John Kilby Smith

Male, Deceased Person

1752 –

63

Who is John Kilby Smith?

John Kilby Smith was a public servant from New England, who served in the American Revolution. Smith was an original Member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, and his descendants have continued this membership to the current day.

During the Revolutionary War Smithe was aide-de-camp to General Lafayette During the war he was at Ticonderoga and in the Burgoyne and Jersey campaigns, as well as at Valley Forge, Monmouth, with Lafayette and in Rhode Island under General John Sullivan.

John Moved to Portland in the last year of the war and resided at the Zebulon Trickey House along with James Means and Josiah Cox. They bought the mast-yard triangle in 1786 and by 1796 Smith had sold his share. He was a general storekeeper with Means of the old George Tate warehouse. John voted yes in the Convention of the Delegates of the People of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1788 to approve adoption of the Constitution of the United States. In January 1791 John wrote a letter to President George Washington requesting the position of Inspector General of the district of Main in the State of Massachusetts. By 1792 Smith was an innholder in Newglouster.

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Born
Dec 17, 1752

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on July 23, 2013

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