Thomas Smith (politician)

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Thomas Smith was the governor of Carolina from 1693-1694, a planter, a merchant and a surgeon. He arrived in Charles Town in 1684 with his first wife Barbara Atkins and his sons Thomas and George. He was a cacique by 1690 and was made landgrave by the Lords Proprietors on May 13, 1691.

He died at age 46 year on November 16, 1694. His brick townhouse with a wharf on Cooper River was on the corner of East Bay & Longitude Lane.