* William Rowley Smith

• William Rowley Smith V K Y Photo: [Check # Williamson for photo and other details. Also see photo in Turner’s “More Confederate Faces.”] Born: 12 January 1836.[3776] 1836.[3777] Married: “Carrie R. Fletcher, daughter of John Fletcher, of Fauquier County…” in 1857.[3778] [3779] Died: killed at Harper’s Ferry, January, 1864.[3780] Buried Alton Cemetery, Bethel. Capt. William R. Smith; killed 9 January

1864. He is listed on a cemetery marker with three other Smiths.[3781] He “was one of Mosby’s most valued officers until killed, Loudoun Heights, 1864.”[3782] [3783] “[C]aptain “Billy,” was also killed on [Champ, the war horse he inherited from his brother Norman,] in January, 1864.”[3784] Obituary: Children: He had four children.[3785] [3786] Parents and Siblings: See his brother Norman E. Smith [BH].[3787] They had “a third brother, Captain Towson Smith.”[3788] [NOTE:The E is not shown at Hayden.] Other Family: His first cousin, Susannah Smith, wed William Henry Lewis [BH]. She was also sister-in-law to Channing Meade Smith. [3789] See his uncle Isaac Eustace Smith [BH] for more on William Rowley Smith’s father’s immediate family. See his uncle Anderson Doniphan Smith [BH] for paternal genealogy. Stories, Letters & Biographies: “I ordered Lieutenant Smith… to drive the enemy back.”[3790] “When Paxson fell in the combat, Captain “Billy” Smith spurred to his assistance.”[3791] See Stories Chapter. “Captain Smith hailed from Fauquier. He was a Lieutenant in the Black Horse Cavalry…”[3792] See Stories Chapter. “When my captain, “Billy” Smith, was killed in January, 1864, I was anxious to possess his favorite horse …”[3793] See Stories Chapter. CSR: Enlisted 25 April 1861; 3rd Lt.; elected 2nd Lt. 26 April 1862; detached service july to August 1863; fall from horse dislocated shoulder; resigned 7 December 1863 [to join Mosby]. Confederate Pension Application: |William Rowley SMITH | |  |Author: Jim Burgess |[pic] |Date: 23 May 2003 6:01 | | | | |AM GMT | |  |Classification: Query |

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|William Rowley SMITH served in Company A of the Virginia | |Militia in the War of 1812. WC-6225 is the number for his | |pension application. Does any one have a copy? |

Additional Information: Y Orderly Sgt. Elected First Sergeant at the organization of the Company.. ..Lieutenant, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 1862; transferred to Colonel Mosby’s command in 1863. [3794] K 1st Sergeant at organization of Co. Transfer to’Col. Meigs. ‘63. Listed as an officer.[3795] His brother Norman was killed while serving with Mosby on 24 August 1863. Norman was riding Champ when he was killed. Champ became Billy’s horse. In December, Billy left the Black Horse Cavalry to join Mosby. Billy was killed, riding Champ, on 10 January 1864, the month after joining Mosby’s Rangers and less than five months after the death of his brother. Norman and Billy both are buried in Bethel Cemetery.[3796] Reference list one William Smith; no other information or initial given.[3797]