Colonel Daniel Smith

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA - NORTH CAROLINA with the rank of COLONEL. DAR Ancestor # A104948

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Revolutionary War Patriot, Brigadier General, US Senator. Born in Stafford County, Virginia, he was educated at the College of William and Mary and became a surveyor. In 1773, he became the deputy surveyor of Augusta County, Virgina and was elected sheriff of Augusta County in 1780. During the Revolutionary War, he was commissioned a Colonel in the militia, took part in the later battles and was appointed Assistant Deputy Surveyor for the Southern Department of the Continental Army in 1781. At the war's end, he moved to Sumner County, Tennessee, to claim a land grant for his military service and served as the county surveyor. He was prominent in local affairs, was appointed a Brigadier General in the Continental Army militia and President George Washington named him the first Secretary of the Southern Territory 1790. Smith was a member of the convention that wrote the Tennessee Constitution which came into effect with its statehood on June 1, 1796 and he prepared the first official map of Tennessee. In 1798, he was appointed as a Democratic United States Senator and served until 1809, when he resigned, returned to his Sumner County Virginia, estate and pursued agricultural and business interests until his death. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)

In addition to being a well-know surveyor of the North Carolina (new Tennessee)
boundaries and of Davidson Country, Daniel served as a Captain in the Revolutionary War, Brigadier General of the Mero District, Secretary of the Territory of the United States Southwest of the River Ohio, chairman of the committee to draft the constitution of Tennessee, United States Senator, and Indian treaty negotiator

In 1793 Daniel Smith authored a pamphlet on the new Tennessee territory, which was followed by his map of the land west of the Cumberland Mountains and as many water course. This Map of the "Tennessee" Government was widely published well into the nineteenth Century.

Smith was called upon in 1784 to help survey the city of Nashville. In 1785 he was one of nine trustees appointed for Davidson Academy, the First institution of higher learning in Nashville, In 1798 he was appointed to serve Andrew Jackson's remaining term in the United States Senate. He then ran for the Senate in 1805 and defeated the incumbent, William Cocke.

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In addition to being a well-know surveyor of the North Carolina (new Tennessee)
boundaries and of Davidson Country, Daniel served as a Captain in the Revolutionary War, Brigadier General of the Mero District, Secretary of the Territory of the United States Southwest of the River Ohio, chairman of the committee to draft the constitution of Tennessee, United States Senator, and Indian treaty negotiator

In 1793 Daniel Smith authored a pamphlet on the new Tennessee territory, which was followed by his map of the land west of the Cumberland Mountains and as many water course. This Map of the "Tennessee" Government was widely published well into the nineteenth Century.

Smith was called upon in 1784 to help survey the city of Nashville. In 1785 he was one of nine trustees appointed for Davidson Academy, the First institution of higher learning in Nashville, In 1798 he was appointed to serve Andrew Jackson's remaining term in the United States Senate. He then ran for the Senate in 1805 and defeated the incumbent, William Cocke.

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Smith-94248

Sources

↑ Dictionary of American biography by American Council of Learned Societies, Published 1943. Vol 17 page 254
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↑ Source: #S6 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Henry Smith Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1251...

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US Senator from TN 1798 to 1799 and again from 1805 to 1809

Biography
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Daniel Smith is Notable.

Soldier and Tennessee official. Son of Henry and Sarah (Crosby) Smith. Smith County Tennessee is named in his honor. [1]

Revolutionary War Patriot, Brigadier General, US Senator. Born in Stafford County, Virginia, he was educated at the College of William and Mary and became a surveyor. In 1773, he became the deputy surveyor of Augusta County, Virginia and was elected sheriff of Augusta County in 1780. During the Revolutionary War, he was commissioned a Colonel in the militia, took part in the later battles and was appointed Assistant Deputy Surveyor for the Southern Department of the Continental Army in 1781. At the war's end, he moved to Sumner County, Tennessee, to claim a land grant for his military service and served as the county surveyor. He was prominent in local affairs, was appointed a Brigadier General in the Continental Army militia and President George Washington named him the first Secretary of the Southern Territory 1790. Smith was a member of the convention that wrote the Tennessee Constitution which came into effect with its statehood on June 1, 1796 and he prepared the first official map of Tennessee. In 1798, he was appointed as a Democratic United States Senator and served until 1809, when he resigned, returned to his Sumner County Virginia, estate and pursued agricultural and business interests until his death.[2]

