Person:William Smith (977)

challenged parents: Joseph Smith and Minerva Hall (1)

William is listed in the 1860 census in Rusk County, Texas, but not in the guardianship papers of his father, Joseph P. Smith. Possibly the census taker made a mistake and this is really Delilah Smith (Dillie Jo).

1. ↑ Census: 1860 Federal Census USA
   House #138 Lines 28 B 40 Fam 144, 14 Jun 1860.

   1860 Federal Census - Rusk County Texas - enumerated 14 Jun 1860
   Henderson Beat Household #138 Page ___ Lines 28 B 40 Family 144
   
   138 144 M A Smith 30 F 3900 400 Tennessee
   (Minerva Ann Hall Smith Huckabee, widow of Joseph P. Smith)
   138 144 Jas J. Smith 11 M Texas (James Jasper Smith)
   138 144 John T. Smith 9 M Texas
   138 144 H T Smith 8 F Texas
   (Texanna Smith Milner Black)
   138 144 Wm Smith 3 M Texas
   [The census taker made a mistake here. This is Delila Jo Smith, who is a female. Or the census taker missed Delila and William died before the guardianships. William is in no other documents, but there are two guardianship papers with her listed. William and Dillie Smith would have had to be twins]
   138 144 George Cooper 66 M Texas
   138 144 Martha Thompson 65 F Ireland

   Federal Census - Rusk County Texas - enumerated 14 Jun 1860
   Henderson Beat Household #138 Page ___ Lines 28 B 40 Family 144