Texas Family Group Sheet for the General James Smith Family
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Husband: General James SMITH
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Birthdate: 10 Sep 1792 - , Spartanburg District, South Carolina
Death date: 25 Dec 1854 - Henderson, Rusk, Texas
Burial: - Smith Park, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas
Father: David Smith (Abt 1761-1806)
Mother: Barsheba Harrington (Abt 1773-Aft 1840)
Marriage: Abt 1816 Place: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina
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Wife: Hannah PARKER
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Birthdate: Abt 1799 - , Union District, South Carolina
Death date: 8 Aug 1864 - Waco, Mclennan, Texas
Burial: - Smith Park, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas
Father: Isaiah Parker (Abt 1770-Abt 1806)
Mother: Elizabeth Guyton (Abt 1774-Abt 1816)
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Children
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1 M Captain Henry Madison Smith
Birthdate: 17 Nov 1817 - , , South Carolina
Death date: 7 Dec 1882 - Oglesby, Coryell, Texas
Burial: After 7 Dec 1882 - Post Oak Cemetery, Oglesby, Coryell, Texas
Spouse: Sarah Susannah Hall (1821-1885)
Marr. Date: 9 Jan 1840 - , Nacogdoches, Texas
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2 F Sarah Elvina Smith
Birthdate: 18 Dec 1818 - Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Death date: 10 Sep 1902 - South Bosque, Mclennan, Texas
Burial: - Harris Creek Cemetery, Mclennan, Texas
Spouse: Joel Burditt Crain (1813-1887)
Marr. Date: 3 Oct 1837 - , Nacogdoches, Texas
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3 F (Female In 1820 Census) Smith
Birthdate: Bef 1820 - Of, Lincoln County, Tennessee
Death date: Bef 1830 - , , Tennessee
Burial:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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4 F Frances E. Smith
Birthdate: Abt 1823 - , Lincoln, Tennessee
Death date: Bef Sep 1854 - , Rusk, Texas
Burial: Bef Sep 1854 - Smith Park, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas
Spouse: Thomas G. Timmons (Abt 1815-Abt 1852)
Marr. Date: 1 Aug 1837 - , Nacogdoches, Texas
Spouse: Sampson Christie (Abt 1810- )
Marr. Date: 27 Jan 1853 - , Rusk, Texas
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5 M James Smith (undocumented-Listed in War of 1812 Veterans in Texas by Mary Smith Fae)
Birthdate: unknown - may not exist
Death date:
Burial:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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6 M Joseph P. Smith
Birthdate: Abt 1825 - , Lincoln, Tennessee
Death date: Abt 1860
Burial: Abt 1860 - Smith Park, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas
Spouse: Minerva Ann Hall (1829-1898)
Marr. Date: 23 Nov 1845 - , Rusk, Texas
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7 M Andrew Jackson Smith
Birthdate: Abt 1826 - , Lincoln, Tennessee
Death date: Bef 1880 - , Rusk, Texas
Burial:
Spouse: Mary E. Wadsworth (Abt 1834-Aft 1880)
Marr. Date: 25 Sep 1851 - , Rusk, Texas
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8 M Isaac Newton Smith
Birthdate: Abt 1828 - , Lincoln, Tennessee
Death date:
Burial:
Spouse: Mary Agnes Childress (Abt 1835- )
Marr. Date: 2 May 1849 - , Rusk, Texas
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9 M William Jasper Smith
Birthdate: 28 Mar 1830 - , Lincoln, Tennessee
Death date: 1 May 1894
Burial: - Meredian Cemetery, Section M, Bosque County, Texas
Spouse: Sarah Jane Childress (1836-1917)
Marr. Date: 16 Jul 1851 - Henderson, Rusk, Texas
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10 M Francis Marion Smith
Birthdate: Abt 1833 - , , Tennessee
Death date: aft 1855-bef 1863
Burial:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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11 F Barsheba H. Smith
Birthdate: Abt 1834 - , , Tennessee
Death date: 23 May 1904 - , Coryell, Texas
Burial:
Spouse: Joseph Morehead ( -Abt 1857)
Marr. Date: 19 Feb 1850 - , Rusk, Texas
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12 M Sam Houston Smith (undocumented-Listed in War of 1812 Veterans in Texas by Mary Smith Fae)
Birthdate: unknown - may not exist
Death date:
Burial:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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13 M Birt H. Smith
Birthdate: Abt 1837 - , Rusk, Texas
Death date: Feb 1863 - , Rusk, Texas
Burial: - Smith Park Cemetery, Henderson, Rusk, Texas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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Research Notes (Husband)
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James Smith became a Mexican citizen March 30, 1835 at Nacogdoches, Texas. His
sponsor was John M. Dor. This same John M. Dor sponsored Samuel Pablo Houston,
April 21, 1835
There was a Bert Harrington in Lincoln County, Tennessee, where the Smiths and
Harringtons lived. This Bert Harrington received several tracts of land from
James Smith on 23 May 1829. This prior to the time when James Smith went to
Texas.
