Smith County’s commissioners’ court meets for the first time

Name: Smith County’s commissioners’ court meets for the first time
Start: 1846

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Smith County was marked off from the Nacogdoches District in July 1846, and its commissioners’ court was elected and met for the first time before the end of that year.

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April 11, 1846, is the day the legislature created the county; July 1846 is when it was marked off from the Nacogdoches District. They are two steps, not two answers.

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Handbook of Texas: Smith Countytshaonline.orgIn July 1846 Smith County was marked off from the Nacogdoches DistrictThe county commissioners' court was elected and met for the first time before the end of the year.

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