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Note: William B. Smith b. 1812 d. abt 1889, Son of Charles Smith and Jane Ann Bailey
William B. Smith was a wealthy Virginia planter. He lived in Albemarle County, VA, the same county where Thomas Jefferson lived. In 1860, he owned $22,700 of real estate and $18,275 in personal estate. He probably was a slave owner. (Source: Letter from James L. Forsythe to Ella Smith dated February 21, 1969.)
BLUE RIDGE FARM GREENWOOD, ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
FORMER OWNERS DATE OF OWNERSHIP Known as "Alton Park" - 530 Acres
1. William B. Smith 1852-1867 Builder of original house built in 1854
Source: http://www.wheeler-roots.org/getperson.php?personID=I3419&tree=001
Listed under NOTES about half way down.
Although the title to Blue Ridge Farm dates to the mid-eighteenth century, the present
house was built in the mid-nineteenth century by the Smith family. This house, then called
Alton Park, was five bays wide with a highmansard roof.
The title to Blue Ridge Farm dates from a grant to the Lambert family in the mid-eighteenth
century. During the early nineteenth century the tract was part of the large landholdings of
the Bowen family in western Albemarle county and was known as Alton Park. In 1852 the two hundred-
acre Alton tract was purchased by William B. Smith who combined it with a four hundred-
acre tract bought in 1839. Smith was most probably responsible for building the center
portion of the present residence sometime between 1867 and 1872. Evidence for these
dates is provided by property tax assessments, census records, and the fact that the house is
located on the 1875 Peyton Map of Albemarle County but not on the 1866 Hotchkiss map. The
house is also mentioned in the 1882 deed from Charles W. Purcell to James Dooley and Phelps
Purcell and the 1894 deed to Emma Mc Cue.
Source: http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Albemarle/002-0498%20-%20Bl ue%20Ridge%20Farm%20-%201991%20-%20Final%20Nomination.pdf
The same might have been true in 1906. That`s when Randolph Ortman and his wife, Blanche, purchased the estate, then known as Alton Park. They renamed it Blue Ridge Farm and developed it to raise livestock and horses. The original two-and-one-half-story brick farmhouse---built between 1852 and 1854 for a man named Smith on what was then a 600-acre tract of land---was five bays wide, with a high mansard roof covered with slate shingles, and a large porch reached by a flight of wooden steps.
Source: http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/top-to--bottomley
List of owners of Alton Park/Blue Ridge Farm
BLUE RIDGE FARM
GREENWOOD, ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
FORMER OWNERS DATE OF OWNERSHIP
Known as "Alton Park" - 530 Acres
1. William B. Smith 1852-1867
Builder of original house built in 1854
2. Charles W. Purcell of Richmond 1867- January 12, 1894
3. Mrs. Emma F. McCue January 12, 1894- April 24, 1894
387-1/2 acres sold
4. John D. Winn April 24, 1894 - April 23, 1895
5. Arthur W. Lambert & Arthur R. Deacon April 23, 1895 - February 27, 1896
6. Albert B. Lambert February 27, 1896 - May 1, 1899
Known as "Glooston Manor"
7. Mrs. Marie M. Owsley May 1, 1899 - February 6, 1906
Known as "Blue Ridge Farm"
(between 1906-1922 various purchases of adjoining
property increased acreage to 465 acres)
8. Randolph Ortman February 6, 1906 - 1931
9. Mrs. Blanche Sellers Ortman 1931 - July 6, 1948
10. John Sellers Hutchins July 6, 1948 - 1971
11. Smith
12. Mears
13. Ford
14. Mr. And Mrs. Robert Sabel 1981 -
Source for above: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/u/t/Christopher-F-Hutchins/FI LE/0002text.txt
A Guide to the Papers of K. Edward Lay
Accession Number 12817-a
A Collection in
Special Collections
The University of Virginia Library
Dwellings-Albemarle County and Charlottesville