James wife and children arrived in TX Jan 1, 1836. James returned to TN early
in 1836 and raised a company of volunteers to fight in the war in Texas.
Sources and notes:
(1) War of 1812 Veterans in Texas by Mary Smith Fae [some facts in the book are inaccurate]
(2) History of Smith County Texas [Smith county Texas is named for General James Smith]
(3) Handbook of Texas online article by Rev. LL Stevens
(4) Texas Land document --certified copy NO. 89 for Jas Smith receiving land,
showing he "arrived in this Republic April Eighteen hundred & thirty five"
(5) 1820 U. S. Federal Census
James and Hannah Parker Smith family in 1820 Lincoln County, Tennessee Federal Census
#38.9 James Smith
1 male under 10 years [Henry M. Smith b 17 Nov 1817]
1 male 26 to 45 years [James Smith born 10 Sep 1792]
2 females under 10 years [Sarah Elvina Smith b.18 Dec 1818]
[The second female under 10 is unknown]
Note by Sandra Smith Gwilliam about the 1820 Federal Census unknown female: If
the 1850 Census is correct on the age for Frances Smith, then James & Hannah had
a daughter listed in this 1820 Federal Census as a Female under 10 years old who
died before the next census in 1830, because she isn't listed in that census.
2 females 16 to 26 years
1. Hannah Parker
2. unknown
Note from Sandra Smith Gwilliam about the unknown older Female in the 1820 Federal Census:
She is possibly Hannah's youngest sister Sarah Parker ["Sally" who later married James
Childress. They lived in Alabama, then moved to Rusk County, Texas. Hannah's and Sarah's
parents, Isaiah & Elizabeth Guyton Parker, both died before 1820, so it is reasonable that
Sarah would live with her oldest sister, Hannah. Later, two daughters of James & Sarah
Childress married two of sons of James & Hannah Smith.)
(6) 1830 Lincoln County, Tennessee Federal Census
There may have been a daughter of James and Hannah Parker Smith die between the 1820 and
1830 census if Frances Smith's birth date is correct here. The 1823 date for Frances Smith
comes from the 1850 Census.
Ken Smith listed the James Smith family in the 1830 Lincoln County, TN, Federal Census with
these names:
# 272 James Smith family - 1830 TN:
3 males under 5 years
1. William Jasper Smith b 28 Mar 1830
2. Isaac Newton Smith b. abt 1828
3. Andrew Jackson. Smith b. abt 1826
1 male 5 to 10 years
Joseph P. Smith b abt 1825
1 male 10 to 15 years
(James Smith junior according to Ken Smith's website)
b.1815-1820 * [questions by Sandra Gwilliam-what sources?
Could this be someone else, or was James born in 1820 just after the last
census but died before October 1839-the next Smith document with children
listed?]
1830 TN census continued:
1 male 15 to 20 years
Henry M. Smith b 17 Nov 1817
1 male 30 to 40 years
James Smith, the father
1 female 5 to 10 years
Frances Smith b. abt 1823 [birthdate in the 1850 census]
1 female 10 to 15 years
Sarah Elvina Smith b.18 Dec 1818
1 female 30 to 40 years
Hannah Parker Smith, the mother
If The War of 1812 Veterans in Texas by Mary Smith Fae and Ken Smith's
interpretation of the census is correct, then James Smith (the son), was born
in Lincoln County, Tennessee sometime between 1815-1820 (but sometime after the
1820 census because only Henry Smith is on the 1820 census as son of General
James Smith. The next record listing children is in 1839, but no James Smith as
heir was listed, so the son James would have had to die before 1839).
