Smithville br/Bastrop County, Texas br/30 00.563' N 97 09.548' W br/401 Main Street. br/br/Text: John C. Yerge, 1840 settler from Mississippi, and son-in-law, John W. Hill (1836 - 1928), native of Bastrop County, built this Colonial home, 1887. Moved family store also from Alum Creek to site of Smithville, laid out as a division point on M. K. amp; T.