Bio by: Bill McKern
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MAJOR WILLIAM SMITH
Who departed this life June 23rd, 1837 Aged 86 Years, 9 Months And 3 Days He emigrated from the state of Pennsylvania with his Father when a boy, and was one of the first settlers of Spartanburg District where he afterwards always resided. He took an active part in stimulating the people of this section of country to resist the oppressions of Great Britian; And served himself as a Captain,
during the war of the Revolution. After the organization of the Government, he was appointed Judge of the County court, was afterwards elected to Congress from Pinckney district and Subsequently served for near twenty years as Senator from Spartanburg district in the state legislature. It may be emphatically be said of him
that he was an HONEST MAN and a PATRIOT.
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