Headstone reads Capt. Wm. D. Smith
Gonzales Inquirer Jan. 3, 1924
Old Time Records Show Some Interesting Data
Grandfather of Gonzales Residents
Richest Citizen and Slave Holder of Jefferson County
A recent article in the Beaumont Enterprise, dealing with the early citizens of Jefferson county shows who the leading families of that county were in point of wealth as indicated in the number of slaves and land owned by these old timers, a list of all these pioneer citizens being given.
This paragraph is of local interest as the "wealthiest an referred to was none other than the grandfather of Sidney A. Smith, who has just moved "back home" from Dayton to assume the post of editorial and business manager of the old Inquirer, on which he worked for 26 years, and also of Miss Bessie Smith of this city.
Has 18 Slaves
"The wealthiest man, in property holdings in 1837, was William D. Smith, according to the tax report. He had the largest number of slaves, (eighteen) of any resident in the county, and reported for taxes 25,231 of land, valued at $19,192. The slave were worth $7,100.
The arrival stated that the first assessors, roll returned to the old Texas capital at Washington on the Brazos in 1837, showed a total land and property valuation in that county of $280, 992.25, on which the State charged 5 cents per $100 tax, or slightly over $1,400.
Gonzales Inquirer Jan. 3, 1924
Old Time Records Show Some Interesting Data
Grandfather of Gonzales Residents
Richest Citizen and Slave Holder of Jefferson County
A recent article in the Beaumont Enterprise, dealing with the early citizens of Jefferson county shows who the leading families of that county were in point of wealth as indicated in the number of slaves and land owned by these old timers, a list of all these pioneer citizens being given.
This paragraph is of local interest as the "wealthiest an referred to was none other than the grandfather of Sidney A. Smith, who has just moved "back home" from Dayton to assume the post of editorial and business manager of the old Inquirer, on which he worked for 26 years, and also of Miss Bessie Smith of this city.
Has 18 Slaves
"The wealthiest man, in property holdings in 1837, was William D. Smith, according to the tax report. He had the largest number of slaves, (eighteen) of any resident in the county, and reported for taxes 25,231 of land, valued at $19,192. The slave were worth $7,100.
The arrival stated that the first assessors, roll returned to the old Texas capital at Washington on the Brazos in 1837, showed a total land and property valuation in that county of $280, 992.25, on which the State charged 5 cents per $100 tax, or slightly over $1,400.
Headstone reads Capt. Wm. D. Smith
Gonzales Inquirer Jan. 3, 1924
Old Time Records Show Some Interesting Data
Grandfather of Gonzales Residents
Richest Citizen and Slave Holder of Jefferson County
A recent article in the Beaumont Enterprise, dealing with the early citizens of Jefferson county shows who the leading families of that county were in point of wealth as indicated in the number of slaves and land owned by these old timers, a list of all these pioneer citizens being given.
This paragraph is of local interest as the "wealthiest an referred to was none other than the grandfather of Sidney A. Smith, who has just moved "back home" from Dayton to assume the post of editorial and business manager of the old Inquirer, on which he worked for 26 years, and also of Miss Bessie Smith of this city.
Has 18 Slaves
"The wealthiest man, in property holdings in 1837, was William D. Smith, according to the tax report. He had the largest number of slaves, (eighteen) of any resident in the county, and reported for taxes 25,231 of land, valued at $19,192. The slave were worth $7,100.
The arrival stated that the first assessors, roll returned to the old Texas capital at Washington on the Brazos in 1837, showed a total land and property valuation in that county of $280, 992.25, on which the State charged 5 cents per $100 tax, or slightly over $1,400.
Gonzales Inquirer Jan. 3, 1924
Old Time Records Show Some Interesting Data
Grandfather of Gonzales Residents
Richest Citizen and Slave Holder of Jefferson County
A recent article in the Beaumont Enterprise, dealing with the early citizens of Jefferson county shows who the leading families of that county were in point of wealth as indicated in the number of slaves and land owned by these old timers, a list of all these pioneer citizens being given.
This paragraph is of local interest as the "wealthiest an referred to was none other than the grandfather of Sidney A. Smith, who has just moved "back home" from Dayton to assume the post of editorial and business manager of the old Inquirer, on which he worked for 26 years, and also of Miss Bessie Smith of this city.
Has 18 Slaves
"The wealthiest man, in property holdings in 1837, was William D. Smith, according to the tax report. He had the largest number of slaves, (eighteen) of any resident in the county, and reported for taxes 25,231 of land, valued at $19,192. The slave were worth $7,100.
The arrival stated that the first assessors, roll returned to the old Texas capital at Washington on the Brazos in 1837, showed a total land and property valuation in that county of $280, 992.25, on which the State charged 5 cents per $100 tax, or slightly over $1,400.
Inscription
Sacred to the
Memory of
CAPT. Wm. D. SMITH
BORN IN
Mecklenburg Co. Va.
DIED IN
Gonzales Tex.
AT 91 years
4 mo's & 12 d'ys
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