She was married February 14, 1836 to Brice Miller Smart at Springfield, according to Greene County, Missouri Marriage Book A, page 38. Officiating minister for the ceremony was John White Smart, father of the groom.
John White Smart, who was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina April 10, 1783, was the fourth child of Joseph Smart and Elizabeth White Smart, according to the research of Dr. John F. Vallentine, Provo, Utah. He was married July 21, 1801 to Mary "Polly" Miller who was born April 6, 1784. John White Smart had been ordained as a First Christian minister in Morgan County, Indiana October 27, 1827. His ordination, inscribed in his bible retained by Minnie McCormick, a descendant, read:
"Morgan County, Indiana, County Seat, Martinsville--To Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that John Smart was set apart to the Gospel Ministry by fasting and laying on the hands of the Presbytery.
By Order of Conference, October 27, 1827.
Jacob
Shuleg
Certificate of Ordination
David Stewart
Thomas Wood
Danville, Hendricks County, State of Indiana, Liberty Township, Mad
Creek Church: We recommend Bro. John Smart and Sister Polly Smart
to be a faithful brother and sister in the Church of Christ, and Bro. Smart
is also a faithful minister of the Gospel. This is to Certify that Bro.
and Sister Smart was in full fellowship when dismist from our Church.
We recommend them to the Christian Church wherever their lots may be cast.
October 9th, 1834.
Gideon T. Bryan
Lorenza D. Cleghorn"
They were enumerated as the heads of Household 247-247 in the 1850 census of Wright County, Missouri:
"Smart, John 66, born in NC, farmer
Mary 55, born in SC
Polly S. 27, born in KY
John B. 7, born in MO
Brice 5, born in MO
Ibby 3, born in MO
Mary I. 2/12, born in MO"
In an adjoining household, 248-248, was the family of Pleasant C. Cox. The household of Jonathan Henderson Smart, No. 239-239, appeared nearby as:
"Smart, John H. 29, born in Ia. [Indiana?]
Sarah 24, born in KY
Vinson 10, born in MO
Brice 8, born in MO
Mary 6, born in MO
Elizabeth 1, born in MO"
John White Smart removed to Texas in 1851 along with members of the Cox family. Mary "Polly" Miller Smart died there in 1872. They were buried in Mohamet Cemetery, Burnet County, Texas. Children born to John White Smartand Mary "Polly" Miller Smart include:
Isabella Smart born March 2, 1808
Elizabeth White Smart born September 1809
Joseph Smart born February 8, 1813
Brice Miller Smart born February 8, 1816
Jonathan Henderson Smart born in 1821
Richard Smart born in December 1823
Doctor William Smart born July 15, 1825
Reuben Smart born about 1827
Isabella Smart was born March 2, 1808. She was married July 10, 1823 to Richard Elliott in Monroe County, Indiana. They appeared in the 1830 census of Morgan County, Indiana. In 1840 they were enumerated in Taney County, Missouri in the household between John White Smart and J. D. Smart. They accompanied her parents in a move to central Texas about 1851.
Richard Elliott returned to Missouri to attend to the sale of some property and was never heard from again, according to the research of Nelda Williams Heffner. Isabella Smart Elliott was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1860 census of Bell County, Texas:
"Elliott, Isabella 52, born in IN
William 22, born in MO
Elizabeth 17, born in MO
Isabella 15, born in MO"
Isabella J. "Belle" Elliott, daughter of Richard Elliott and Isabella Smart Elliott, was born August 30, 1846 in Missouri and brought to Texas by her parents. She was married October 25, 1866 to John Thomas Cox, son of Pleasant C. Cox and Martha Jane Bybee Cox. They were enumerated in the 1870 census of Lampasas County, precinct 5 as Household 25-25. Adjoining were the households of William Elliott, No. 24-24; Richard Elliott son of John Elliott, No. 27-27 and Dock Elliott [unidentified], No. 28-28.
For details of the descendants of John Thomas Cox and Isabella J. "Belle" Elliott Cox, see Section .065.
Elizabeth White Smart was born in Tennessee in September 1809. She was married April 4, 1826 at Martinsville in Morgan County, Indiana to Thomas Benton Van Winkle who was born in 1805 in South Carolina. Their daughter, Elizabeth T. "Betsy" Van Winkle was married to James Christopher Cox as his second wife. For details of their descendants see Section .066.
Joseph Smartwas born February 8, 1813 and died October 8, 1813.
Jonathan Henderson Smart was born in Indiana in 1821. He was married about 1842, wife's name Sara.
Richard Smart was born in Indiana in December 1823.
Doctor William Smart was born July 15, 1825 in Indiana, probably Morgan County. The name "Doctor William" was used repeatedly in the Smart family, according to the research of Nelda Williams Huffner, a family researcher. He appeared in the 1850 census of Wright County, Missouri in the household of his father.
He was married about 1851 to Mary Ann Bybee, daughter of John Bybee and Catherine Bybee and a sister to Martha Jane Bybee who married Pleasant C. Cox. Mary Ann Bybee was born June 15, 1822, in Alabama, according to her 1870 census enumeration.
