Box 1
Container
Contains 13 Results:
Volunteer Enlistment form of John S Brown, April 22, 1879
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
From 1867 to 1879 Smith was promoted multiple times while a member of the Company B of the Burnside National Guard and the Battalions of the Rhode Island Militia. While in the Burnside National Guard, he achieved the rank of First Lieutenant, while also being elected to the office of Commissary. Then while a member of the 6th battalion, Smith achieved the rank of Major. Finally, while in the 4th battalion he was eventually elected to Adjutant.On June 24, 1885, a letter was...
Dates:
April 22, 1879
Smith family papers deeds and cemetery map, 1907-1918
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
From 1867 to 1879 Smith was promoted multiple times while a member of the Company B of the Burnside National Guard and the Battalions of the Rhode Island Militia. While in the Burnside National Guard, he achieved the rank of First Lieutenant, while also being elected to the office of Commissary. Then while a member of the 6th battalion, Smith achieved the rank of Major. Finally, while in the 4th battalion he was eventually elected to Adjutant.On June 24, 1885, a letter was...
Dates:
1907-1918
George T. Smith papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS 025.001
Abstract
The George T. Smith papers contain documents from his service in the Rhode Island Militia, dated between 1867 and 1887. They include promotions in rank and appointments to the positions of commissary and adjutant. The collection also contains a plot deed in Pocasset Cemetary in Cranston for Smith's wife, Lucy Ann Smith, and a deed to a property in Providence owned by his daughter, Gertrude E. Smith.
Dates:
1867 - 1918
Found in:
Rhode Island Black Heritage Society