Henry Smith 

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Marker Text: Henry Smith was born in Kentucky, May Twentieth 1788, came to Texas in 1827 and settled in what is now Brazoria County which he regarded as his home until his death. He was severely wounded in the Battle of Velasco, June 26, 1832. Alcalde of the jurisdiction of Brazoria, 1833. Delegate to the Second Convention of Texas in 1833. Political chief of the Department of the Brazos in 1834.
             Henry Smith was a member of the Consultation and was by that body elected Governor of the Provisional Government of Texas, November 12, 1835. He was the first Secretary of the Treasury of the Republic of Texas, 1836 to 1838, and a member of the Fifth Congress of the Republic, 1840 to 1841. He died in a mining camp in Los Angeles County California, March Fourth 1851, while in search of gold.
​            Erected by the State of Texas 1936 with funds appropriated by the Federal Government to commemorate one hundred years of Texas independence (1936)

Marker No: 14397

1936 Centennial Statue 

National Register of Historic Places

Geographic: 29.047112, -95.570374

Location: North Brooks Street (State Highway 36) and West Smith Street, Brazoria