Background
Smith, Robert Hardy was born on March 21, 1813 in Camden County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Hard and Elizabeth (Gregory) Smith.
Smith, Robert Hardy was born on March 21, 1813 in Camden County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Robert Hard and Elizabeth (Gregory) Smith.
13 children.
In Alabama, Smith served in the state"s House of Representatives in 1849 and the Alabaman state Senate in 1851. At the onset of the American Civil War, Smith was elected to represent the State of Alabama in the Provisional Confederate Congress from 1861 to 1862. He later served as a colonel in the Confederate army.
In an 1861 speech, Smith stated that Alabama declared its secession from the Union over the issue of slavery, which he referred to as "the negro quarrel".
In the speech, he praised the Confederate constitution for its un-euphemistic protections of the right to own slaves:
Smith died in Mobile, Alabama and was buried at the Magnolia Cemetery.
(Title: An address to the citizens of Alabama on the Const...)
Member Provisional confederate Congress, 1861, assisted committee
Married Evelina Inge, January 12, 1839. Married second, Emily Inge, November 25, 1845.
