Rash's Surname Index
Notes for John Blair SMITH
JOHN BLAIR SMITH. 411 (page 411)
At the same meeting of Presbytery, October 28th, the President of Hampden Sidney College having received an invitation to the chair of Moral Philosophy in Princeton College, asked leave to resign the Presidency of the College, and requested a dissolution of the pastoral office. Upon deliberation, Presbytery granted both requests; and immediately appointed John Blair Smith President of the College. April 25th 1780, at Tinkling Spring, a call from the congregation of Cumberland and Briery, was given in to be presented to Mr. J. B. Smith; which he now accepts of." The time of his installation is not
given in the records of Presbytery.
About this time he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Nash, daughter of Colonel John Nash of Templeton, Prince Edward, one of the most accomplished ladies of her day, whose piety became as eminent as her personal charms; and both combined rendered her the ornament of society.
She bore him four sons and one daughter.
Sketches of Virginia, historical and biographical. By the Rev. William Henry Foote
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