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Post by Greg C. on Nov 18, 2007 12:42:26 GMT -5
SMITH, CHARLES S. (1806-1836). Charles S. Smith, Alamo defender, son of Charles Somerset and Ann (Southern) Smith, was born in Maryland in 1806. He moved to Texas from Louisiana, enlisted in the service of Texas on October 10, 1835, and took part in the siege of Bexarqv as a member of Capt. Thomas F. L. Parrott's artillery company. He volunteered on December 14, 1835, to serve an additional four months and remained in Bexar as a member of Capt. William R. Carey's artillery company. Smith died in the battle of the Alamoqv on March 6, 1836. Col. James C. Neill later stated of Smith that he "served faithfully and fell in the Alamo."
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Post by MICHELLE STALLINGS on Nov 20, 2022 14:27:14 GMT -5
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO HIS WIFE WAS AND WHAT HIS CHILDREN'S NAMES WERE AND WHAT BECAME OF THEM? HE WAS GRANTED LAND THAT LATER BECAME PILOT POINT, TEXAS AND HIS WIDOW REMARRIED A LOCAL SURVEYOR.
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