Lean about General Smallwood Middle School
We are glad that you are searching for real estate information on our site. This information is located on a page that is not maintained by DMS Properties, LLC Residential Real Estate Services. General Smallwood Middle School is located in the community of Indian Head, Maryland. It is just outside the Incorporated Town limit.
The school is named for General William Smallwood. He was born in 1732, the same year as George Washington. Little is known about Smallwood’s early life, but he first appeared on official records when he purchased land in Charles County in the late 1750s.
Around the same time, Smallwood was elected to the lower house of the Maryland Assembly as a delegate to Charles County. He also became an active supporter of the Patriots, who opposed British taxation and policies. When the Maryland Provincial Convention authorized a nine-company infantry battalion to support the patriots’ fight for independence, Smallwood was appointed as commanding colonel of the unit. John Hancock ordered the battalion to join the American army in 1776.
After the Revolutionary War, Smallwood was elected to Congress and then selected to serve as Governor of Maryland. He held his final public office in 1791 when he was elected as a presiding officer to the Maryland State Senate.