John Smith (Virginia)
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John Smith was a United States Representative from Virginia
; born at Shooter's Hill, near Locust Hill, Middlesex County, Va., May 7, 1750; moved to Frederick County, Va., in 1773 and engaged in planting at Hackwood, near Winchester; commissioned a justice of the peace in 1773; served in Dunmore's War
with the Indians in 1774, the American Revolutionary War
, and the War of 1812
; member of the House of Delegates 1779–1783; served in the state Senate 1791–1794; elected as a Democratic-Republican
to the Seventh and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1801–March 3, 1815); resumed agricultural pursuits; died at Rockville, near Middletown, Frederick County, Va., on March 5, 1836; interment in the family burying ground at Hackwood, near Winchester, Va.; reinterred in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va., in 1890.
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
; born at Shooter's Hill, near Locust Hill, Middlesex County, Va., May 7, 1750; moved to Frederick County, Va., in 1773 and engaged in planting at Hackwood, near Winchester; commissioned a justice of the peace in 1773; served in Dunmore's War
Dunmore's War
Dunmore's War was a war in 1774 between the Colony of Virginia and the Shawnee and Mingo American Indian nations....
with the Indians in 1774, the American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
, and the War of 1812
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
; member of the House of Delegates 1779–1783; served in the state Senate 1791–1794; elected as a Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...
to the Seventh and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1801–March 3, 1815); resumed agricultural pursuits; died at Rockville, near Middletown, Frederick County, Va., on March 5, 1836; interment in the family burying ground at Hackwood, near Winchester, Va.; reinterred in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va., in 1890.