Robert H. Smith

Abt 1802 - 1867  (~ 65 years)

• Name	Robert H. Smith  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Abt 1802	North Carolina   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Sep 1867  [3]
  Notes	Robert H. Smith entered Coahuila-Texas sponsored by Sam Houston. He bought the Sion Smith Headright and paid for it four thousand red gold dollars. He is listed on the first census of Texas with parents, John and Mary Smith. Their home was on the Pineland Road west of Hemphill, and they are buried in the Smith Cemetery, now known as the Old Whitehead Cemetery. When Robert sold this land he reserved a fifty foot square of land for the preservation of the cemetery. This family was from North Carolina and was related to the Pace family, early pioneers of Sabine County. Robert H. Smith married Mary Johnson, and their home was where the Roy Payne home is now. He raised fine horses, farmed, was a real estate dealer, and a member of the Littleton Fowler Masonic Lodge, which buried him with full honors when he died Sept. 20, 1867 (White and Toole, p 56).
  Person ID	I12905	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	John Smith,   b. Abt 1763, Virginia d. Between 1842 and 1846 (Age ~ 79 years)
  Mother	Mary ???,   b. Abt 1773, Virginia d. Bef 1851 (Age ~ 77 years)
  Family ID	F5265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Johnson,   b. Bef 1819   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Jane E. Smith,   b. Abt 1837   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Margaret J. Smith,   b. Abt 1839   d. Abt 1877 (Age ~ 38 years)   3. William W. Smith,   b. Abt 1842   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary Ann Smith,   b. Abt 1844   d. Yes, date unknown   5. John P. Smith,   b. Abt 1846   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Florence C. Smith,   b. Abt 1848   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1802 - North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S352] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1860 Census of Sabine County Texas with Civil War Records". [S349] Schluter & Toole, "1850 Sabine County, Texas Census with Added Family Information and Corrections" c. 1979. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 56 (Reliability: 3). [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 36 (Reliability: 3).