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{{short description|United States Army general}}
 
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| name = Thomas Adams Smith
| image = General_Thomas_Adams_Smith.jpg
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| caption = Gen. Thomas A. Smith
| birth_date = {{birth date|1781|08|12}}
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==Early life==
'''Thomas Adams Smith''' was born on August 12, 1781, in Piscataway, [[Essex County, Virginia]]. He was the fifth of seven children of Francis and Lucy Wilkinson Smith.<ref name=FG>{{Find a Grave|grid=30779207|name=Thomas Adams Smith|date=October 22, 2008|accessdate=September 13, 2014|author=Parker, Richard}}</ref> At some point prior to entering the [[U.S. Army]], Smith moved to [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref name=Heitman>{{cite book|last1=Heitman|first1=Francis B.|title=Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army : from its organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903|date=1903|page=903|edition=1|volume= 1|url=https://archive.org/stream/historicalregist01heitrich#page/902/mode/2up|accessdate=September 12, 2014|quote=This is the unofficial work of a private compiler, purchased and published by direction of Congress}}</ref>
 
==Military career==
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During the time Smith was assigned to [[Fort Bellefontaine|Fort Bellefontaine, Missouri]], legislation opened up new areas of Missouri for settlement and for the opening of a land officer in [[Franklin, Missouri]]. Smith wanted to be appointed as the receiver of the office because he wanted to establish a permanent residence for his wife and children as well as their inherited slaves. [[John O'Fallon]], formerly a captain in the Regiment of Riflemen and now a prominent businessman in St. Louis successfully pleaded his case and Smith was appointed to the position. Later, he was able to acquire six or seven thousand acres of land, on which he established a farm he named "Experiment." In 1829, Smith resigned his position as receiver and moved with his family to the house he had built on the farm, becoming a full-time farmer. He never sought another public office.<ref name=Napton/>{{rp|321–324}}
 
Smith died on June 25, 1844, at Experiment Farm.<ref name=FG/><ref name=Napton/>{{rp|324}} (Heitman shows his date of death as December 1818.<ref name=Heitman/>) The town of [[Smithton, Missouri|Smithton Company]] was named after him.
 
==References==
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[[Category:1781 births]]
[[Category:1844 deaths]]
[[Category:AmericanUnited armyStates Army personnel of the War of 1812]]
[[Category:United States Army generals]]
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