Terms of Service

• House, 12th ^{(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)} Legislature
  2/9/1870 - 2/23/1870
   
  

(1) NACOGDOCHES, TX. Nacogdoches is the county seat of Nacogdoches County. Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/9/1870. Election contest between E.L. [Sterling] Smith and W.H. Bonner resolved in Bonner's favor on 2/23/1870, pp. 58-59. House Journal . February 9, 1870
February 23, 1870
(3) William H. Bonner, Jr., sworn 5/2/1870, succeeded Sterling L. Smith, unseated in election contest 2/23/1870. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) "House Journal, Provisional Session, gives E.L. Smith and the Secretary of State register gives S.L. Smith. There are no other known sources. The 1870 federal census, the county tax rolls of the district, and the 1867 voter registration list show no E.L. Smith." Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(6) Sabine County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Census of 1870 - Sterling L. Smith, Nacogdoches County, age 36, born circa 1834 in Georgia, schoolteacher.
  Census of 1880 - Sterling L. Smith, Nacogdoches County, age 46, born circa 1834, Georgia, farmer and teacher.
  Census of 1900 - S.L. Smith, Nacogdoches County, age 67, born July 1833 in Georgia, landlord. FamilySearch . 1900 1880
1870
• S.L. Smith, birth date 6/25/1833, death date 6/13/1904, burial in Old North Church Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County. Find a Grave .
• Death notice, "Captain S.L. Smith Dead," The Batesville Herald, 6/18/1904, p. 1. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Committee Information

• 12th Provisional - 1870
• Enrolled Bills