The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . then reap-peared in public life as member of the Consultation in 1835,representing Tenaha (Shelby). He was chosen a member ofthe Constitutional Convention in 1836, representing San Aug-ustine. He died in 1837. SMITH. General James Smith, in whose honor this county was nam-ed, was born in Spartanburg District (now county), SouthCarolina, September 10, 1792, and was reared and educated there. He volunteered asa private soldier at the ageof twenty and served un-der General Jackson dur-ing the War of 1812, hislast service in that war be-
The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . then reap-peared in public life as member of the Consultation in 1835,representing Tenaha (Shelby). He was chosen a member ofthe Constitutional Convention in 1836, representing San Aug-ustine. He died in 1837. SMITH. General James Smith, in whose honor this county was nam-ed, was born in Spartanburg District (now county), SouthCarolina, September 10, 1792, and was reared and educated there. He volunteered asa private soldier at the ageof twenty and served un-der General Jackson dur-ing the War of 1812, hislast service in that war be-ing in the battle of NewOrleans. He returned toSouth Carolina and in1816 was married to Han-nah Parker. Three yearslater he removed to Lin-coln County, Tenn., and en-gaged in farming. He wassoon chosen leader of a vigilance committee for the protectionof the citizens from Indians and the rough characters of whatwas then a frontier country. It is related that he was equalto every emergency and that he afforded ample protection andsecurity to the As Told in County Names 91 He came to Texas in 1834 in advance of his wife and chil-dren, who followed in 1835, reaching Texas on January 1,1836. He settled in Nacogdoches (now Rusk) County on aleague and labor (4,605 acres) of land, which he had selectedfor himself and opened up a farm. Being desirous of aiding his struggling countrymen, he re-turned to Tennessee early in 1836 and raised a company ofseventy-five volunteers from Tennessee and Alabama. Hebrought his company to Texas and enlisted in the service. Heexpended his own money for subsistence and transportationand for the mounts, arms, and ammunition of his men, pur-chasing at New Orleans five stacks of arms. After Texas hadwon independence, his company was mustered out of service. In August and September, 1836, when many of the soldiersafter being discharged, were returning to Nacogdoches in adestitude condition, at considerable expense to himself, he sup-plied their
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