William A and Anna Maria Smith
By Peter Stines - [email protected]
Wm. SMITH - Came from
MARY SMITH applied for a headright through the
labor. Mary Smith is listed along with her daughter Anna in the 1834 census of
Wm. A. Smith came to
Wm. Smith may have taken part in the
my man yet, still researching. He may have also been present at the Seige of
Bexar. Kemp's biography indicates that he was.
Both Wm. Smith and Wm. A. Smith were
members of Logan's Company at
Smith took part in the battle. Both men received a share of the spoils and both
received bounty grants.
Wm. Smith was murdered in 1838. We don't know where this happened. As Mary's
husband, she got stuck with his back taxes. At one time, Wm. & Mary
had 24 cows. Mary would sell some of them to the Tx.
army in 1836.
Wm. A. Smith received bounty grants for
his service. Part of his land was in
that I know of. Wm. A. Smith was a corporal in the
Sometime between 1845 and 1849, Wm. A.
Smith, Mary and Anna moved to
gold rush. His widow, Mary never married again. No children by her second
husband.
Mary owned quite a bit
of property in Hardin, Liberty, Hill and
She never used this land that we know of.