Doctor William Smart, appeared in the 1860 census of Williamson County, Texas as the head of Household 57-59:
"Smart, D. W. 35, born in IN, stockraiser, $1,250
real estate, $300
personal
property
Pollie 37, born in AL
Brice M. 14, born in MO
Abby A. [?] 10, born in MO, female
Elizabeth 8, born in TX
Houston 6, born in TX
Dock W. 4, born in TX
Austin 1/12,
born in TX"
He reappeared in the 1870 census. The family was enumerated as:
"Smart, D. W. 45, born in IN
Mary 48, born in AL
B. M. 25, born in TX
Elizabeth 17, born in TX
D. W. 14, born in TX
Austin 11, born in TX
Mary Ann Bybee Smart died October 4, 1871. Doctor William Smart was remarried June 16, 1874 to Harriet Profitt, according to Williamson County marriage records.
When Bluford S. Cox, his nephew, was indicted for murder in Lampasas County in 1773 Doctor William Smart was one of his bondsmen. After Cox was smuggled out of the country under a wagonload of hides the $4,000 bond was called for a forfeit by the court in its November 1874 term. Doctor William Smart appealed to the court for a reduction in the bond, and it was lowered to $2,000. On October 18, 1875 he deeded 200 acres of land, "part of the James Ovid Headright," to Williamson County in settlement, according to Williamson County Deed Book 16, page 557. Children of Doctor William Smart and Mary Ann Bybee Smart were required to sign the deed because of the death of their mother. Signing were "Brice M. Smart, Isabella Smart Sneed and Robert Sneed, Braxton Smallwood, surviving husband of Elizabeth Smallwood and Houston Smart."
On November 28, 1877 "D. W. Smart, Sr, guardian of minors, D. W. Smart, Jr. and Austin Smart and Braxton Smallwood, guardian of William Smallwood" gave guardian deeds to Caroline Homeyer in the sale of 425 acres in the Ehlawler Survey for $70, according to Williamson County Deed Book 19, page 184.
Brice Miller Smart was born February 18, 1816 at Bloomington, Indiana. Since Solomon Cox had removed to Bloomington about 1818 it is assumed that the Cox and Smart families were old friends by the time of the wedding almost 20 years later.
In April 1838 Brice Miller Smart and Amy Cox Smart lived in Wright County, Missouri where their first child was born. In early 1840 they lived in Springfield, Missouri. They appeared in the 1840 census of nearby Taney County, Missouri. The family was rendered as:
"Smart, Brice white male 20-30
white female 15-20
white male 0-5
white male 15-20"
In the census of 1850 the family reappeared in Wright County as Household No. 64-64 enumerated as:
"Smart, Brice M. 34, born in IN
Amy 27, born in IN
John 12, born in MO
Elizabeth 10, born in MO
Mary 8, born in MO
William 5, born in MO
Amy 2, born in MO
Margaret 4/12, born in MO
Miller, Zack 16, born in IN"
Zack Miller is believed to be a cousin of Brice Miller Smart.
In 1851 the family removed to Texas in a wagontrain, crossing the Red River December 1 of that year. They settled in Williamson County where Brice Miller Smart operated a tannery during the Civil War. On November 18, 1853 he received a deed from Azra Webb and Nancy H. Webb to land on the North San Gabriel River, according to Williamson County Deed Books 5, page 44 and 6, page 61.
Brice Miller Smart was a Mason and a member of Mt. Horeb Lodge in Burnet County which was established in 1854, according to a historical marker attached to the building. He may have been a charter member of the lodge. A fire in 1915 destroyed the building and all of its records.
Brice Miller Smart received payment September 19, 1857 for five days service on the Williamson County grand jury at $1.50 per day September 19, 1857, according to Williamson County District Court records.
In 1862 he began construction of a home on the San Gabriel River with stone walls three feet thick for insulation and protection from marauding Indians who still pillaged the area at that time. When the home was visited in 1960, a century later, by Arlee Claud Gowen it was still being occupied by his descendants. Subsequently it was designated as a historical site by the Texas Historical Commission.
Brice Miller Smart started a freight line from Williamson County to Brenham, Texas and operated it until the railroad was constructed, according to "History of the Smart Family" by W. D. Travis, San Antonio, Texas.
A John Smart, unidentified, was killed in the Civil War massacre in Bandera County July 25, 1863, according to "One Hundred Years in Bandera." The report reads:
"In 1863 a party of men who, not caring to take sides in the great struggle that was being waged between the North and South, left their homes in Williamson County and started to Mexico. They were well provided with good mounts, heavily armed, had several hundred dollars in cash and were fully equipped for the long journey.
This party of eight men and a boy reached Bandera and stopped to rest their horses and buy supplies. They made no secret of their destination or the reason for their trip, but openly stated that they were going to Mexico to avoid conscription.
At the time there was stationed at Camp Verde, 12 miles north of Bandera a company of Confederate cavalry. When it was learned that the party was en route to Mexico a detachment of 25 cavalrymen under command of a Major Alexander was dispatched to apprehend them. When the detachment reached Bandera the men had gone, but they were overtaken on Squirrel Creek and were promised a fair trial by court martial if they would surrender.
The men agreed, gave up their arms and started back to Camp Verde escorted by the cavalry, little dreaming that they would never see another sunrise. When the party reached Julian, two miles east of Bandera, late in the afternoon a camp was made for the night. After supper some of the men suggested that they hang the prisoners on the spot. Major Alexander seems to have given tacit consent, and the prisoners were hanged, one at a time, on a liveoak tree. One of the prisoners requested that he be shot, and the troopers complied--he was shot thru with a full charge. The ramrod was left in the muzzle and penetrated his body like an arrow.
