Robert Smith (d. 1798) was a lawyer and justice of the peace in Chowan County. In 1777 and 1778 he signed a series of oaths swearing his allegiance to the State of North Carolina and promised to report any treasonous conspiracies that might threaten North Carolina's independence. In the summer of 1777 he corresponded with Governor Richard Caswell several times about news of the Gourd Patch Conspiracy, among other topics.