Smith, Robert A

Smith, Robert A., a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Robertson County, Tenn., in 1809; converted in 1828, licensed as a local preacher in 1832, received on trial in the Tennessee Conference in the same year, transferred and stationed on Oakmulgee Circuit in 1833, at Jones's Valley in 1834-35, and admitted into full connection at Montgomery, in 1836, where he died, Oct. 25, 1836. He was a man of deep and ardent piety, a good preacher, and a most agreeable companion. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 2, 487.