Joe Poor, who lived on the Middle Verde, was camped nearby, but did not hear the disturbance. When he went out to look for his horses the next morning he came upon the bodies. Seeing the ramrod protruding from one of the victims, he surmised an Indian attack and rode at full speed to Bandera to spread the alarm. A party of men composed of O. B. Miles, George Hay, John Pyka, Robert Ballantine, Amasa Clark and others accompanied Poor back to the scene and found the bodies. The eight bodies were wrapped in blankets and buried on the spot in a common grave. Stones were stacked for a marker.
An inquest was held and a verdict rendered attaching blame to the major and his party. The boy in the party was spared in the massacre and was taken away by the murderers, according to one version of the report.
After the war was over and the courts functioning again the men responsible for the crime were indicted by the Bandera County grand jury, but all had disappeared. They were never brought to trial although the case was continued from term to term.
In later years a monument was erected over the grave of the victims, and it stands there today in an out-of-the-way place in the pasture formerly owned by Frank Pyka. Presently the property is owned by J. H. Corneilison. Inscribed on the monument is:
C. J. Sawyer W. M. Sawyer
George Thayre William Shumake
Jake Kyle Jack Whitmire
John Smart Mr. Van Winkle
Died 25 July, 1863
This was sent by a great-grandson of W. M. Sawyer. Another great-grandson sent a slightly different version which he reports has been handed down by his family. It differs in that the men were on a hunting trip and were on furlough from the Civil War. They stopped for supplies, got to gambling and won considerable money from some local men and soldiers stationed nearby.
After riding out a few miles they camped for the night and were overtaken by the major and his party. Before the massacre the soldiers released the boy, and afterwards, deciding that giving the boy his freedom was a mistake, they began a search for him, without success. The boy, from Florence, Texas, made good his escape and reported the massacre. Jack Whitmire was the son of Henry Whitmire and Amanda Fish Whitmire. Jake Kyle was a brother-in-law to Amanda Fish Whitmire, having married Nancy Fish, her sister, December 6, 1860 in Williamson County."
W. M. Sawyer and his wife Catherine Sawyer deeded their property to their minor children just a few days before the massacre, according to Nelda Williams Huffner who researched the Williamson County deed records.
Brice Miller Smart appeared as the head of a household in the 1870 census of Williamson County, post office Mohamet, Texas, enumerated as:
"Smart, Brice 54
Amy 52
William 25
Maggie 20
Brice 18
Jane 15
Martha 13
Tom 11"
He purchased 300 acres on the North San Gabriel from James and Nancy Posey, according to Williamson County Deed Book 14, page 640.
Brice Miller Smart received deeds from his brothers and sisters September 25, 1872 recording his purchase of property "in the estate of his deceased mother," according to Williamson County Deed Book 14, pages 624-640. Contracting were "Houston Smart, Brice Miller Smart, Jr, Braxton Smallwood and his wife Elizabeth Smallwood, Austin Smart, D. W. Smart and Robert Sneed and his wife Isabella."
Brice Miller Smart received a deed October 4, 1873 from Isaac J. Barber to 50 acres of land "on the North Salado" for $25, according to Williamson County Deed Book 14, page 667.
On May 9, 1877 he received a sheriff's deed from C. H. Turney for $100 to the Florence Steam Mill and two acres on Salado Creek, according to Williamson County Deed Book 19, 598.
Brice Miller Smart and Amy Cox Smart deeded 200 acres of their land on the North San Gabriel, "part of the headright league granted to John Bayley," to their son-in-law Phillip M. McCormick November 20, 1878 for $400, according to Williamson County Deed Book 20, page 558. Her signature appeared as "Amay Smart."
On January 1, 1880, the boiler on the mill exploded, killing Brice Miller Smart. A newspaper article published in the Burnett Bulletin gave the details of the accident.
EXPLOSION AT BURNET MILL
"As stated in our last issue, we stopped the press to give bare mention of the terrible calamity that befell the Burnet Meal & Flouring Mills on last Thursday. It now becomes our painful duty to furnish the horrid details as far as may be, to account, if possible for the accident, and to allude more especially to the three unfortunate souls that were hurled into eternity without a moment's prior warning:
It appears that Mr. John Smart, senior proprietor and manager of the Mills, was sick in bed the morning of the explosion, and his duties were divided between his aged father and his younger brother--the father acting outside as fireman, the brother engaged inside the house at the hoppers and smutters, and upstairs at the bolting chest. Mr. Bryce Smart, Sr. fired up very early, in order to get through a large job of grinding by noon--100 bushels of wheat, we understand, and an order for 1,000 pounds of flour from Messrs. Westfall, Watson & Co.
Under the hurry of the unusual strain, it is supposed he neglected to observe the pressure of the steam and overestimated the strength of the boiler--and having besides little or no knowledge of the dangers of steam in connection with a boiler to which he was not accustomed [it was a "Locomotive"], it is reasonably surmised that the boiler must have taken on three or four hundred pounds of steam, and produced the disaster. What added to the risk, too, the safety valve allowed only about a half an inch vent, and the steam was generated on that fatal morning with cedar wood which is known, makes an intense heat and very rapidly.
