Marker Inscription
Eli Smith (1848-79), for whose family the town of Smithfield is named, came from Missouri to Texas about 1859. In the early 1870s he donated part of his farm for the cemetery. The oldest marked grave is that of an infant, Mattie J. Brownfield, who died on Oct. 13, 1872. More than seventy-five graves, including that of Eli Smith, date from the 1870s. Pioneer physician Lilburn Howard Colley (b. 1843), for whom nearby Colleyville is named, was interred here in 1924. Numerous Civil War veterans, including men from both the Union and Confederate Armies, are also buried here.
About this site
Smithfield Cemetery is a historical marker in North Richland Hills, Tarrant County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 354 historical markers documented in Tarrant County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 458 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.8687, -97.2112 near North Richland Hills. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hightower, Alfred Madison (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Smith, Eli, Smithfield, and Smithfield Methodist Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5439004967. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
