Paris Smith was the last postmaster of Seguin, Gonzales (later Guadalupe County) while Texas was a Republic.
He was a Texas Ranger in Mathew Caldwell's company. The muster rolls of Mathew Caldwell's Ranger Company of the Gonzales County Minute Men for May 7 - December 20, 1841 included Paris Smith: May 7 - 21; May 24 - 25; September 21 - 23; November 12 - 16; November 22- 24; November 30 -December 4.
Paris Smith was listed as a Justice of the Peace in Gonzales County, Texas.
Paris Smith and his father, Ezekiel Smith were granted a contract by the United States Government to ferry Indians across the Mississippi River in about 1829.
They had migrated from Virginia by way of Kentucky during the 1820's. He is listed in the 1830 Census in Warren County, Illinois and in the 1836 Iowa Territorial Census in Demoine County, Iowa.
In 1840 he and his family sailed down the Mississippi River on a flatboat, hiding by day from the Indians and traveling by night. When they arrived in New Orleans, they took a sailing ship to Texas, landing in Old Powderhorn, later called Indianola, June 1, 1840. He sold some goods there and traveled overland to Seguin, Texas, arriving "July 12th which was the Sabbath".
There he opened a store, was postmaster and several county offices. The first court in Seguin was held under an oak in his yard. Great, great, grandfather Paris wanted to go to California when gold was discovered but great, great, grandmother Dorcas said "NO". No further west for her.
He was a Texas Ranger in Mathew Caldwell's company. The muster rolls of Mathew Caldwell's Ranger Company of the Gonzales County Minute Men for May 7 - December 20, 1841 included Paris Smith: May 7 - 21; May 24 - 25; September 21 - 23; November 12 - 16; November 22- 24; November 30 -December 4.
Paris Smith was listed as a Justice of the Peace in Gonzales County, Texas.
Paris Smith and his father, Ezekiel Smith were granted a contract by the United States Government to ferry Indians across the Mississippi River in about 1829.
They had migrated from Virginia by way of Kentucky during the 1820's. He is listed in the 1830 Census in Warren County, Illinois and in the 1836 Iowa Territorial Census in Demoine County, Iowa.
In 1840 he and his family sailed down the Mississippi River on a flatboat, hiding by day from the Indians and traveling by night. When they arrived in New Orleans, they took a sailing ship to Texas, landing in Old Powderhorn, later called Indianola, June 1, 1840. He sold some goods there and traveled overland to Seguin, Texas, arriving "July 12th which was the Sabbath".
There he opened a store, was postmaster and several county offices. The first court in Seguin was held under an oak in his yard. Great, great, grandfather Paris wanted to go to California when gold was discovered but great, great, grandmother Dorcas said "NO". No further west for her.
Paris Smith was the last postmaster of Seguin, Gonzales (later Guadalupe County) while Texas was a Republic.
He was a Texas Ranger in Mathew Caldwell's company. The muster rolls of Mathew Caldwell's Ranger Company of the Gonzales County Minute Men for May 7 - December 20, 1841 included Paris Smith: May 7 - 21; May 24 - 25; September 21 - 23; November 12 - 16; November 22- 24; November 30 -December 4.
Paris Smith was listed as a Justice of the Peace in Gonzales County, Texas.
Paris Smith and his father, Ezekiel Smith were granted a contract by the United States Government to ferry Indians across the Mississippi River in about 1829.
They had migrated from Virginia by way of Kentucky during the 1820's. He is listed in the 1830 Census in Warren County, Illinois and in the 1836 Iowa Territorial Census in Demoine County, Iowa.
In 1840 he and his family sailed down the Mississippi River on a flatboat, hiding by day from the Indians and traveling by night. When they arrived in New Orleans, they took a sailing ship to Texas, landing in Old Powderhorn, later called Indianola, June 1, 1840. He sold some goods there and traveled overland to Seguin, Texas, arriving "July 12th which was the Sabbath".
There he opened a store, was postmaster and several county offices. The first court in Seguin was held under an oak in his yard. Great, great, grandfather Paris wanted to go to California when gold was discovered but great, great, grandmother Dorcas said "NO". No further west for her.
He was a Texas Ranger in Mathew Caldwell's company. The muster rolls of Mathew Caldwell's Ranger Company of the Gonzales County Minute Men for May 7 - December 20, 1841 included Paris Smith: May 7 - 21; May 24 - 25; September 21 - 23; November 12 - 16; November 22- 24; November 30 -December 4.
Paris Smith was listed as a Justice of the Peace in Gonzales County, Texas.
Paris Smith and his father, Ezekiel Smith were granted a contract by the United States Government to ferry Indians across the Mississippi River in about 1829.
They had migrated from Virginia by way of Kentucky during the 1820's. He is listed in the 1830 Census in Warren County, Illinois and in the 1836 Iowa Territorial Census in Demoine County, Iowa.
In 1840 he and his family sailed down the Mississippi River on a flatboat, hiding by day from the Indians and traveling by night. When they arrived in New Orleans, they took a sailing ship to Texas, landing in Old Powderhorn, later called Indianola, June 1, 1840. He sold some goods there and traveled overland to Seguin, Texas, arriving "July 12th which was the Sabbath".
There he opened a store, was postmaster and several county offices. The first court in Seguin was held under an oak in his yard. Great, great, grandfather Paris wanted to go to California when gold was discovered but great, great, grandmother Dorcas said "NO". No further west for her.
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