The explosion occurred about 9 o'clock, and the boiler was torn literally into shreds, showing, according to the opinion of experts, that it must have been a first-class specimen. Pieces of the sheet iron, stem-pipes, bolts, fractured castings flew in every direction, and almost littered the surrounding ground toward the north. About 5,000 pounds of the boiler flew in that direction, ricocheted along the ground ten or twelve feet in two places like a shell, and finally stopped at least 150 yards from the Mill. The steam gauge was found across Hamilton Creek. The bolts and pieces of the boiler appeared wrench out like tacks from a shoe, and the general color of every part a dead grayish hue--showed the action of intense heat.
Six men and a boy were in and about the scene at the time of the explosion--four inside the house and upstairs. Had it been fair weather that invited visitors, the casualties might have been trebled.
Mr. Brice Smart, Sr. was standing close to the boiler and was driven into a stack of wood, his body horribly mangled. It had to be uncovered. All the head was gone except the venerable beard. The chest appeared torn open, and the writer saw his griefstricken son pick up his bleeding heart lying yet warm upon the ground. It was a pitiful, dreadful sight, and brought tears to many eyes unused to weeping. The old man's tongue and part of his skull were found in a field fifty yards away. His remains were taken to his home in Williamson County for burial. He was some 62 years old, and universally esteemed as an honorable man, a good citizen and an humble member of the Christian Church.
Mr. H. H. Hall was standing at the engine, replacing a belt upon one of the wheels--the machinery not running at the time. A hundred pound fragment of the boiler cut both legs off and broke several large wheels before it stopped. One leg of the unfortunate man was found driven under the hopper, the other lay by the smutter. When assistance came, he was lying on the ground, an awful sight, bleeding copiously and suffering untold agony. And yet, when asked what could be done for him, this hero in a rough garb managed to mutter, "Never mind me, look after the rest."
Coming from one known to fame, such sublime self-denial would immortalize the author of it as worthy Sir Sidney Smith, himself. All that was possible was done by the physicians and citizens, but he was too far gone from the loss of blood and breathed his last about dark. Before death came, however, he spoke of his wife and children, asked if Mr. Smart was hurt much, requested prayer of someone, and when Rev. Mr. Aaron gratified him in fervent solemn petition to God, the dying man breathed a deep "Amen," and passed gradually into a comatose state. Mr. Hall was about 45 years of age and left a wife and four or five children, who, we are glad to learn, have some property left them.
Johnnie Blackburn, about thirteen years old, was on an errand for his heartbroken mother, and passing on his way by the mill, lingered at the engine a moment, when death came upon him. Several parts of the boiler cut his skull open on the right side, from which he remained unconscious until 3 o'clock next morning when his young spirit passed away. It is said the little fellow showed a great fondness for machinery, and it was this taste that indirectly caused his untimely death.
The explosion was heard from 6 to 8 miles away. Messrs. Smart, Avery, Lamberston and Clapp were up-stairs at the time, but escaped uninjured. The steam filled the room and hurled a window sash to the ground. Mr. Avery is of the opinion that the boiler must have been at white heat with several hundred pounds of steam; it was warranted for 150. Mr. Smith, the wheelwright, is of the same opinion.
The remains of Johnny Blackburn and mr. Hall were followed to the cemetery last Friday afternoon by a large concourse of citizens, Rev. Mr. Avery officiating.
God grant that our little community may be spared another such misfortune for all time, and that He may help us, when the grim messenger death does come to be prepared to meet Him and thus rob him of his terrors."
Brice Miller Smart was 63, according to his tombstone. He was buried in Mohamet Cemetery beside his mother and a brother.
On September 22, 1881 Phillip M. McCormick and Thomas Henderson Smart purchased 650 acres of the estate from J. A. Montgomery, administrator, "leaving 200 acres being set aside as a homestead for B. M. Smart's widow," according to Williamson County Deed Book 27, page 516. Three hundred acres were sold for $1.25 per acre, and 350 acres were sold for $1 per acre.
The district court at Georgetown did not completely approve the administrator's action and in its September 1881 term ordered that 150 acres be sold to Thomas Henderson Smart for $1.25 and 174.5 acres be sold to him at $1 in favor of "Mary Shafer, creditor of B. M. Smart on his property on San Gabriel River at Rocky Branch."
The estate of Brice Miller Smart gave a deed to R. B. Caskey to the two-acre Florence Steam Mill on Salado Creek for a $225 note May 29, 1882, according to Williamson County Deed Book 18, page 136.
Amy Cox Smart appeared in the 1900 census of Williamson County, Enumeration District 126, page 6, Precinct 3 as the head of a household composed of:
"Smart, Amy 79, born September 1819 in IN
McCormick, Maggie 50, born March 1850 in MO,
daughter
Charles P. 20, born October 1879
in TX,
grandson
Thomas H. 14, born October 1885 in TX,
grandson"
Amy Cox Smart survived her husband for 36 years to die of pneumonia January 13, 1916 in Williamson County at the age of "96 years, 4 months, 1 day," according to her tombstone in Mohamet Cemetery.
Her obituary appeared in a Williamson County newspaper:
"Grandmother Smart Dies at Gabriel Mills"
"One of the of the oldest ladies in this part of Texas has passed away in Williamson County.
On January 13, 1916 at 10:30 a.m. Grandmother Smart quietly passed away at her home at Gabriel Mills, Texas. She was sick only a short time. She had pneumonia very badly. Her attending physician said at once there was no chance for her. She was 97 years of age, and in spite of all that she clung to life much longer than was expected. There were a number of her family around her, doing everything that could be thought of. She left a great many behind that will miss her. She lived to see her fifth generation, some of which were grown and married.
