Bosque County Texas Archives Photo Tombstone.....Smith, John Jackson 
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Cemetery:           Smith's Bend - Coons Creek Cemetery
Name:               John Jackson Smith

Date Of Photograph: February 1, 2006
Photo can be seen at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/bosque/photos/tombstones/smithsbendcoonsc/smith2250gph.jpg
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[beneath an image of a lamb laying beneath a tree, the inscription:] John J.
Smith, born Aug. 22, 1799 in Edgefield Dist., S.C. died Aug. 23, 1867

Additional Comments:
John Jackson Smith and Margaret "Peggy" Butler Smith, moved to Bosque County,
Texas in 1854 from Scott County, Mississippi.  They settled on several thousand
acres with their family members and slaves.  J.J. Smith had been the first
elected sheriff in Scott County when it was formed from the Choctaw lands in 1834.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/bosque/photos/tombstones/smithsbendcoonsc/smith2250gph.txt

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