Daniel Smith (surveyor)
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Daniel Smith | |
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United States Senator from Tennessee | |
In office October 6, 1798 – March 3, 1799 | |
Appointed by | John Sevier |
Preceded by | Andrew Jackson |
Succeeded by | Joseph Anderson |
In office March 4, 1805 – March 31, 1809 | |
Preceded by | William Cocke |
Succeeded by | Jenkin Whiteside |
Secretary of the Southwest Territory | |
In office 1790–1796 | |
Preceded by | (none) |
Succeeded by | (none) |
Personal details | |
Born | Stafford County, Virginia, United States | October 29, 1748
Died | June 16, 1818 Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States | (aged 69)
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Daniel Smith (October 29, 1748 – June 16, 1818) was a
.Biography
Smith was born October 29, 1748, in
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. He owned slaves.[1]
In Washington, Virginia on June 10 of that same year he married Sarah Michie (30 Jan 1755 - 2 Apr 1831). She was daughter of George and Elizabeth (Michie) Michie.
As a
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
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 3, 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 in Hendersonville, pursuing his agricultural and business interests until his death there, being interred in an adjacent family plot.
plantation
.
References
- ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-19, retrieved 2022-07-08
- United States Congress. "Daniel Smith (id: S000524)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.