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Scope and Contents The John Warren Smith Collection (1836-2009; ten boxes) contains materials documenting the history of John Warren Smith and the Smith family of Walker County, Texas. The Walker County probate and deed records include information that was used in the writing of John Warren Smith’s novel No Holier Spot ofGround published by Sam Houston State University’s Texas Review Press in 2004. The originalmanuscript and author’s notes for No Holier Spot of Ground are part of the collection, which also...