Louis Spinks Smith

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Pink Smith
• Residence: 1870, , Bastrop, Texas, USA; Post Office: Bastrop
• Residence: 1880, , Bastrop, Texas, USA; Marital status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Self

Louis married Mary Catherine Tanner on 12 Feb 1871 in , Bastrop, Texas, USA. Mary (daughter of Napoleon Bonaparte Tanner and Sarah Elizabeth Thomas) was born on 9 Jun 1852 in , Bastrop, Texas, USA; died on 30 Jul 1889 in , Bastrop, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James Lewis Smith was born on 2 Aug 1873 in , Bastrop, Texas, USA; died on 11 Jun 1943 in Simmons, Live Oak, Texas, USA.
2. Mary Claudie Smith was born in 1875 in , Bastrop, Texas, USA; died in 1900.
3. William Thomas Smith was born on 29 Dec 1876 in McDade, Bastrop, Texas, USA; died on 12 Jan 1959 in Victoria, Victoria, Texas, USA.
4. George Washington Smith was born on 12 Aug 1879 in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, USA; died on 18 Feb 1951 in Orange Grove, Jim Wells, Texas, USA.
5. Jessie Elizabeth Smith was born on 8 Nov 1882 in Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, USA; died on 22 Feb 1973 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA.
6. Rollie Napoleon Smith was born on 26 Oct 1884 in , , Texas, USA; died in 1978 in , , Texas, USA.
7. John Wesley Smith was born on 3 Nov 1886 in , Bastrop, Texas, USA; died on 14 Oct 1909 in Otis, Bastrop, Texas, USA.
8. Winettia Catherine (Nettie) Smith was born on 11 Nov 1888 in , Bastrop, Texas, USA; died on 9 Apr 1955 in Hico, Hamilton, Texas, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, , Maury, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Maury, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

James Smith was born on 16 September 1778 in North Carolina. His parents are unknown at this time. He died 25 March 1847, Williamsport, Maury County, Texas.Martha Morrison was born in 1787 in North Carolina. Her parents are unknown at this time. She died after 1850, place unknown.James S. Smith and Martha Morrison married in North Carolina, probably about 1811. There are six known children: Thomas William boren1833, in Tennessee. No other information known. Enoch K.* born 1 July 1815, in North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Sowell on 29 June 1847 in Williamsport, Maury County, Tennessee.Leonard L.* born 1 July 1815 in North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Erwin on 3 Dec 1840 in Williamsport, Maury County, Tennessee.“Susan” Sarah A. born 1818, in North Carolina. She married Andrew Dickens 1849 or 1850, in Williamsport, Maury County, Tennessee.Lucinda born 1820 in North Carolina or Lawrence County, Tennessee. No other information known.Louis Spinks born 1831 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married Mary Catherine Tanner on 12 February 1870 in Bastrop County, Texas.I am sure that there were other children because of the gap in the years between Lucinda and Louis Spinks. The Smith’s came to Tennessee from North Carolina around 1820. The hand-me-down story is as follows:As told by Mary Lucinda Smith Blackwell; daughter of Enoch K. Smith to her granddaughter, Leola Enoch K. Smith was looking for adventure. He left Tennessee and came to Texas. He fought for Texas independence at the Battle of San Jacinto. After the battle, he returned to Tennessee. He married Elizabeth Jerusha Sowell in Williamsport, Maury County, Tennessee on 29 June 1847. Elizabeth and Enoch K. Smith had two children in Tennessee. Sometime between 1855, when the death of their daughter Martha Ann occurred in Tennessee and the birth of their daughter, Mary Lucinda in 1859, in Bastrop County, Texas is when they migrated to Texas. The exact reason they came to Texas is unknown. But the trip was probably to better their lifes and Texas had large land opportunities.The trip to Texas from Tennessee was made by covered wagons. The long journey took at least nine months, over rough terrain. The Smiths, including brothers, Leonard and Louis Spinks, the Erwins and other families traveled together. Finally settling in the Oakhill Community of Bastrop County, Texas which was established in 1840’s and in the Piney Creek Community.

James married Martha Morrison in 1811 in , , North Carolina, USA. Martha was born on 7 Apr 1787 in , , North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]