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Sources consulted for the biography of:Dabney N. Smith (1846–1920)
Biographical Information
- Birth date in United States Census Schedules, Charlotte Co., 1900, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Charlotte Co. Deed Books 34:409, 35:57, 431, 36:332–333, 378–379.
- Marriage Register, Charlotte Co., Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia.
- Marriage reported in Charlotte Gazette, March 5, 1885.
- Samuel Read v. Dabney N. Smith, Charlotte Co. Chancery Causes, 1890-003, Library of Virginia.
- Date of death at age sixty and place of burial in Charlotte Co., Death Certificate, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia.
Political Career
- Richmond Daily Whig, March 18, 1881 (first quotation).
- Charlotte Gazette, April 7, 1887 (second quotation).
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, No. 17 (1881) and 65 (1883), State Government Records Collection, Record Group 13, Library of Virginia.
Secondary Sources
- Biography in Luther Porter Jackson, Negro Office-Holders in Virginia, 1865–1895 (1945), 38–39, 60 (portrait), 79.
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