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[Letter to an Editor of a Newspaper]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing several letters to the editor published in a Waco newspaper, starting with a poem from " Portfolio of a Deceased Confederate Soldier " and commentary providing insight on the soldier's life, family, property, and death. Other letters and articles discuss horse thieves that were shot, the Election Law that had recently been passed on the front, with text on the back describing recent events and anecdotes and bounties, with advertisements.
Date: August 1872
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Mt. Pleasant Church]

Description: Photograph of the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church building. It is a white wooden building, with steps leading up to double doors, and a sign which reads "Mt. Pleasant Meeting House, Founded 1820", as well as a cross, hang above the door.
Date: 19uu
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Mt. Pleasant Church and Graveyard]

Description: Photograph of the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church building. It is a white wooden building, with steps leading up to double doors, and a sign which reads "Mt. Pleasant Meeting House, Founded 1820", as well as a cross, hang above the door. The church's graveyard is visible in the foreground. Flowers have been placed on several of the graves.
Date: 19uu
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Interior of Mt. Pleasant Church]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church building. Wooden pews line the aisles, each with a wooden cross on the side. Art glass windows flank the pulpit, which is separated from the congregation with a white wooden rail.
Date: 19uu
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Family Records]

Description: Photograph of a page of the family record in Reverend Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr.'s Bible. This page details marriages in the family throughout the years.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smith, Anthony Joseph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Family Records]

Description: Photograph of a page of the family record in Reverend Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr.'s Bible. This page details births in the family throughout the years.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smith, Anthony Joseph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Home of Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr.]

Description: Photograph of Joe Boyd McRee, Sara Jo McRee, Agnes Wilson (owner), and James Anthony Vining in the first row; Edna L. Vining, Sara H. Vining McRee, and T. Bradford Willis in the second row; and Hester Beck Willis on the porch outside the house of Reverend Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr. in June of 1977.
Date: June 23, 1977
Creator: Willis, John Todd
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr. Family Cemetery]

Description: Photograph of the cemetery of the family of Reverend Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr., which is located 75 yards away from the house. There are four graves visible in the photograph. Three are box/altar tombs and one is an upright grave marker.
Date: April 1977
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Grave Marker of Rev. Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr.]

Description: Photograph of the grave marker of Rev. Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr. in the cemetery behind his house. It reads "In memory of Rev. Anthony G. Smith, Born Aug. 30th, 1776, Died Jan. 18th, 1852. He was for Forty Five years a faithful and devout Minister of Jesus Christ. Our father."
Date: [1970..1980]
Creator: Smith, Anthony Joseph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Grave Marker of Mary Allen Smith]

Description: Photograph of the grave marker of Mary "Polly" Allen Smith in the cemetery behind the Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr. house. It reads "In memory of Mary, consort of Rev. Anthony G. Smith. Born Dec. 21st, 1777. Died April 19th, 1857. For fifty years, the skyward road she trod and found at last the Paradise of God. Our mother."
Date: [1970..1980]
Creator: Smith, Anthony Joseph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Close-Up of the Grave Marker of Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr.]

Description: Photograph close-up of the grave marker of Rev. Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr. in the cemetery behind his house. It reads "In memory of Rev. Anthony G. Smith, Born Aug. 30th, 1776, Died Jan. 18th, 1852. He was for Forty Five years a faithful and devout Minister of Jesus Christ. Our father."
Date: June 23, 1977
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Close-Up of the Grave Marker of Mary Allen Smith]

Description: Photograph close-up of the grave marker of Mary "Polly" Allen Smith in the cemetery behind the Anthony Garnett Smith, Sr. house. It reads "In memory of Mary, consort of Rev. Anthony G. Smith. Born Dec. 21st, 1777. Died April 19th, 1857. For fifty years, the skyward road she trod and found at last the Paradise of God. Our mother."
Date: June 23, 1977
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis
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