Thomas Smith
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Formerly a surveyor in Washington Co., Va., Smith was early settler on Horsepen Creek at mouth of Gilbert Creek. He served Revolutionary cause as a private in the Virginia militia unit organized for the 1776 punitive Cherokee Expedition under Col. William Christian's command. He was half brother to Valentine and Joe Hatfield, and progenitor of many southern West Va. families.
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