She could get around real well by herself by using a crutch. She also had a good mind, remembering things of long, long ago. She could tell you just when some of her gray-headed grandchildren were born. I went over to see her last November and was asking her questions I was anxious to know. One was, 'How long had she lived at her present home?' She said, 'Let me see, you were born in '62.' Then she gave it to me correct, which was 54 years. She was jolly enough and good company for her age. I made a Kodak picture of her on her front veranda. She sat up just as proud and took her position on her own. She had a splendid suit of hair, very long, thick and snow white. When she was lying in her casket she was the most beautiful corpse for an old lady I ever saw, and others remarked the same about it. She was so patient in waiting for her time to come and said, 'Surely it can't be much longer.' She was the mother of 12 children, ten of whom lived to be grown and married. She had 76 grandchildren, 189 great-grandchildren and 52 great-great grandchildren.
Her grandfather Johnston lived to be 103 years old. Her great-grandfather Skaggs lived to be 112 years old, and one other grandparent lived 106 years. She had lived on her home place 54 years.
Grandmother Smart was born in Indiana, Jackson County, near Bloomington. She moved from the above place at the age of 17 to Springfield, Missouri, and at this place she was married to Brice Miller Smart and became the mother of six children at this place. Then they moved to Texas 65 years ago last December 1, 1915. They crossed the Red River December 1, 1851."
Smart graves in Mohamet Cemetery include:
"B. M. Smart 1816-1880
Amy Smart 1819-1916
William Smart 1844-1939
Mary F. Smart 1856-1922
R. E. Smart 1879-1879
Brice Smart 1878-1878"
Children born to Brice Miller Smart and Amy Cox Smart include:
John White Smart born April 2, 1838
Elizabeth Smart born January 25, 1840
Mary Smart born September 2, 1842
Isabelle Smart born July 27, 1844
William Pleasant Smart born November 13, 1845
Brice Miller Smart, Jr. born January 25, 1847
Amy Smart born March 31, 1848
Margaret Jane Smart born March 23, 1850
Brice Miller Smart, Jr. born May 23, 1853
Isabelle Smart born March 27, 1854
Martha Thomas Smart born May 2, 1857
Thomas Henderson Smart born January 11, 1859
John White Smart, son of Brice Miller Smart and Amy Cox Smart, was born April 2, 1838 in Wright County, Missouri. He was married about 1861 to Susannah C. Canby.
He was enumerated in the 1870 census of Williamson County as the head of a houshold composed of:
"Smart, J. W. 32, born in MO, miller, $250 real
estate, $250 personal
property
Susan 30, born in MO
Mary 7, born in TX
Emeline 5, born in TX
John 3, born in TX
Robert 1, born in TX"
John White Smart was the owner of the ill-fated Burnet Meal and Flouring Mill which exploded January 1, 1880, killing his father and two others.
They appeared in the 1880 census of Burnet County, Texas as Household No. 114-115:
"Smart, John W. 42, born in MO, father born in
IN,
mother born in
IN, retired
blacksmith, unemployed
four
months.
Susan C. 36, born in MO, father born in
Oh, mother born
in MO, wife
Mary E. 17, born in TX, father born in
MO,
mother born in
MO, daughter
Susan E. 16, born in TX, father born in
MO,
mother born in
MO, daughter
John M. 13, born in TX, father born in
MO,
mother born in
MO, son
Robert B. 11, born in TX, father born in
MO,
mother born in
MO, son
Laura D. 9, born in TX, father
born in MO,
mother born in
MO, daughter
Jocy A. 4, born in TX, father
born in MO,
mother born in
MO, daughter
Charleston 1, born in TX, father born in MO,
mother born in
MO, son"
Bryce Miller Smart, Jr. was enumerated as the head of Household 114-116 in an adjoining location, perhaps on the same farmstead:
"Smart, Bryce M. 26, born in MO, brother
Subie E. 21, born in AL, father born in
AL,
mother born in
AL
Willie L. 5/12, born in TX,
father born in MO,
mother born in
AL, daughter,
born in January"
John White Smart and Susannah C. Canby Smart deeded "our interest in land, being the homestead of Amy Smart, 200 acres" to T. H. McCormick September 12, 1888 for $150, according to Williamson County Deed Book 49, page 196.
John White Smart died March 4, 1903.
Elizabeth Smart, daughter of Brice Miller Smart and Amy Cox Smart, was born January 25, 1840 in Springfield, Missouri, according to Charlotte "Dollie" Williams Stewart who was interviewed April 15, 1960 by Arlee Claud Gowen. She was married October 28, 1858 to William Thomas Williams who was born September 25, 1838 in Scott County, Arkansas to Thomas Williams and Tabitha Williams Williams. Genealogy of this family has been compiled by Hattie Williams Burch Curry as "Stewart, Williams, Burch Genealogy" and is on file at Herman Brown Free Libarary, Burnet.
Thomas Williams served in the Texas Rangers under the command of Captain Reddick, according to Tom Cheatham, a grandson, who in 1961 was an attorney in Cuero, Texas. He owned a 500-acre farm on the North San Gabriel River.
