Parents of Alexander Dock Smith

This post is to share with you some information that I have uncovered in relation to the parents of my grandfather Alexander "Dock" SMITH and his brother Timothy Caleb SMITH. The SMITH brothers were born in Smith County, Tennessee. Alexander was born about 1824 to be exact.
On the 1830 Census there is a Charles SMITH living in Smith County, TN and living in the house next door to him was one Hubbard WRIGHT. I believe Charles may have been the father of Alexander and his brother Timothy Caleb SMITH. We know that Alexander married Sarah Catherine WRIGHT daughter of Hubbard WRIGHT and Massa FORD.
A lot of ancestry users have linked Rev. Joseph SMITH and his wife Elizabeth THWEATE as being the parents of our Alexander, however I do not believe they are. 

1. Rev. Joseph SMITH was born 10 Oct 1791 in South Carolina. Alexander has stated on census records that his father was born in Tennessee. Charles SMITH is estimated to have been born between 1801 and 1810, the 1830 Census states one male between the ages of 20-29. Alexander was born in 1824 so he would be old enough to have been his father if we say he was born about 1805, then that would make him be about 19 when Alexander was born.
2.Rev. Joseph SMITH resided in Franklin County, Tennessee until he came to Wayne County, Missouri. Alexander is said to have come to Southeast Missouri from SMITH (MACON) County in Tennessee, which is precisely where we found Charles SMITH and Hubbard WRIGHT living as neighbors on the 1830 Census.
3. He is listed as a neighbor to Alexander SMITH, so he may have been some kin to the family.
4. I believe the Charles SMITH I listed above to be his father. Alexander named his first son Charles Frank SMITH, quite possibly after his grandfather.
5. In the listing for the children of Rev. Joseph SMITH there is no son named Timothy Caleb SMITH and we know that Alexander had a brother named Timothy Caleb SMITH as his daughter was residing in the household with Alexander and Catherine on the 1880 Census and shes listed as having been his niece.
6. Rev. Joseph SMITH did have a son named Alexander SMITH but his name was actually Robert Alexander SMITH and he was born about 1813 in Franklin County, TN He married twice, first to Lucinda BRAZIER and then to Mahalia SARGENT. He was residing in Tennessee on the 1850 & 1860 Census and our Alexander was residing in Wayne County, Missouri that year.
 Back to the 1830 Census for Charles SMITH. There are 21 persons residing in the household that year, of those 21, 19  are slaves.
There is one White Male under 5, which I believe to be Alexander Doc SMITH, my 2nd Great Grandfather.



Based on the above information, I strongly believe one Charles E. SMITH to have been the father of Alexander and Timothy Caleb SMITH. I am going to be doing a lot more research into this SMITH line and will post anything new that I happen to run across.