), 1(45 & up);
White Females: 1 (16-26), 1 (45 & up);
……Agriculture: 1
………..Slaves: 0

Records show that Colby obtained two additional land grants in Washington County in 1822. The grants were recorded in the Georgia Archives as follows:

Location Grant Acres Year of
Grantee of Grant Book Page Granted Grant

Smith, Colbey Wash'ton N-5 454 77 1822

Smith, Colbey Wash'ton O-5 434 200 1822

• Married: Abt 1773
• Change Date: 7 Apr 2006

1. Lucy SMITH b: 1775 in Chatham County, North Carolina
2. Thomas SMITH b: Abt 1776 in Chatham County, North Carolina
3. John SMITH b: Abt 1777 in Chatham County, North Carolina
4. Annie Henry SMITH b: 1783 in Chatham County, North Carolina
5. Micajah SMITH b: 18 Jul 1790 in Chatham County, North Carolina
6. Rebecca SMITH b: 18 Jul 1790 in Chatham County, North Carolina
7. Mary SMITH b: Abt 1792 in Chatham County, North Carolina
8. Isaac L. SMITH b: 14 Oct 1796 in Chatham County, North Carolina
9. George SMITH b: Abt 1798 in Burke County, Georgia

1. Media: Census/Tax
   Title: 1790 Chatham County, North Carolina Census [Online]
   Publication: [primary source] Chatham County, NC: 1790. [Ancestry.com electronic database: images of original documents]
   Date: 29 Apr 2005
   Page: LN 52, Page: 86
2. Media: Census/Tax
   Title: 1820 Washington County, Georgia Census [Online]
   Publication: [primary source] Sandersville, Georgia: 1820. [Ancestry.com electronic database: images of original documents]
   Date: 10 Mar 2001
   Page: Roll M33_9; Image: 0231; Line: 25; Page: 137
3. Media: Book
   Title: Colby Smith and His Descendants
   Author: Brantley, Gene D., Smith, Robert A., and Veal, Carllene S.
   Publication: [primary and secondary source] Louisville, GA: The Colby Smith Family Publications, 1998
   Date: 19 Sep 2000
   Note:
   The three authors are all direct descendants of Colby Smith and Anna Henry Smith of early Washington County, Georgia.
   Page: p 2
4. Media: Electronic database
   Title: Hart.GED
   Publication: [secondary source]
5. Media: Electronic database
   Title: Smith/Ouzts Family Research [Online]
   Author: Ouzts, Julian Wilburn, Jr., Compiler/Editor
   Publication: [secondary source] Georgia, 2000. Downloaded Jul 3, 2000, from RootsWeb's World Connect Project at www.worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com
6. Media: Electronic database
   Title: Smith/Manuel Family Records [Online]
   Author: Manuel, Jayne, Compiler
   Publication: [secondary source] Downloaded Jul 3, 2000, from RootsWeb's World Connect Project at www.worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com.
7. Media: Research collection
   Title: Benjamin Darius Smith Descendants
   Author: Smith, DeSaussure Dugas, III "Dess", Compiler/Editor
   Publication: [primary and secondary source] Georgia, 2000 dess@jazz.cybermedia.net
   Date: 18 Sep 2000
8. Media: Book
   Title: Colby Smith and His Descendants
   Author: Brantley, Gene D., Smith, Robert A., and Veal, Carllene S.
   Publication: [primary and secondary source] Louisville, GA: The Colby Smith Family Publications, 1998
   Date: 19 Sep 2000
   Note:
   The three authors are all direct descendants of Colby Smith and Anna Henry Smith of early Washington County, Georgia.
9. Title: Descendants of Dr. Benjamin Darius Smith
   Author: Smith, DeSaussure Dugas, III "Dess", Compiler/Editor
   Publication: [primary and secondary source] Georgia, 2000 dess@jazz.cybermedia.net GEDCOM file (imported 9-18-2000) received from Dess Smith as an attachment to e-mail message dated 9-11-2000 to Diane Carrington Bradford.
   Date: 18 Sep 2000
   Note:
   DeSaussure Dugas Smith, III "Dess" is a direct descendant of Dr. Benjamin Darius Smith and through him of Colby Smith of early Washington County, Georgia.
   Page: GEDCOM from Dess Smith
10. Media: Book
    Title: Records of Washington County, Georgia
    Author: De Lamar, Marie, and Rothstein, Elisabeth, Compilers
    Publication: [primary source] Albany, GA: Delwyn Associates, 1975. (Reprinted with an added index by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1985. Reprinted for Clearfield Compnay, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 2000.)
    Date: 9 Sep 2003
    Page: Ch 1, "Headrights and Bounty Grants," p 21
11. Media: Book
    Title: Index to Headright and Bounty Grants of Georgia 1756-1909
    Author: Lucas, Jr., The Rev. Silas Emmett, author
    Publication: [primary source] Vidalia, GA: Georgia Genealogical Reprints, 1970
    Date: 10 Sep 2003
    Page: p 602