(7) 1850 Rusk County Texas census :
CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TX COUNTY: Rusk DIVISION: Rusk PAGE NO: 501
13 35 35 Smith James 56 M W Farmer 6,300 SC
14 35 35 Smith Hannah 47 F W SC
REMARKS: maiden name Parker
15 35 35 Smith Wm Jasper 22 M W TN
16 35 35 Smith Marian 17 F W TN X
17 35 35 Smith Burt 13 M W TX X
(8) Historical Markers at his gravesite in Henderson, Rusk, Texas, also on
Shelby county courthouse grounds and dedicated by the State in 1936 Texas house
of Representatives 1844-1847. General James Smith's photo is [or was at one
time] displayed in the Rusk County, Texas courthouse in Henderson, Texas.
(9) Estate of James Smith The State of Texas Rusk County Court January Term
1855... Your petitioner Henry M Smith, a resident of County of Rusk respecifully
represents unto your Honor that his father James Smith, late of said - died at
his resident in said county a short time since, intestate, leaving a
considerable real and personal estate:
Filed January 5th 1855
[Vol. D, pages 505 - 514 in the Probate Minutes in the Rusk County Court House.]
Notes from Helen Price:
James served as a Representive from Rusk County from 2-16-46 to 12-13-1847.
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Research Notes (Wife- Hannah Parker Smith)
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(1) Listed in War of 1812 Veterans in Texas by Mary Smith Fae
(2) lived in South Carolina 1800 Union District census
(3) Union District Writs of Partition vol 12? p. 197 Magazine of Ancestral
Research 975.7 B2sc in writs of partition record of Isaiah and Elizabeth
Parker names Hannah Smith, wife of James Smith
(4) History of Smith County Texas
(5) 1820 Lincoln County, Tennesse Federal Census
(6) 1830 Lincoln County, Tennessee Federal Census
(7) 1850 Rusk County Texas census
(8) 1860 Rusk County, Texas census page 202 line 28
Hannah Smith 61 F SC
Henderson Beat Household #138 Page ___ Lines 28 - 40 Families 143 & 144.
Husband: General James SMITH
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Birthdate: 10 Sep 1792 - , Spartanburg District, South Carolina
Death date: 25 Dec 1854 - Henderson, Rusk, Texas
Burial: - Smith Park, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas
Father: David Smith (Abt 1761-1806)
Mother: Barsheba Harrington (Abt 1773-Aft 1840)
Marriage: Abt 1816 Place: Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina
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Wife: Hannah PARKER
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Birthdate: Abt 1799 - , Union District, South Carolina
Death date: 8 Aug 1864 - Waco, Mclennan, Texas
Burial: - Smith Park, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas
Father: Isaiah Parker (Abt 1770-Abt 1806)
Mother: Elizabeth Guyton (Abt 1774-Abt 1816)
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Children
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1 M Captain Henry Madison Smith
Birthdate: 17 Nov 1817 - , , South Carolina
Death date: 7 Dec 1882 - Oglesby, Coryell, Texas
Burial: After 7 Dec 1882 - Post Oak Cemetery, Oglesby, Coryell, Texas
Spouse: Sarah Susannah Hall (1821-1885)
Marr. Date: 9 Jan 1840 - , Nacogdoches, Texas
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2 F Sarah Elvina Smith
Birthdate: 18 Dec 1818 - Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Death date: 10 Sep 1902 - South Bosque, Mclennan, Texas
Burial: - Harris Creek Cemetery, Mclennan, Texas
Spouse: Joel Burditt Crain (1813-1887)
Marr. Date: 3 Oct 1837 - , Nacogdoches, Texas
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3 F (Female In 1820 Census) Smith
Birthdate: Bef 1820 - Of, Lincoln County, Tennessee
Death date: Bef 1830 - , , Tennessee
Burial:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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4 F Frances E. Smith
Birthdate: Abt 1823 - , Lincoln, Tennessee
Death date: Bef Sep 1854 - , Rusk, Texas
Burial: Bef Sep 1854 - Smith Park, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas
Spouse: Thomas G. Timmons (Abt 1815-Abt 1852)
Marr. Date: 1 Aug 1837 - , Nacogdoches, Texas