Twelve children were born to them:
Susan Tabitha Williams born September 24, 1859
John Milam Williams born November 26, 1861
Josephine Williams born September 30, 1863
William Thomas Williams born February 20, 1866
James Roland Williams born February 25, 1868
Joel Miller Williams born February 27, 1870
Amy Williams born April 29, 1872
Charles Matison Williams born April 8, 1875
Charlotte "Dollie" Williams born April 14, 1877
George Washington Williams born November 14, 1879
Hubert Preston Williams born April 17, 1882
Albert Barty Williams born November 22, 1884
Susan Tabitha Williams, daughter of William Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Smart Williams, was born September 24, 1859 in Burnet County. She was married September 3, 1874 to John H. Morris who was born August 25, 1853. He died June 2, 1882, and she was remarried to Samuel Priest who was born July 4, 1856. He died October 22, 1936 at Abilene, Texas, and she died February 9, 1945 and was buried in Mohamet Cemetery.
Children born to them include:
Margaret Josephine "Mug" Morris born Septmeber 5, 1874
William Thomas Morris born January 1877
Luda Matilda Morris born April 12,
1880
J. A. Morris born August
15, 1882
Joel Meardy Priest born January 1885
Henry Alonza Priest born October 1887
Jesse James Priest born March
28, 1890
Bart William Priest born August 14,
1892
Jennie Mabel Priest born June 6, 1894
Beulah Nerva Priest born April 23,
1899
Luda Matilda Morris, daughter of John H. Morris and Susan Tabitha Williams Morris, was born about 1882. She was married about 1896 to Tally Houston Greer. She died April 24, 1964.
Children born to Tally Houston Greer and Luda Matilda Morris Greer include:
Amy M. Greer born in July 1898
Eula Annie Greer born July 22, 1900
Ruby Greer born February 14, 1903
Gladys May Greer born January 29, 1904
John Wesley Greer born October 22, 1907
Arlie Allen Greer born August 19, 1909
Lyman O. Greer born about 1912
Wendell Greer born about 1915
Amy M. Greer, daughter of Tally Houston Greer and Luda Matilda Morris Greer, was born in July 1898. She was married about 1916 to Troy Spain. She died in March 1981.
Eula Annie Greer, daughter of Tally Houston Greer and Luda Matilda Morris Greer, was born July 22, 1900. In August 1984 she was living in Burnet County.
Ruby Greer, daughter of Tally Houston Greer and Luda Matilda Morris Greer, was born February 14, 1903. She was married about 1922 to DeWitt Taylor. She died in 1981.
Gladys May Greer, daughter of Tally Houston Greer and Luda Matilda Morris Greer, was born January 29, 1904. She died December 29, 1905.
John Wesley Greer, son of Tally Houston Greer and Luda Matilda Morris Greer, was born October 22, 1907. He was married about 1930 to Lorene Priest and later divorced. He died in May 1980.
Arlie Allen Greer, son of Tally Houston Greer and Luda Matilda Morris Greer, was born August 19, 1906 and died Janury 26, 1959. He did not marry.
Lyman O. Greer, son of Tally Houston Greer and Luda Matilda Morris Greer, was born about 1912. He was married about 1935 to Frances Cole.
Wendell Greer, son of Tally Houston Greer, and Luda Matilda Morris Greer, was born about 1915. He was married about 1938 to Allie Lee Lambert.
John Milam Williams, son of William Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Smart Williams, was born November 26, 1861 in Burnet County. He was married November 4, 1886 to Helen Acenith Blackwell who was born January 1, 1864. He died January 5, 1929 in Concho County, Texas, and she died July 7, 1948.
Children born to John Milam Williams and Helen Acenith Blackwell Williams include:
Eva Ella Williams born August 25, 1887
Emzy Miller Williams born March 9, 1889
Etta Elizabeth Williams born February 17, 1891
Walter Thomas Williams born January 27, 1893
John Noel Williams born September 6, 1894
Addie Williams born December 31, 1896
Burton B. Williams born February 14, 1899
Floyd Williams born January 27, 1901
Elva Arnold Williams born January 9, 1903
James Marvin Williams born May 26, 1905
Muriel Williams born July 13, 1907
Mertie L. Williams born October 22, 1909
Leta Mae Williams born January 31, 1913
Josephine Williams, daughter of William Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Smart Williams, was born September 30, 1863. She was married August 19, 1880 to William Carroll Baker who was born May 9, 1856. He died March 29, 1934. She died in 1947 and was buried in Mohamet Cemetery.
Children born to William Carroll Baker and Josephine Williams Baker include:
Thomas Mack Baker born May 29, 1881
Martha Elizabeth Baker born March 2, 1883
Clarence Alvin Baker born July 5, 1885
Maude Pearl Baker born August 6, 1888
Ella Gertrude Baker born April 8, 1897
Maude Pearl Baker, daughter of William Carroll Baker and Josephine Williams Baker, was born August 6, 1888. She was married about 1910, husband's name Pullin. She lived in Austin, Texas about 1950. She died in 1964.
William Thomas Williams, son of William Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Smart Williams, was born February 20, 1866 in Burnet County. He was married March 20, 1887 to Susie Ann Spencer who was born May 17, 1872. He died March 8, 1947 at Eola in Concho County, Texas, and she died April 20, 1962 in San Angelo, Texas.
