Vice-President of the Maryland State Colonization Society, of which Charles Carroll of Carrollton, one of the co-signers of the Declaration of Independence, was president. The MSCS was a branch of the American Colonization Society, an organization dedicated to returning black Americans to lead free lives in African states such as Liberia. References External links Samuel Smith at History Central "The Samuel Smith Land Grants: A historical study of land ownership and use in southern West Virginia" The Society of the Cincinnati The American Revolution Institute 1752 births 1839 deaths People from Carlisle, Pennsylvania People of colonial Pennsylvania People of colonial Maryland American people of Irish descent Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland Democratic-Republican Party United States senators from Maryland Jacksonian United States senators from Maryland Maryland Jacksonians Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate Members of the Maryland House of Delegates Mayors of Baltimore Continental Army officers from Maryland Maryland in the War of 1812 People from Maryland in the War of 1812 American militia generals Burials at Westminster Hall and Burying Ground