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Abner Wilson Smith

4 Jul 1781 – 26 Apr 1872

Birth	4 Jul 1781
Death	26 Apr 1872
Cemetery	Black Jack Cemetery Gus , Burleson County , Texas , USA
Added by	Donna Chapman on 10 Oct 2006
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16129245

Gravesite details

His Cemetery where it was reported that he was buried does not have a marker for him. I have walked the whole Cemetery personally.

Bio

Abner Smith was married to Sarah Rebecca Jackson, who was his second wife. He was first married to Siddy Busbee and had 7 children. He and Sarah Rebecca had one daughter, Abigail Smith. She married Jessie James Bardin in 1845 in Fayette Co., Texas.

Inscription

Smith founded the first Baptist Church on Texas soil on 29 March 1834. The Providence Baptist Church was 12 miles south of Bastrop on the Colorado River. Under Spanish Grant Smith was given a league of land (4439 acres) in Burleson County which he divided among his family. Abner was one of the first Primitive Baptist Ministers to come to Texas in 1832. He established churches in Bastrop, and Burleson Co's, as well as participated in establishing many more in Texas.

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Family

Parents

• George Smith 1749–1838 FaG
• Elizabeth Rebecca Bennett Smith 1749–1842 FaG

Siblings

• Charles Earles 1770–1848 FaG
• Elizabeth Smith McElroy 1779–1863 FaG
• Abner Smith 1781–1850 FaG
• Susannah "Susan" Smith Daugherty 1783–1862 FaG
• Sarah "Sally" Smith Eggers 1789–1857 FaG
• Mrs Nancy Smith Wilson 1793–1858 FaG

Children

• Newman Smith 1808–1867
• Nancy Smith Loden 1811–1870
• Bethel Smith 1812–1885
• Sarah Elizabeth C. Smith Loden 1821–1891
• Mrs Abigail Smith Burleson 1828–1893

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