Children born to William Thomas Williams and Susie Ann Spencer Williams include:
Claude Alonzo Williams born December 15, 1887
Sarah Elizabeth Williams born September 2, 1889
Emzy Lee Williams born July 4, 1891
Tabitha Josephine Williams born June 22, 1893
Mattie Ethel Williams born March 28, 1895
Ruth Elsie Williams born November 7, 1896
Essie Jewel Williams born November 27, 1898
William Forrest Williams born January 29, 1900
Lera Pearl Williams born January 31, 1902
Archie Thomas Williams born October 1, 1903
Merritt Newell Williams born May 9, 1905
Gladys Millie Williams born March 26, 1907
William Elzie Williams born in February 1909
Hubert Arlie Williams [twin] born November 30, 1911
Albert Harlie Williams [twin] born November 30, 1911
Homan Eugene Williams born February 27, 1913
Nina Ilene Williams born November 5, 1915
James Roland "Rollie" Williams, son of William Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Smart Williams, was born February 25, 1868 in Burnet County. He was married August 28, 1895 to Rose Ella Stewart, who was born December 23, 1876 to Benjamin Hansford Stewart and Missouri Hattie Allison Stewart. He became a rancher in the vicinity of Bertram, Texas. He died there November 20, 1959 and was buried in Mohamet Cemetery. She died in Austin, Texas March 23, 1962.
Children born to them include:
George Hansford Williams born May 17, 1896
Golda Mae Williams born November 22, 1897
Roy Clifford Williams born November 3, 1899
Lois Edna Williams born March 14, 1902
Thelma Hattie Williams born April 10, 1904
William Murray Williams born December 27, 1906
Montie James Williams born October 17, 1909
Roy Clifford Williams, son of James Roland "Rollie" Williams and Rose Ella Stewart, was born November 3, 1899. In 1984 he lived in Williamson County.
Children born to him include:
Nelda Williams born about 1929
Nelda Williams, daughter of Roy Clifford Williams, was born about 1929. She was married about 1949 to Tom Heffner. In 1984 they lived in Arlington, Texas. She, having done genealogical research for several years, supplied the material for this section.
Joel Miller Williams, son of William Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Smart Williams, was born February 27, 1870 in Burnet County. He was married March 9, 1892 to Annie Belle Blackwell who was born June 8, 1870. He became a rancher in Williamson County. He died at Temple, Texas in 1946 and was buried in Mohamet Cemetery. She died May 17, 1968 at age 97.
Children born to them include:
Robert Roley Williams born April 29, 1893
Edna Josephine Williams born September 5, 1894
Joe Victor Williams born September
8, 1896
Thomas Worden Williams born June 2, 1898
Myrtle Williams born August
13, 1900
Grady Allen Williams born March 18, 1907
Amy Williams, daughter of William Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Smart Williams, was born April 29, 1872 in Burnet County. She was married November 27, 1890 to Walter Forrest Thornton of Burnet County. He was born in November 1868. She died October 10, 1926 at Lampasas and was buried in Mohamet Cemetery. He died in 1958.
Children born to them include:
Willie Maud Thornton born October 12, 1891
Margie Mordant Thornton born October 21, 1893
Walter Forrest Thornton born February 4, 1896
Carrie Mercedes Thornton born September 19, 1898
Charlie Thomas Thornton born November 28, 1901
Nora Inez Thornton born March 5, 1905
Okla Weldon Thornton born December 29, 1911
Charles Matison Williams, son of William Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Smart Williams, was born April 8, 1875 in Burnet County. He was married December 19, 1894 to Alice L. McAndrew who was born in October 1878. She died in 1946, and he died in 1948 and was buried in Mohamet Cemetery.
Children born to them include:
Earl Lionel Williams born January 28, 1896
Elmer Thomas Williams born October 23, 1899
Vivian Williams born in July 1901
Violet Williams born about 1904
Margie Williams born August 7, 1909
Irene Lillian Williams born in 1912
Vernoi Edrie Williams born about 1915
Darlene Lawanda Williams born May 9, 1922
Charlotte "Dollie" Williams, daughter of William Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Smart Williams, was born April 14, 1877 in Burnet County. She was married June 19, 1895 to Charles Hansford Stewart, Jr, son of Charles Hansford Stewart and Missouri Hattie Allison Stewart, who was born July 28, 1871. He died August 18, 1959. She died February 9, 1967 and was buried in Bear Creek Cemetery, Bertram, Texas.
Children born to them include:
Artie Isabel Stewart born May 3, 1896
Lowell Clyde Stewart born August 15, 1899
Linnie Maude Stewart born September 8, 1903
Floy Pearl Stewart born November 10, 1906
Dayton Anson Stewart born July 1, 1910
Hiram O'Dell Stewart born January 28, 1918
Vernon Ozell Stewart born March 20, 1924
George Washington Williams, son of William Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Smart Williams, was born November 14, 1879 in Williamson County. He died October 19, 1894 and was buried in Mohamet Cemetery.
Hubert Preston Williams, son of William Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Smart Williams, was born April 17, 1879 in Williamson County. He was married July 13, 1902 to Vestie Matilda Williams who was born February 8, 1885. He died April 14, 1954 at Stamford, Texas and was buried in Mohamet Cemetery. She died August 26, 1955 at Weatherford, Texas.
Children born to them include:
Vera Cecil Williams born March 16,
1903
Hubert Echols Williams born April 7, 1905
Jewell Villa Williams born August 9, 1906
George Desmond Williams born March 23, 1909
Edith Pearl Williams born January
9, 1911
Arvel Preston Williams born June 2, 1912
Hubert Echols Williams, son of Hubert Preston Williams and Vestie Matilda Williams Williams, was born in Lampasas County April 7, 1905. In 1962 he lived in Stamford, Texas and died there about 1965.
