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  Smallwood, William
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NameWilliam Smallwood
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Chas. Co., Maryland , United States
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Born 00, 1732
DiedFebruary 14, 1792 (60 years)
ContributorU Ole Polecat
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Sep 28, 2004 11:29am
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InfoBorn: 1732, probably at "Smallwood's Retreat," in Charles County
Father: Bayne Smallwood
Mother: Priscilla (Heabard) Smallwood
Marriages: none
Education: at Kendall, England and Eton College, England
Religious Affiliation: Anglican
Military service:
served in French and Indian War
Colonel, First Maryland Regiment, January 1776
Brigadier general, commissioned October 1776
Major general, commissioned September 1780

Positions held:
Lower House of Maryland, 1761-1763, 1765-1766, 1768-1771, 1773-1774
Justice, Charles County, 1762, 1770-1773
Committee of Observation, Charles County, 1774
Conventions, Charles County, 1774-1776
Delegate, Continental Congress, 1784 (elected December 1784, but declined to serve)
Governor of Maryland, 1785-1788
Maryland Senate, 1791
President, 1st session Maryland Senate, 1791
Maryland Senate elector, Charles County, 1791
Died: February 14, 1792 at "Smallwood's Retreat"
Burial: at "Smallwood's Retreat"

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