Maryland Historical Magazine, edited by William Hand Browne, Louis Henry Dielman, Vol IV (1909), p 68
19. DR. JOSEPH SIM SMITH was born in Calvert County and died in Frederick County 5 September, 1822. In November, 1789, he presented a petition to the Maryland Legislature stating that he acted as Surgeon's Mate in the Maryland Line until appointed Cornet in the Partizan Legion, where he continued till the end of the war, and praying to be allowed the same bounty land as the officers of the Maryland Line were entitled to, &c. (Votes and Proceedings, Md. House of Delegates, November Session, 1789). Heitman's Register (p. 372) shows that he served, from 1780 till 1782, as Cornet in the First Battalion of Cavalry, Armand's Partizan Corps. After the war he practiced medicine in Frederick County and lived at Taneytown. He was one of the incorporators of the Maryland Medical and Chirurgical Faculty in 1799 (History of the Faculty), and was one of its Censors in 1803 (Ibid.). On the organization of the Maryland Militia in 1793, Dr. Joseph Sim Smith was appointed Major (Scharf's Western Md., p. 164), and he was one of the Justices of Frederick County, 1802-07, 1814 and 1819 (Ibid.). The Frederick Town Herald of 14 Septs., 1822, has the following obituary notice: - "DIED. At Taney Town, on Friday, the 5th inst., Doct. Joseph Sim Smith, a patriot of '76 and an officer of the Revolution. Doct. Smith fulfilled the various duties of a good citizen with honour to himself and advantage to the community ; and by his worth and usefulness had secured the affection and esteem of a wide extended circle of relations and friends, by whom his memory will long be cherished with tenderness and regret."
Dr. Joseph Sim Smith married Elizabeth Price (b. 3 August, 1765), daughter of Col. Thomas Price of Frederick County, and Mary his wife, and had issue:-
i. ELIZA SMITH, d. unmar.
ii. JOHN ADDISON SMITH of Washington, D.C., b. 27 June, 1792 ; d. July, 1868 ; mar. his cousin Sally Cox and left issue.
iii. MARY SMITH, d. unmar. 1859.
iv. DR. SAMUEL PRICE SMITH, b. 21 Dec, 1795 ; d.s.p. 2 March, 1882 ; mar. Margaret Watson.
v. THOMAS SMITH, d. unmar.
vi. REBECCA SMITH, b. 1798 ; d. 12 July, 1879 ; mar. Reuben M. Worthington and left issue.
vii. BENJAMIN PRICE SMITH, b. 3 Dec., 1800 ; d. 15 Jun3, 1862 ; mar. his cousin Matilda Rebecca Price and left issue.
viii. MATILDA SMITH, b. 1802 ; mar. Col. Henry Naylor and left issue.
ix. CLEMENT SMITH, d. unmar.
x. GEORGE SMITH, d. in youth.