Children born to Hubert Echols Williams include:
LaJuana Williams born about 1930
LaJuana Williams, daughter of Hubert Echols Williams, was born about 1930. She was married about 1950, husband's name Stegsmiller. In 1962 they lived in Lubbock, Texas.
Albert Barty Williams, son of William Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Smart Williams, was born May 22, 1884 in Williamson County. He was married July 6, 1904 to Alice Long who was born January 11, 1885. She died November 13, 1911, and he was remarried September 30, 1917 to Mabel Delong Chittenden who was born November 4, 1895. She died April 10, 1961 at Levelland. He died January 29, 1963 at Levelland and was buried in Resthaven Memorial Cemetery, Lubbock, Texas.
Children born to them include:
Clinton Thomas Williams born May 22, 1905
Stella Katherine Williams born November 4, 1908
Sherman Vaughn Williams born March 10, 1919
Ellarea Vivian Williams born August 11,
1920
Beatrice Lenora Williams born June 17, 1922
Lindell Odell Williams born October 12,
1925
Imogene Williams born March 12, 1928
Mary Smart, daughter of Brice Miller Smart and Amy Cox Smart, was born September 2, 1842, probably in Missouri. She was married in September 1872 to E. F. McCray. She died in Vilas, Texas in August 1914 and was buried in Holland Cemetery, Belton, Texas. She was survived by "Captain E. F. McCray, four sons and three daughters," according to her obituary. They were named as "Thomas, Brice, Charlie and Arthur McCray and Mrs. W. P. Moore, Mrs. E. Cornett and Mrs. Neal Summers." E. F. McCray, who lived in Burnet County in September 1892, gave a deposition in connection with a suit filed against Margaret Jane "Maggie" Smart McCormick.
Isabelle Smart, daughter of Brice Miller Smart and Amy Cox Smart, was born July 27, 1844. She died October 27, 1844. An Abbi Isabella Smart was married to W. T. Ethridge as recorded in Lampasas County Marriage Book A, page 58.
William Pleasant Smart, son of Brice Miller Smart and Amy Cox Smart, was born November 13, 1845 in Missouri. He was brought to Texas by his parents in 1851. He was married about 1872 to Mary F. Blackwell who was born in 1856..
He was enumerated as the head of a household in the 1880 census of Williamson County:
"Smart, William 33, born in MO, father born in SC,
mother born in
IN
Mary 23, born in TX, father born in KY,
mother born in
KY
Donah 7, born in TX, father
born in MO,
mother born in
TX
Texana 3, born in TX, father born
in MO,
mother born in
TX
Moody 2, born in TX, father born
in MO,
mother born in
TX, son"
Otty 4/12, born in TX, father
born in MO,
mother born in
TX, daughter"
On April 10, 1878 they gave a deed to Thomas Williams to 10 acres on the North San Gabriel River for $100, according to Williamson County Deed Book 19, page 600. They received a release November 13, 1880 from J. R. Hunt on land purchased for $427.50 in the Carothers League, according to Williamson County Deed Book 40, page 316. On May 3, 1883 he deeded 100 acres "out of the John Carothers League" for $250, according to Williamson County Deed Book 30, page 609.
He reappeared as the head of a household in the 1900 census of Burnet County, Enumeration District 47, page 8, Precinct 1 as
"Smart, William 55, born November 1844 in MO
Mary 43, born May 1857 in TX
Moody S. 22, born May 1878 in TX, son
Otie 20, born February 1880 in TX,
daughter
Winnie D. 11, born in August 1888 in TX,
daughter"
On January 2, 1892 they lived in Burnet County when they received a release from Dr. T. C. Cheatham and Enoch L. Hays on 140 acres purchased from them, according to Williamson County Deed Book 60, page 262. Mary F. Blackwell Smart died January 21, 1922, and he died July 9, 1938. They were buried in Mohamet Cemetery.
Children born to them include:
Donah Smart born in 1873
Texana Smart born in 1877
John Moody Smart born in May 1878
Otie Smart born in February
1880
Winnie D.Smart born in August 1888
Donah Smart, daughter of William Pleasant Smart and Mary F. Blackwell Smart, was born in 1873.
Texana Smart, daughter of William Pleasant Smart and Mary F. Blackwell Smart, was born in 1877.
John Moody Smart, only son of William Pleasant Smart and Mary F. Blackwell Smart, was born in May 1878. In 1961 he lived in Rock Springs, Texas.
Children born to him include:
Marjorie M. Smart born about 1938
Lee Smart born about 1941
Marjorie M. Smart, daughter of John Moody Smart, was born about 1938. In 1961 she lived at Rock Springs and was employed by the Texas State Department of Agriculture.
Lee Smart, son of John Moody Smart, was born about 1941. In 1961 he lived in Phoenix, Arizona.
Otie Smart, daughter of John Moody Smart, was born in February 1880.
Winnie D. Smart, daughter of John Moody Smart, was born about 1895. She was married about 1915, husband's name Neel. In 1961 Winnie D. Smart Neel lived in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Brice Miller Smart, Jr, son of Brice Miller Smart and Amy Cox Smart
(C4/2.1), was born in MO January 25, 1847. He died June 5, 1847.