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Keneth McKennard Smith (c. 1794 - ?) was a circuit rider in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Smith was born in Scotland. As a young man, he became a sailor. Subsequent to that, he settled in the Bay of Quinte region, where he worked as a schoolteacher. Smith was not religious, and would sometimes perform mock sermons to poke fun at those who were.

Smith was accepted on trial as a circuit rider by the Genesee conference at the annual meeting of 1820, which was held in Niagara Falls. He was assigned to the Augusta circuit, where he met Miss Weldon, whom he subsequently married. In 1821, he was assigned to the York circuit, where he rode alongside Fitch Reed. The pair also served as missionaries to those parts of the province not covered by established circuits. Membership in the church on the York circuit increased by four, and as missionaries they converted an additional seventy people to Methodism. 1822, he remained on the York and the Missions circuit. In 1823, he was assigned to the Ottawa circuit.