Name

Name: Daniel /Smith/[3][4][5]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 24 OCT 1748
Place: Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia, USA[6][7]

Birth:

Date: 29 OCT 1748
Place: Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia, USA[8]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 24 OCT 1748
Death

Death: Age at Death: 69

Date: 16 JUN 1818
Place: Rock Castle Plantation, Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, USA[9][10][11]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA[12]

Residence

Residence:

Place: United States[13]

Marriage

Husband: Daniel Smith
Wife: Sarah Michie
Child: George Smith

Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William C Smith

Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 10 JUN 1773
Place: Washington, Virginia, USA[14]

Husband: Henry Smith
Wife: @I99@
Child: Mary Jane Smith

Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Daniel Smith

Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1734
Place: Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, United States[15]

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA - NORTH CAROLINA with the rank of COLONEL. DAR Ancestor # A104948

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Daniel Smith (October 29, 1748June 16, 1818) was a surveyor, an American Revolutionary War patriot, and twice a United States Senator from Tennessee.

Daniel Smith fought in the Revolutionary War, United States Senator, surveyor, maker of the first map of the state of Tennessee. Builder of Rock Castle in Hendersonville, the first stone house in Tennessee, started in 1784 but not completed until 1791 due to Indian attacks. Friend of Andrew Jackson.[2]

Land records and deeds in the collection include the 1784 North Carolina land grant #56 to Daniel Smith for his service in the American Revolution – 3,140 acres “On the North side of Cumberland River at the mouth of Drakes creek,” in Davidson (now Sumner) County, Tennessee. This is the property that would become Smith’s home, Rock Castle. This and one other land grant include the original surveys and plats of the two properties. An 1813 Tennessee land grant to Daniel Smith is signed by Governor Willie Blount.

Daniel Smith may have had a fort or a home-fort when he lived at Indian Creek (now Tazewell) Virginia. There is a historical marker at 16 miles north of Lebanon on Highway 19, on Indian Creek in Russell County. But the accuracy is disputed.

https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/daniel-smith/

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Daniel Smith (October 29, 1748 – June 16, 1818) was a surveyor, an American Revolutionary War patriot, and twice a United States Senator from Tennessee.

Biography

Smith was born in Stafford County, Virginia, and attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Becoming a surveyor, he moved to Augusta County, Virginia, serving as deputy surveyor of the county in 1773. As a militia officer, he helped defend the Virginia frontier during Dunmore's War and the American Revolution. He became sheriff of Augusta County in 1780 and was commissioned a colonel in the militia, taking part in the later battles of the Revolutionary War, including Guilford Courthouse and Kings Mountain. On October 5, 1781, Smith was appointed "Assistant Deputy Surveyor" in the Southern Department of the Continental Army under Thomas Hutchins.

At the war's end, Smith moved to what is now Sumner County, Tennessee to claim the land grant for his military service. As county surveyor, he surveyed what became the site of the town of Nashville, Tennessee. He was prominent in local affairs and was appointed a brigadier general in the militia. He was a member of the 1789 North Carolina convention which voted to ratify the United States Constitution. In 1790, President George Washington named him Secretary of the Southwest Territory. Smith was a member of the convention that wrote the Tennessee State Constitution of 1796, which came into effect with its statehood on June 1, 1796. Smith prepared the first official map of Tennessee.

Smith was later appointed as United States Senator when Andrew Jackson resigned from that position (for the first time), serving from October 6, 1798 to March 4, 1799. He was later elected to his own Senate term, serving from March 4, 1805 to March 31, 1809 when he resigned and returned to his Sumner County estate, Rock Castle, near Hendersonville, pursuing his agricultural and business interests until his death there, being interred in an adjacent family plot.

Rock Castle is preserved today as an historical landmark and one of the early examples in Middle Tennessee of a plantation.