tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554798755726832290.post2432980922104225261..comments2024-03-17T13:04:20.632-04:00Comments on The Stoneman Gazette: Cowpens: Following the footsteps of libertyTom Laytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335386527483388215noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1554798755726832290.post-10822125739791651502020-02-02T14:11:56.566-05:002020-02-02T14:11:56.566-05:00Actually Davis did cross on the ferry operated by ...Actually Davis did cross on the ferry operated by John Smith to Pinkneyville. His cavalry escort crossed nearby at Smith’s Ford with what remained of the Confederate treasury. This was the last record of the gold and silver (mostly silver). An account of this was written by a Union cavalry officer (don’t recall name at the moment) that was pursuing Davis. John Smith is buried nearby in the John Smith Burial Ground, the Smith family cemetery, in 1834. He died at age 87. I am named after him (first and middle names) as one of my ancestors resided nearby for awhile in route to Mississippi and married one of the Smith women.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03955545184947054403noreply@blogger.com