Death
The Republic of Texas legislature in November 1836, had granted Smith "any house and lot in the city of Bexar, which may be confiscated for public use". Smith died in Richmond, Texas, at age of fifty, at the home of Randall Jones. He is buried in the Episcopal churchyard with a modest marker, "Deaf Smith, The Texas Spy, Died Nov. 30, 1837." His widow chose the old Granado homeplace at the southeast corner of Main Plaza and Commerce Street in San Antonio. Smith was also granted land for his service to the Texas Republic. His widow returned to San Antonio, died there on May 1, 1849, and is interred at the Catholic Cemetery.
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