Smith County, Texas

Antioch Baptist Church At this site was the camp of the Army of the Republic of Texas Barber Cemetery Bascom Cemetery Bethesda Presbyterian Church and Cemetery Bullard Cemetery Bullard Water Well Butler College Camp Fannin Camp Fannin Internment Camp World War II P.O.W. Camp Camp Ford Camp Ford Camp of the Army of the Republic of Texas Cedar Street United Methodist Church Chilton-Lipstate-Taylor House Christ Episcopal Church City of Tyler Colonel Bryan Marsh Colonel Richard B. Hubbard Colonel Thomas R. Bonner Confederate Arms Factory Damascus Baptist Church Dewberry Plantation House Duck Creek Soil Erosion Project El Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Elisha Everett Lott Erasmus M. Hanna House First Baptist Church of Tyler First Baptist Church of Whitehouse First Baptist Church of Winona First Christian Church of Tyler First County Agricultural Extension Agent First Presbyterian Church, U. S. of Troup First United Methodist Church of Troup Flewellen-Thweatt Cemetery Flint Cemetery Frank Bell House Garden Valley Gary Elementary School Goodman Home, 1857 Harris Creek Cemetery Hawthorne Cemetery Head of Navigation on the Sabine River, Belzora Landing Headache Springs, C. S. A. Medical Laboratory Hebron Baptist Church Henry Gary House Henry Miller Morgan Hopewell Baptist Church Hubbard Family Cemetery In the vicinity of Harris' place In this vicinity extended the Vial-Fragoso Trail James Calhoun Hill John B. and Ketura Douglas House John Franklin Overton Judge Stockton Donley Major James P. Douglas Major John Dean House Marvin Methodist Church Milburn-Gary House Murphey the Jeweler Near Site of C.S.A. Ordnance Plant Neches Saline, C. S. A. New Harmony Baptist Church Nicholas Wren Noonday Cemetery Oakwood Cemetery Omen (Canton) Community Pine Springs Baptist Church Pinkston Cemetery Pleasant Retreat United Methodist Church Ramey House Richard Bennett Hubbard Rudolph Bergfeld Sabine Methodist Church Sartain Homestead Seven League Cemetery Shamburger Cemetery Site of Flora Smith Cemetery Smith County Smith County as a 19th Century Legal Center Smith County Jail, 1881 Smith County Rose Industry and the Tyler Rose Garden Smith County, C. S. A. Starrville Cemetery (HTC) Starrville Community Starrville Community Center Texas College The Connally Home The George R. Philips House The Kay House The Patterson Home Tomas G. Pollard, Sr. Troup City Cemetery Tyler Carnegie Library Tyler Commercial College Tyler Junior College Tyler Tap Railroad Union Chapel Cemetery and Church Union Grove Cemetery Union Grove Cemetery Whisenhunt-Kinzie House Whitaker-McClendon House Willie Lee Campbell Glass Woman's Building Wood-Verner Cemetery Yarbrough Building