Spouse: Sampson Christie (Abt 1810- )
Marr. Date: 27 Jan 1853 - , Rusk, Texas
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5 M James Smith (undocumented-Listed in War of 1812 Veterans in Texas by Mary Smith Fae)
Birthdate: unknown - may not exist
Death date:
Burial:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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6 M Joseph P. Smith
Birthdate: Abt 1825 - , Lincoln, Tennessee
Death date: Abt 1860
Burial: Abt 1860 - Smith Park, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas
Spouse: Minerva Ann Hall (1829-1898)
Marr. Date: 23 Nov 1845 - , Rusk, Texas
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7 M Andrew Jackson Smith
Birthdate: Abt 1826 - , Lincoln, Tennessee
Death date: Bef 1880 - , Rusk, Texas
Burial:
Spouse: Mary E. Wadsworth (Abt 1834-Aft 1880)
Marr. Date: 25 Sep 1851 - , Rusk, Texas
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8 M Isaac Newton Smith
Birthdate: Abt 1828 - , Lincoln, Tennessee
Death date:
Burial:
Spouse: Mary Agnes Childress (Abt 1835- )
Marr. Date: 2 May 1849 - , Rusk, Texas
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9 M William Jasper Smith
Birthdate: 28 Mar 1830 - , Lincoln, Tennessee
Death date: 1 May 1894
Burial: - Meredian Cemetery, Section M, Bosque County, Texas
Spouse: Sarah Jane Childress (1836-1917)
Marr. Date: 16 Jul 1851 - Henderson, Rusk, Texas
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10 M Francis Marion Smith
Birthdate: Abt 1833 - , , Tennessee
Death date: aft 1855-bef 1863
Burial:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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11 F Barsheba H. Smith
Birthdate: Abt 1834 - , , Tennessee
Death date: 23 May 1904 - , Coryell, Texas
Burial:
Spouse: Joseph Morehead ( -Abt 1857)
Marr. Date: 19 Feb 1850 - , Rusk, Texas
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12 M Sam Houston Smith (undocumented-Listed in War of 1812 Veterans in Texas by Mary Smith Fae)
Birthdate: unknown - may not exist
Death date:
Burial:
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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13 M Birt H. Smith
Birthdate: Abt 1837 - , Rusk, Texas
Death date: Feb 1863 - , Rusk, Texas
Burial: - Smith Park Cemetery, Henderson, Rusk, Texas
Spouse:
Marr. Date:
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Research Notes (Husband)
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James Smith became a Mexican citizen March 30, 1835 at Nacogdoches, Texas. His
sponsor was John M. Dor. This same John M. Dor sponsored Samuel Pablo Houston,
April 21, 1835
There was a Bert Harrington in Lincoln County, Tennessee, where the Smiths and
Harringtons lived. This Bert Harrington received several tracts of land from
James Smith on 23 May 1829. This prior to the time when James Smith went to
Texas.
James wife and children arrived in TX Jan 1, 1836. James returned to TN early
in 1836 and raised a company of volunteers to fight in the war in Texas.
Sources and notes:
(1) War of 1812 Veterans in Texas by Mary Smith Fae [some facts in the book are inaccurate]
(2) History of Smith County Texas [Smith county Texas is named for General James Smith]
(3) Handbook of Texas online article by Rev. LL Stevens
(4) Texas Land document --certified copy NO. 89 for Jas Smith receiving land,
showing he "arrived in this Republic April Eighteen hundred & thirty five"
(5) 1820 U. S. Federal Census
James and Hannah Parker Smith family in 1820 Lincoln County, Tennessee Federal Census
#38.9 James Smith
1 male under 10 years [Henry M. Smith b 17 Nov 1817]
1 male 26 to 45 years [James Smith born 10 Sep 1792]
2 females under 10 years [Sarah Elvina Smith b.18 Dec 1818]
[The second female under 10 is unknown]
Note by Sandra Smith Gwilliam about the 1820 Federal Census unknown female: If
the 1850 Census is correct on the age for Frances Smith, then James & Hannah had
a daughter listed in this 1820 Federal Census as a Female under 10 years old who
died before the next census in 1830, because she isn't listed in that census.
