Brice Miller Smart

Other Events:

• Census: 1840, Benton Twp., Taney, Missouri
• Census: 1850, Dist. 102, Wright, Missouri
• Census: 1860, Williamson Div., Williamson, Texas; Gabriel Mills P.O.
• Census: 1870, Williamson Co., Texas; Mahomet P.O.
• Census: 1880, Justice Precinct 3, Williamson, Texas; Enumeration District 158
• Civil War Veteran: 1861-1865, Texas; Private, Co. D, 30th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Gurley's) (1st Texas Partisan Rangers)
• Occupation: 1850, Dist. 102, Wright, Missouri; Farmer
• Occupation: 1854, Williamson Co., Texas; Seems to have been a rancher; owned nine horses and sixteen cattle
• Occupation: 1856, Williamson Co., Texas; Rancher; owned nine horses and twenty-five cattle
• Occupation: 1857, Williamson Co., Texas; Rancher; owned nine horses and thirty cattle
• Occupation: 1858, Williamson Co., Texas; Farmer; owned nine horses, thirty-five cattle and a "thrasher"
• Occupation: 1859, Williamson Co., Texas; Farmer; owned thirteen horses, fifty cattle, and a thresher
• Occupation: 1860, Williamson Div., Williamson, Texas; Farmer; owned fifteen horses and fifty cattle
• Occupation: 1862, Williamson Co., Texas; Farmer; owned nineteen horses and eighty cattle
• Occupation: 1863, Williamson Co., Texas; Farmer; owned fifteen horses
• Occupation: 1865, Williamson Co., Texas; Farmer; owned ten horses, forty cattle, and sixty sheep
• Occupation: 1867, Williamson Co., Texas; farmer; owned fifteen horses, fifty-two cattle, and fifty sheep
• Occupation: 1870, Williamson Co., Texas; Farmer Owned twenty-four horses, fifty cattle, and sixty sheep
• Occupation: 1871, Williamson Co., Texas; Stock raiser; owned twenty-seven horses, thirty-six cattle, and forty-five sheep
• Occupation: 1872, Precinct 2, Williamson, Texas; Stock raiser; owned ten horses, fifty cattle, sixteen mules, and fifty sheep
• Occupation: 1873, Precinct 2, Williamson, Texas; Stock raiser; owned eleven horses, twenty cattle, fourteen mules, and fifty sheep
• Occupation: 1874, Precinct 2, Williamson, Texas; Stock raiser; owned eight horses, twenty-four cattle, sixteen mules, and forty-three sheep
• Occupation: 1880, Justice Precinct 3, Williamson, Texas; Farmer
• Probate: 11 Feb 1880, Williamson Co., Texas; Cases 191, 198, 204; not available online at this time (26 Aug 2014)
• Probate: 20 Jul 1880, Williamson Co., Texas; Letters of administration to P H McCormick and J H Smart; appraisers appointed
• Probate: 21 Sep 1880, Williamson Co., Texas; Letters of administration granted to James Montgomery, earlier administrators not having been qualified; appraisers re-appointed
• Residence: 1840, Benton Twp., Taney, Missouri; With a boy and girl under age 5, a boy aged 15 to 19 and a woman aged 20 to 29
• Residence: 1850, Dist. 102, Wright, Missouri; With wife Amy (Cox), six children and a farm hand
• Residence: 1852, Williamson Co., Texas; Tax roll indicates he was a resident of Williamson Co. but not a land owner; owned 11 horses
• Residence: 1854, Williamson Co., Texas; Owned 550 acres valued at $550
• Residence: 1856, Williamson Co., Texas; Owned 750 acres of land valued at $1850
• Residence: 1857, Williamson Co., Texas; Owned 750 acres of land valued at $1500
• Residence: 1858, Williamson Co., Texas; Owned 750 acres valued at $1550
• Residence: 1859, Williamson Co., Texas; Owned 750 acres valued at $1500
• Residence: 1860, Williamson Div., Williamson, Texas; With wife Amy (Cox) and ten children Owned 750 acres valued at $1875
• Residence: 1862, Williamson Co., Texas; Owned 750 acres valued at $1500
• Residence: 1863, Williamson Co., Texas; Owned 750 acres valued at $1500
• Residence: 1864, Williamson Co., Texas; Owned 750 acres valued at $1500
• Residence: 1865, Williamson Co., Texas; Owned 750 acres valued at $1000
• Residence: 1867, Williamson Co., Texas; Owned 750 acres valued at $1500
• Residence: 1870, Williamson Co., Texas; With wife Amy (Cox) and seven children Owned 1150 acres valued at $2600
• Residence: 1871, Williamson Co., Texas; Owned 750 acres valued at $1660
• Residence: 1872, Precinct 2, Williamson, Texas; Owned 750 acres valued at $2000
• Residence: 1873, Precinct 2, Williamson, Texas; Owned 1050 acres valued at $2100
• Residence: 1874, Precinct 2, Williamson, Texas; Owned 1100 acres of land and one lot in the town of Florence, total value $2950
• Residence: 1880, Justice Precinct 3, Williamson, Texas; With wife Amy (Cox) and son Thomas

Notes:

Not found in Williamson Co., Texas tax rolls of 1866
Tax rolls of Williamson Co., Texas 1875-1881 not available online (19 Jan 2015)

Census:
Should not have appeared in this census because he did not live till 1 Jun 1880. The census taker made a record for him which was later crossed out in pencil and the word "Dead" was written in the margin of the sheet.

Buried:
Mahomet Cemetery
Row N, Plot 31

Brice married Amy Cox 14 Feb 1837, Greene Co., Missouri. Amy was born 12 Sep 1819, Indiana; died 13 Jan 1916, Williamson Co., Texas; was buried Williamson Co., Texas. [Group Sheet]