Ahavath Achim Cemetery Alsup Cemetery Antioch Cemetery #1 Antioch Cemetery #2 Argenbright Cemetery Armstrong Grave Asbury Cemetery Bacon Cemetery Barber Cemetery Barron-Shackleford Cemetery Bascom East Cemetery Bascom West Cemetery Beaird Cemetery #1 Beaird Cemetery #2 Belcher Cemetery Bell Cemetery Bethesda Cemetery Bethlehem Cemetery Bowie Cemetery Bowman Cemetery Boyd Cemetery Bradford Brandon Cemetery Breese-Gimble Cemetery Britton Grave Brown-Bundy Family Cemetery Bullard Cemetery Bunkley Cemetery Burns Cemetery Burrow Butler Cemetery #1 Butler Cemetery #2 Carmel Cemetery Castle Cemetery Cathedral in the Pines Cemetery Center Cemetery #1 Center Cemetery #2 Chapel Hill Cemetery Clear Springs Cemetery Crow Cemetery Damascus Cemetery Dean Baptist Cemetery Dickson Cemetery Douglas Cemetery Association Dover Cemetery Dunn Cemetery Dunwood Cemetery Easley Cemetery East Texas Chest Hospital Cemetery Ebenezer Cemetery Edwards Emmanuel Cemetery El Bethel Cemetery Elkins Cemetery Erwin Cemetery Evergreen Memorial Cemetery Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery Fairview-Nebo Cemetery Faith Mission Memorial Park Cemetery Fitzgerald Cemetery Flewellen Cemetery Flewellen-Thweatt Cemetery Flint Cemetery Friendship Cemetery Friendship-Alsup Cemetery G.W. Stone Gravesite Gabriel-Warren Chapel Cemetery Galena Cemetery Galilee Cemetery Garden Valley Cemetery Garrett Cemetery Gee Cemetery Gimble-Breese Cemetery Goodman Cemetery Gore Grave Goss Cemetery Green Cemetery Harris Chapel Cemetery Harris Creek Cemetery Harris Creek Memorial Cemetery Hassell-Jones Cemetery Hawthorne Cemetery Hendley Cemetery Henry Cemetery High Cemetery Hocutt Grave Hodges Cemetery Holt-Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Hope Providence Cemetery Hopewell Cemetery #1 Hopewell Cemetery #2 Hopewell Cemetery #3 Hopewell Cemetery #4 Hopewell Cemetery #5 Hubbard Cemetery Hudson Cemetery Ingram Cemetery Jackson Springhill Cemetery Jackson-Browning Cemetery Jamestown Cemetery Jeffries-Littlejohn Cemetery Jimtown Cemetery Jones Valley-Mims Cemetery Kay Cemetery Kendrick Cemetery Kilgore Memorial Gardens Knowles Cemetery Knoxville Cemetery Lang Grave Lee Springs Cemetery Liberty Cemetery Liberty Hill Cemetery Liberty Hill Memorial Cemetery Lindale Lindale Cemetery Loftin-Teaselville-Old White Settlement Cemetery Lorance Cemetery Lott Grave Lukenbill Cemetery Mallory-Old Myrtle Springs Cemetery Marsh-Wiggins Cemetery Marshall Cemetery Mason Mauldin Memorial Garden Cemetery Mauldin Memorial Gardens Cemetery McCorkle Cemetery McDougal #2 McDougal Cemetery Meador Cemetery Mechanicsville-Robbs- Bauman Cemetery Memorial Park Cemetery Midway Cemetery Minors Cemetery Monroe Stone Cemetery Morris Cemetery Mount Olive Cemetery Mount Sylvan Cemetery Mount Zion Cemetery NE Mount Zion Cemetery SE Mourfield Graves New Bethel Cemetery New Canaan Cemetery New Harmony Cemetery New Home Cemetery NE New Home Cemetery SE New Hope Cemetery #1 New Hope Cemetery #2 Nichols Cemetery Noonday Cemetery Oakhurst Farms Cemetery Oakwood Cemetery Old Dabbs Cemetery Old Hopewell Cemetery Old Saint Louis Cemetery Pine Springs Cemetery Pinecrest Cemetery Piney Grove Cemetery Pinkston Cemetery Pleasant Grove Cemetery Pleasant Retreat Cemetery Potter Grave Prospect Cemetery Providence Cemetery Rather Cemetery Ray Family Cemetery Red Hill Cemetery Red Springs Cemetery Roberts Cemetery Rogers-Hebron Cemetery Rose Hill Cemetery Rousseau Cemetery Rucker Cemetery Rucker Community Cemetery Sabine Cemetery Saint Louis Cemetery Saint Mary’s Cemetery Saint Violet Cemetery Salem Memorial Cemetery Sand Springs Sand Springs Cemetery Sandflat Cemetery Sanford-Oakdale Cemetery Sartain Grave Scott Grave Seastrunk Cemetery Seven Leagues Cemetery Shaddox Grave Shady Grove Shamburger Cemetery Shiloh Cemetery Siloam Cemetery Sitton Cemetery Smith Cemetery NE Smith Cemetery SE Smith Cemetery SW Smith-Eby Cemetery Spring Creek Cemetery Spring Hill M.E. Church South Cemetery Springhill Cemetery Starr-Hawkins Cemetery Starrville Cemetery Sugar Hill Cemetery Tate Cemetery Taylor-Little Cemetery Terry Cemetery Thompson Family Cemetery Threlkeld Cemetery Troup City Cemetery #1 Tyler Memorial Cemetery Union Chapel Cemetery Union Grove Cemetery Universe Cemetery Unknown #1 (SW Tyler; SW of St. Louis Cem) Unknown #3 (E of Tyler on Erwin St.) Unknown #4 (Between Tyler and Swan Community, between Hwy 69 and CR 429) Unknown #5 (NW of Tyler on CR 494) Unknown #6 (SW of Prospect Cem on CR 246) Unknown #7 (SW of Hide-a-Way) Unknown #8 Unknown (Dixie) Unknown (Pleasant Acres Lake) Unknown (Swan) unknown grave unknown grave unknown grave (Gresham) Unnamed Cemetery At Garden Valley. Vandergriff Grave Verner-Black Fork Cemetery Village Creek Cemetery Walnut Grove Cemetery Walnut Springs Cemetery Walters Cemetery Waters Bluff Cemetery Welch Grave Westview Cemetery White-Perryman Cemetery Whitehouse Memorial Cemetery Wilkins Grave Williams Cemetery Williams Grave Wilson-Curtis Cemetery Wiseman Grave Wyatt Graves

