Thomas Rhett Smith

Thomas Rhett Smith acquired the [[John Drayton House Thomas Rhett Smith was the twenty-first intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, serving from 1813 to March 1815.

Smith was born in 1768 to Roger Smith and Mary Rutledge. He served in the South Carolina House of Representatives for St. James and Goose Creek Parish during four session, 1792–1799. In September 1796, he was elected to be a warden (city council member) for Charleston and was re-elected in September 1797. In 1800–1801, he served another term, representing the Charleston area.

Smith was elected intendant on September 20, 1813, by a vote of 465 (Smith) to 318 (Democrat Thomas Bennett Jr.) and was re-elected on September 19, 1814. He did not complete his second term; he resigned in March 1815 and was replaced by Elias Horry. Provided by Wikipedia
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    An oration, delivered in St. Michael's Church, before the inhabitants of Charleston, South-Carolina, on Monday, the fifth of July, 1802 in commemoration of American independence : by appointment of the American Revolution Society and published at the request of that Society, and also of the South-Carolina State Society of Cincinnati
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