Early American Patriotic Needlework

Wonderful patriotic needlework that descended through the John Smith Family living in Frederick County, Virginia. He moved westward to Frederick County, Virginia, in 1773 and became a planter. By 1777 he built a manor house he called “Hackwood”, near the county seat at Winchester. He was commissioned a justice of the peace in 1773, and the county lieutenant in 1777. Smith also served in the local militia and fought in Dunmore’s War against the Indians in 1774. During the American Revolutionary War, he was commissioned as colonel and served under generals Daniel Morgan. During the War of 1812, Smith was a major general of the state militia. Frederick County voters elected Smith as one of their two representatives in the House of Delegates beginning in 1777, where he served with Isaac Zane, also from Frederick County, VA.

Provenance: Smith Family, Frederick County, VA; Dick Adams, Frederick County, VA; John Wimmer, Front Royal, VA; Gordon Barlow, Swoope, VA (1978)