CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY:  JOHN P. SMITH - Smith County, TX

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Submitted by Peggy Brannon - peggybrannon@hotmail.com
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

JOHN P. SMITH

Capt. John P. Smith was born in Anderson District, South Carolina, Sept. 23, 
1838; and with his father's family moved to Georgia in 1843; came to Texas 
in the fall of 1858 and settled in Smith county near what is now known as 
Swan. Enlisted in the Confederate army early in 1862 in Capt. W. J. Smith's 
company of Clark's Texas Regiment, and served in the Trans-Mississippi army. 
He was in the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill; La.; was captured at 
Jenkins Ferry and then exchanged. He was an active officer in his command 
and was always true to the South up to the time of his death, which occurred 
in Tyler, Texas, June 5th, 1906. He held many offices of trust, to-wit: 
Justice of the peace, sheriff, and city marshal. Capt. Smith married Miss 
Sallie Wiggins, daughter of Col. John M. Wiggins, a prominent citizen of 
Smith County. His widow survives him. John P. Smith is kindly remembered for 
his sterling manhood and as a kindhearted man of good and generous impulse. 
His son Wig Smith is sheriff of Smith county.