Terms of Service

• House, 3rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  11/5/1849 - 11/3/1851
   
  

(1) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

• Census of 1850 - B.P. Smith, Red River County, age 26, born circa 1824, attorney. FamilySearch .
• Burrell P. Smith, birth date 10/25/1823 in Wilson County, Tennessee, death date 8/11/1859 in Grayson County, Texas, burial in West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Grayson County. Includes biographical sketch, obituary from The Clarksville Standard, 9/3/1859. Find a Grave .
• Death notice, Dallas Herald, 8/31/1859, p. 2. "Capt. Burrell P. Smith . . . was a member of the Legislature from Red River, in 1849." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Committee Information

• 3rd R.S. - 1849
• Apportionment, Special  
• Division of the Supreme Court, Governor's Message  
• Education  
• Judiciary  
• Public Debt, Select