Joseph C. and Julia L. Smith

Joseph Coke Smith was born 31 March 1851 in probably in either Davidson or Randolph County, North Carolina. He was the sixth of 11 children born to John Benjamin and Christina Charlotte Walk Smith.

Clipping from the 1860 census

Joseph married Julia Ann Lineberry on 27 December 1868 in Randolph County, North Carolina. Same as Joseph, Julia was a middle child herself. She was born 14 February 1849 in Randolph County, North Carolina. She was the fourth of seven children born to Jacob B. and Edith Wilhoit Lineberry.

Joseph and Julia had at least the following children:

• Jacob Friel Smith, born 13 October 1870
• Ada Luretta Smith, born 16 April 1873
• John Webbster Smith, born about 1876
• Lucy Jane Smith, born 24 March 1878
• Charley Coke Smith, born 6 Sept 1881

Joseph was a farmer his entire life. 

Julia died 27 July 1909 in Randolph County, North Carolina. Two years after Julia's death, Joseph remarried. Her name was Nannie Crawford.

Copyright Brittany Jenkins, 2014

Joseph died 28 March 1928 in Grant, Randolph County, North Carolina of angina pectoris. Joseph and Julie are buried together at Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Coleridge, Randolph County, North Carolina. Nannie is also buried at Cool Springs.

Sources:

• 1850 Randolph County, North Carolina Census U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1860 New Salem, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1860 Salem, Davidson County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1870 Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1870 Sandy Creek, New Salem, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1880 New Salem, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1900 Grant, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1910 Grant, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1920 Grant, Randolph County, North Carolina U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• Death Certificate, Joe Smith (accessed on Ancestry)
• Death Certificate, Nannie Smith (accessed on Ancestry)
• Tombstone, J C Smith (photo taken June 2014)
• Tombstone, Julia A Smith (photo taken June 2014)
• Tombstone, Nannie Crawford Smith (photo taken June 2014)