Congrats! You Discovered Samuel Granville Smith
The city of Smithville was founded in 1838 as the county seat of DeKalb County. It was named in honor of Samuel Granville Smith, a former state senator and the first mayor of Gainesboro. He died in 1835 while serving as Tennessee’s secretary of state. Bernard Richardson donated 50 acres where Smithville currently is. The land was then divided by streets and alleys to form 92 lots with a public square in the middle. The lots were soon auctioned off, and the construction of a courthouse began. Smithville became incorporated in 1843, lost its status in 1877, and then became reincorporated in 1919. Three years later in 1922 Smithville would get electricity.
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