Smith County, Texas, holds a rich history that stretches back to its beginnings. The land that is now Smith County was once inhabited by various Native American tribes, including the Caddo and Cherokee nations. The region first caught the attention of European settlers in the early 19th century, when Stephen F. Austin's colonists began to venture into the area. The first permanent settlement, Tyler, was established in 1846.

During the turbulent times of the American Civil War, Smith County experienced significant unrest. Many residents in the county owned slaves, and tensions ran high between Union and Confederate sympathizers. The Battle of Blackjack Grove took place in August 1864, and although it was a minor skirmish, it reflected the deep divisions and struggles faced by the county during the war.

Following the war, Smith County experienced rapid growth and development. The arrival of the railroad in the late 19th century further boosted the county's economy and population. During this period, the town of Tyler established itself as a principal commercial center, attracting businesses and settlers from surrounding areas.

In the 20th century, Smith County continued to thrive with the growth of agriculture, oil, and manufacturing industries. Tyler became known as the "Rose Capital of the World" due to its substantial rose-growing industry. The county has also been a center for education, with the establishment of schools and universities.

Today, Smith County remains a vibrant and dynamic part of Texas. Its rich history, from its Native American roots to its role in the Civil War and beyond, provides a fascinating backdrop to its current achievements and endeavors.
Brief timeline of the history of Smith County, Texas:

  • 1846 - Smith County is established by the Texas legislature.
  • 1847 - The county seat is designated at Tyler.
  • 1850 - The population of Smith County reaches 1,726.
  • 1861-1865 - The Civil War impacts the county, with many residents serving in the Confederate Army.
  • 1877 - The Texas and Pacific Railway reaches Tyler, boosting the local economy.
  • 1930s - The Great Depression brings economic hardships to Smith County.
  • 1932 - The East Texas Oil Field is discovered, leading to an oil boom in the area.
  • 1950s - The construction of highways and infrastructure brings further growth and development to the county.
  • 1995 - The Smith County Historical Society is formed to preserve the county's history.
  • Present - Smith County continues to thrive as a regional economic and cultural hub in East Texas.

This timeline provides a glimpse into the major events and milestones that have shaped the history of Smith County, Texas.

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