Blue Ridge Farm, (William B. Smith Home; Alton Park; Glooston Manor; Gloucester Manor; Herman Danforth Newcomb Home; Shaw Home; Dr. Frederick Owsley Home; Purcell Home; James Durrett Home), Greenwood, mid 19th century 1978-1994 Box: 3
Rose Hill Farm, (Smith House), Albemarle, ca. 1820-1840; Box 19
Source: http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/viu03696.document
Slide Show: http://www.virginialiving.com/articles/top-to--bottomley
Glooston Manon Article:
Dr. Frederick Dilla Owsley Settles at Glooston Manor (Formerly Blue Ridge Farm)
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034438/1900-05-06/ed-1/seq-12/; words=ALBEMARLE+Albemarle+Glooston+Manor
Lived at one time in North Garden, VA in Albemarle County, VA
RALLS-YATES BIBLE
Owner: Bertie R. Yates Rt. 2, Box 180, Victoria, Va. 23974
BIRTHS
Sarah Emily Ralls 4/71/1814
Thomas W. Smith, son of William and Sarah Smith, 11/11/1835
Anna Maria Smith 8/6/1857
Edward Oscar Smith ---
Jane Eliza Smith, dau. of William and Sarah Smith, 6/26/1839
George Edward Smith 5/16/1841
MARRIAGES
William Smith to Sarah Ralls 9/1/1834
William Smith to Mary P. Wallace 5/6/1846
DEATHS
Sarah Emily Smith, wife of William, 7/24/1844, aged 30 yrs.
Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/a/l/Gordon-Corey-Ralls-Califo rnia/BOOK-0001/0003-0007.html
Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850
Name William Smith
Gender Male
Spouse Name Sarah E. Rolls (Ralls)
Spouse Gender Female
Marriage Date 1 Sep 1834
County Albermarle
State Virginia
CENSUS RECORDS:
1840 Albemarle County, VA
Name: Wm Bessick
[Wm Smith]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): St Annes, Albemarle, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 Thomas Smith
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 William B. Smith
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2 Ann and Jane Smith
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Sarah Emily Ralls Smith
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 2
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total Slaves: 6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:
Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850
Name: William Smith
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Mary P. Wallace
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 4 May 1846
County: Albermarle
State: Virginia
1850 Albemarle County, VA
Living in Albemarle County, VA, age 38, Farmer, Value of Real Estate $10,000?.
Slave Schedule - 15 slaves (Received 12 slaves in Father's will in 1842. HB)
William Smith 38 Farmer b. VA
Mary P. Smith 23 (2nd wife)
Ann M Smith 12
Edward Smith 8
Jane E Smith 10
Thomas Smith 14
William Smith 2
1860 Albemarle County, VA
Living in St. Anne's Parish of Albemarle County, VA, Charlottesville Post Office, age 48, Farmer, Value of Real Estate $22,700, and Value of Personal Estate $18275.
Slave Schedule - 25 slaves
William B Smith 48
Mary B Smith 33 (2nd wife)
A M Smith 22
J C Smith 21 (Jane)
T W Smith 24
George E Smith 18 (George Edward "Ned")
William A Smith 12 (Half brother of George Edward "Ned")
H E Smith 9
M A Smith 6
C R Smith 3
C B Smith 4.12
Mary H Wallace 14 (Niece)
Judith A E Wallace 16 (Niece)
He probably lost his slaves and and some of his possessions due to the Civil War.
1870 Nelson County, VA
Living in Rockfish District of Nelson County, VA, age 57, Farmer, Value of Real Estate $11,400, and Value of Personal Property $1,000.
Smith, Wm. B. 57 Farmer
Mary P. Smith 43 (2nd wife)
Amanda 16
Charles B. 13
Conyers 12
Eliza W. 7 (Aylett W.)
Margaret 3
1880 Nelson County, VA
Living in Rockfish District of Nelson County, VA
William Smith 68 Farmer
Mary Smith 53 (2nd wife)
Amanda Smith 25
Richard Smith 23 (Charles Richard)
Congus Smith 20
Aylett Smith 16
Maggie Smith 12
Photo for William Smith of North Garden, VA can be found at:
http://www.hill-ky.org/who_is_this.htm
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