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He was born on October 29, 1748 in Stafford County, Virginia, United States, the son of Henry and Sarah (Crosby) Smith.
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He was born on October 29, 1748 in Stafford County, Virginia, United States, the son of Henry and Sarah (Crosby) Smith.
He received his education at the College of William and Mary.
After his marriage he settled in Augusta County, Virginia, on the Clinch River at Fort Christian, and received an appointment as a deputy surveyor in 1773. In 1774 he fought as company commander at the battle of Point Pleasant and in other engagements with the Indians.
On January 20, 1775, he signed the Fincastle County Resolutions, protesting against the oppressions of the British government. In 1777 he aided in the organization of Washington County and became a major in the county militia. In 1779 he and Thomas Walker acted as representatives of Virginia who, with Richard Henderson and two others from North Carolina, extended the boundary between the two states. This resulted in the establishment of the disputed Walker's Line.
Smith advanced rapidly in the Washington County militia, becoming a colonel in 1781. He was appointed sheriff of the county in 1780 and also participated in the battle of King's Mountain. As a surveyor, he acted as attorney for Thomas Walker in the sale of lands. In 1783 he moved to the Cumberland settlements and settled in what is now Sumner County near the present town of Hendersonville, Tenn.
The North Carolina Legislature appointed him a director for laying out the town of Nashville in 1784, and, the next year, trustee of Davidson Academy. In 1787 the North Carolina Assembly made him a commissioner for the new county of Sumner, and in 1788 elected him brigadier-general of the Mero District militia.
He served as the secretary of the territory southwest of the Ohio under the governorship of William Blount, and, as acting governor during Blount's absences from the territory, he promoted the interests of the westerners in their conflicts with the Indians. He also made the first map of Tennessee, which was published in 1794 in the General Atlas for the Present War, by Mathew Carey, and wrote A Short Description of the Tennassee Government (1793), and a journal of his experiences on the boundary commission.
In 1798 he succeeded Andrew Jackson in the United States Senate. Although he served only a short time, he was later returned to that body for a term from 1805 to 1809. He engaged in business as a planter and distiller, but he always evinced a primary interest in public affairs.
He died at his home, "Rock Castle, " in Sumner County.
Daniel Smith aided in the organization of Washington County and became a major in the county militia. As the representative of Virginia he extended the boundary between the two states, disputed Walker's Line. He was a member of the North Carolina convention which ratified the United States Constitution in 1789. He also made the first map of Tennessee, was the author of famous A Short Description of the Tennassee Government (1793). He was a member of the convention which drew up the first constitution of Tennessee.
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In ability, education, and usefulness Smith ranked with the ablest men who moved to the West in his time.
On June 20, 1773, he was married to Sarah Michie of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He had two children; his daughter married Samuel Donelson and was the mother of Andrew Jackson Donelson.
