John Smith (Virginia)

John Smith (Virginia)

John Smith (May 7, 1750 – March 5, 1836) 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 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.

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