Background
Smallwood, William was born in 1732 in Charles County, Maryland, United States. Son of Bayne and Priscilla (Heaberd) S. Member Maryland. Assembly, 1761.
governor of Maryland army officer
Smallwood, William was born in 1732 in Charles County, Maryland, United States. Son of Bayne and Priscilla (Heaberd) S. Member Maryland. Assembly, 1761.
Delegate to Maryland. Convention of 1775; joined Association of Freemen Maryland, 1775. Commanded a regiment Maryland.
Militia, 1776; served in Battle of Long Island. Commissioned brigadier general Continental Army, 1776. Protected General.
Delegate to Maryland. General Continental Army, 1776. Major general, 1780.
Member Maryland.