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George R. Smith, "Rock" ^^{[1, 2]}
Abt 1844 - 1864

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• Suffix	"Rock" ^
  Birth	Abt 1844	NY   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  Military	Between 26 Sep 1862 and 5 Nov 1865	the Civil War   [3, 4]
  	He enrolled as a Private in Company H of the 2nd New York Calvary Volunteers and later transferred to Co. D. He was captured in action at Brandy Station, VA, 11 Oct 1863. He was imprisoned at Andersonville Prison, GA.
  Died	5 Nov 1864	Andersonville, Sumter, GA   [2, 3, 5]
  	He died at the Andersonville Prison of either small pox or diarrhea A. The Leming manuscript and Smith monument erroneously recorded that he died at Libby Prison, which was at Richmond, Va.
  Person ID	I880	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2012

  
  

  Father	Jacob Baldwin Smith, "Rock" ^,   b. 17 Jun 1807, NY ,   d. 28 Apr 1876, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Mother	Eliza Davis, ^,   b. 11 Mar 1810,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Documents		Jacob Baldwin Smith homestead. Amy B. Smith de Arcas's "Fire Place Inn" .. This document is the Brookhaven/South Haven Historic Site Data Sheet Br08 for this site, including a link to a photo album. It was operated as a guest house by Amy B. Smith de Arcas, probably in the early 20th century, who called it "Fire Place Inn."
  Family ID	F276	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] 1850 Census, p. 119. [S177] Smith Monument: Cedar Grove Cemetery. [S66] Civil War Records: George R. Smith. [S59] Munsell's Suffolk Co. History: 1882, https://archive.org/details/cu31924028834848., pp 70 ff. Chapter VIII. "The Record of Suffolk County's Volunteers in the Civil War.". Author's commentary" "In the following list we aim to give the name of every man who went from the county to engage in the war, with the locality from which he went, the regiment in which he served, and his fate. We have taken great pains to make the list as nearly complete and accurate as possible, seeking information in every promising channel, and studiously endeavoring to avoid all possible mistakes. While the list may not be without error, we believe it to be a verty near approach to completeness and accuracy." [S176] Leming: Rock Smith.