Like his relative, Smallwood Turner Noland, Smallwood Valentine Noland was one of Jackson County's earliest pioneers and was prominent in his time. Unfortunately, there is much confusion as to which Smallwood did what.
I am including here only what I believe, at this time, to be certain.
Most of the records that I have seen shows a Smallwood Noland and a S. V. Noland. I have found that Smallwood Noland is generally referring to Smallwood Turner and, of course, S. V. is referring to Smallwood Valentine.
Smallwood Valentine Noland was definitely a politician. Missouri state records show him as having been elected to the Missouri General Assembly in 1828, 1832, 1834, 1836 and 1838.
In the 1840 census, Smallwood Turner is shown as having ten slaves and by the 1850 census, his slave holdings had increased to 26. S. V. Noland is not shown as owning any slaves, so it appears that the dubious distinction of being a slave owner falls to Smallwood Turner Noland.
I believe that S. V. Noland died in 1845, so he obviously missed the 1850 census. One source showed his death as occurring in Jackson County, Missouri, and another shows his death occuring in Holt, Missouri. I need to do further research, but I think that Holt is the correct place.
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