John Smith T. ---- the dueler

(From Debra)

Francis Smith, the Younger or Junior [1749-1812] ---our 4th Great Grandfather----married Lucy Wilkinson.

Their third child was our ancestor----Ebenezer Smith [1779-1837].

However, the second child of their marriage was the interesting one:  John Smith T.
John Smith T.----that is the way he wrote his name, as a way of distinction, as he called it----had quite a reputation.

John Smith T. was a noted duelist and is said to have killed 12 or 13 men in his various personal encounters.

In John F. Dabney's Personal Recollections, there is supposedly a sketch of him, along with the story of his dueling mastery.

He had extensive land grants, according to United States Land Grant Records, in Missouri, where he lived and died.

By the way, he evidently won every duel, because he died in his bed as an old man on his estate just below St. Louis, Missouri.

So, that means our 4th Great Uncle was a duelist.