S. M. Smith diaries, 1840-1851, 1862

Author/Creator:

Smith, S. M. 1813-1862. (Sidney Myers)

Publication/Creation:

1840-1851

Format:

Archival Material or Manuscripts

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

S. M. Smith diaries, 1840-1851, 1862

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Smith, Peyton P.

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Diaries

Subjects:

Methodist Episcopal Church.Georgia Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.Georgia Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church, South--Clergy
Circuit riders--Georgia
Clergy--Georgia
Methodist Church--Clergy
Methodist Church--Georgia--Clergy
Methodists--Georgia

Description/Summary

Finding Aid:

Finding aid available electronically

Summary:

Two bound volumes of manuscript diaries by Sidney Myers Smith, covering the years from 1840-1851. Most of the entries are brief, indicating where Smith preached as an itinerant minister within the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (which became part of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South following the 1844 split within U.S. Methodism). At the end of each year Smith listed the names of all the people he received into the church that year, as well as all the people he baptized. The first diary volume bears a stamp indicating that it was microfilmed by the Georgia Department of Archives and History on May 13, 1964. Also included with the diaries is a memorial sketch of Smith's life, written by his brother Peyton P. Smith.

Language:

English

Language Note:

Materials in English.

Physical Type/Description:

.17 cubic feet ( 1 half-size archivex box).

Restrictions on Access:

Access is unrestricted.

Use and Reproduction:

Reproduction requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.

Preferred Citation:

S. M. Smith diaries, MSS 341, Archives and Manuscripts Department, Pitts Theology Library, Emory University.

Biographical/Historical Note:

Sidney Myers Smith was born in Franklin County, Georgia, on April 22, 1813. He was the son of John M. Smith, a Methodist minister who founded Mount Gilead Methodist Episcopal Church South in Fulton County, and John's wife Nancy. Smith was licensed as a preacher on October 14, 1835. He joined the Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in December 1839. Smith served as an itinerant preacher for about 15 years, then located on December 19, 1855. Although he lacked formal education, his sermons were well-received and he was a popular preacher. Smith married Aseneth W. Boring on January 15th, 1833, and was the father of seven children. He died in Savannah on November 4, 1862.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990007061640302486

OCLC Number:

164875973

Barcode:

300000445025