Individual Details

Major Charles Smith

( - )



Said to be an officer with Washington at Braddock's Defeat and was wounded at the battle at the Great Meadows.

WorldConnect file dated 20 Dec 2004.
Charles Smith was an EnsigN 6 Jan 1756 and later a Captain in the Colonial Service. He was with Washington at Braddock's defeat and Great Meadows where he lost his left hand.
He was a member of the first court of justice of Frederick Cty, which convened 6 Aug 1776 but didn't make it; he died from his wound before the session convened.


Families

SpouseRebecca Hite (1740 - )
ChildElizabeth Hite Smith ( - 1811)
ChildCharles Marshall Smith ( - )