2 females 16 to 26 years
1. Hannah Parker
2. unknown
Note from Sandra Smith Gwilliam about the unknown older Female in the 1820 Federal Census:
She is possibly Hannah's youngest sister Sarah Parker ["Sally" who later married James
Childress. They lived in Alabama, then moved to Rusk County, Texas. Hannah's and Sarah's
parents, Isaiah & Elizabeth Guyton Parker, both died before 1820, so it is reasonable that
Sarah would live with her oldest sister, Hannah. Later, two daughters of James & Sarah
Childress married two of sons of James & Hannah Smith.)
(6) 1830 Lincoln County, Tennessee Federal Census
There may have been a daughter of James and Hannah Parker Smith die between the 1820 and
1830 census if Frances Smith's birth date is correct here. The 1823 date for Frances Smith
comes from the 1850 Census.
Ken Smith listed the James Smith family in the 1830 Lincoln County, TN, Federal Census with
these names:
# 272 James Smith family - 1830 TN:
3 males under 5 years
1. William Jasper Smith b 28 Mar 1830
2. Isaac Newton Smith b. abt 1828
3. Andrew Jackson. Smith b. abt 1826
1 male 5 to 10 years
Joseph P. Smith b abt 1825
1 male 10 to 15 years
(James Smith junior according to Ken Smith's website)
b.1815-1820 * [questions by Sandra Gwilliam-what sources?
Could this be someone else, or was James born in 1820 just after the last
census but died before October 1839-the next Smith document with children
listed?]
1830 TN census continued:
1 male 15 to 20 years
Henry M. Smith b 17 Nov 1817
1 male 30 to 40 years
James Smith, the father
1 female 5 to 10 years
Frances Smith b. abt 1823 [birthdate in the 1850 census]
1 female 10 to 15 years
Sarah Elvina Smith b.18 Dec 1818
1 female 30 to 40 years
Hannah Parker Smith, the mother
If The War of 1812 Veterans in Texas by Mary Smith Fae and Ken Smith's
interpretation of the census is correct, then James Smith (the son), was born
in Lincoln County, Tennessee sometime between 1815-1820 (but sometime after the
1820 census because only Henry Smith is on the 1820 census as son of General
James Smith. The next record listing children is in 1839, but no James Smith as
heir was listed, so the son James would have had to die before 1839).
(7) 1850 Rusk County Texas census :
CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: TX COUNTY: Rusk DIVISION: Rusk PAGE NO: 501
13 35 35 Smith James 56 M W Farmer 6,300 SC
14 35 35 Smith Hannah 47 F W SC
REMARKS: maiden name Parker
15 35 35 Smith Wm Jasper 22 M W TN
16 35 35 Smith Marian 17 F W TN X
17 35 35 Smith Burt 13 M W TX X
(8) Historical Markers at his gravesite in Henderson, Rusk, Texas, also on
Shelby county courthouse grounds and dedicated by the State in 1936 Texas house
of Representatives 1844-1847. General James Smith's photo is [or was at one
time] displayed in the Rusk County, Texas courthouse in Henderson, Texas.
(9) Estate of James Smith The State of Texas Rusk County Court January Term
1855... Your petitioner Henry M Smith, a resident of County of Rusk respecifully
represents unto your Honor that his father James Smith, late of said - died at
his resident in said county a short time since, intestate, leaving a
considerable real and personal estate:
Filed January 5th 1855
[Vol. D, pages 505 - 514 in the Probate Minutes in the Rusk County Court House.]
Notes from Helen Price:
James served as a Representive from Rusk County from 2-16-46 to 12-13-1847.
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Research Notes (Wife- Hannah Parker Smith)
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(1) Listed in War of 1812 Veterans in Texas by Mary Smith Fae
(2) lived in South Carolina 1800 Union District census
(3) Union District Writs of Partition vol 12? p. 197 Magazine of Ancestral
Research 975.7 B2sc in writs of partition record of Isaiah and Elizabeth
Parker names Hannah Smith, wife of James Smith
(4) History of Smith County Texas
(5) 1820 Lincoln County, Tennesse Federal Census
(6) 1830 Lincoln County, Tennessee Federal Census
(7) 1850 Rusk County Texas census
(8) 1860 Rusk County, Texas census page 202 line 28
Hannah Smith 61 F SC
Henderson Beat Household #138 Page ___ Lines 28 - 40 Families 143 & 144.
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