. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . and at once became a military post of great ^ Eliza Smith, when the years of womanhood came, married theson of Hon. Noble Wymberly Jones, of Savannah, Georgia, Jones. Dr. Jones was himself prominent in Georgia politicallife, and served as both Judge of the Superior Court for the EasternCircuit of that State and as United States Senator. His own son,George Wymberly, a man of scholarly tastes, whose love for beautifuleditions of books led to his operating a private plant on his estate,w
. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . and at once became a military post of great ^ Eliza Smith, when the years of womanhood came, married theson of Hon. Noble Wymberly Jones, of Savannah, Georgia, Jones. Dr. Jones was himself prominent in Georgia politicallife, and served as both Judge of the Superior Court for the EasternCircuit of that State and as United States Senator. His own son,George Wymberly, a man of scholarly tastes, whose love for beautifuleditions of books led to his operating a private plant on his estate,with such results that the Wormsloe editions are well known torare book lovers, educated his family in France after the Civil War,and added to his name a French modification of his grandmothersname, Van Deren, and became known as G. W. J. De Renne. Rennes son, Wymberly Jones De Renne, Esq., who has prob-ably the best historical collection on Georgia yet made, lives at theold estate of Wormsloe, at Savannah, which has been in the familysince the first ancestor, who came over with Court House at , in whiL-h Thomas Smith i^racticed and sat as Judge. Half-tone from cut in Days Historical Collections A LEADING LAND LAWYER 167 Strategic value—and it has remained a favorite with themilitary element ever since. The old High street, or Mainstreet, with a central quartered pubHc square, dominatedthe rectangular arrangement of the town. The old courthouse, except a part of the cupola and clock, had beenbuilt on the southwest quarter of the public square, abouttwo years before Mr. Smith left London. It faced thepublic market on the southeast quarter, while on the re-maining quarters were, respectively, the PresbyterianChurch on the northwest and the Episcopal Church onthe northeast, with the latter of which, no doubt, theSmiths were identified. It is not known where eitherhis home or his office was located, although becausemasses of his old papers were found in
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