h/o Mary Wood Riddick Gatling.
Birth: 9th of father's twelve known children, 1st of mother's five in Nansemond county, Virginia.
The village of Somerton began in the 17th century when Sir Thomas Jernigan (also spelled Jarnigan) of Somerleyton, Suffolk county, England came to Virginia and was granted 250 acres in what now is Suffolk. New Norfolk County is said to have been formed in 1636 from that part of Elizabeth City County lying to the south of Hampton Roads, and extinguished in 1637 by the formation of Lower Norfolk and Upper Norfolk Counties. Upper Norfolk County was extinguished in 1643 when Nansemond County was organized following legislation the previous year. My 7th great,grandfather, Robert Boggus, is documented 1 April 1644 ("Norfolk. Co. Va., Deed Bk, B: 37a") as living in the then newly created Nansemond county. Nansemond is an extinct independent city which was located in the State of Virginia in the United States from 1972 until 1974. It was created from Nansemond County, Virginia, and is now part of the independent city of Suffolk, Virginia.
James was around three years old when his parents were keeping the Somerton Inn (bottom, right), currently at 8442 Arthur drive, Saturday, 26th February 1825, when Marquis de La'fayette paid the ordinary, a visit while on his congressional invitation to tour our then 24 states, stopping in Somerton on his way to Murfreesboro, Hertford county, North Carolina. Washington and Mary served him fine food and drinks which his parents had become known for during his stay at the ordinary prior to his muddy trip south to the Indian Queen hotel/inn where another gala-event took place into the wee hours of the 27th. NOTE Somerton Inn remains today within Somerton Historic District, as one of its oldest structures.
Census: 1830 Nansemond county, Virginia with parents, half-siblings, siblings, two free persons of color & twenty-nine slaves.
Appointed Someron Postmaster 9 DEC 1842.
Reportedly owned home that today is at 8440 Arthur drive (right top), Somerton Historic District, Suffolk, Virginia, the c1800, 2 ½ -story Federal style dwelling resting on a brick pier foundation and is covered by a gabled roof clad in standing seam metal, also noted as his overseer's, the Langston House.
NOTE: Letter from current owner of said 8440 Arthur and researcher Lou Katwite dated JAN 5, 2015 states the following, to wit:
The house pictured and located at 8440 named the Langston house on the national historic register. As we discussed, it was a Smith house before that. The ownership goes from Richard Smith to his young widow (Richard had died before the birth of his last child). Then to Edwin, Richard nd Mary's oldest son. Edwin had bought his own place a few years later and lived on the land directly across from Somerton Methodist Church. He is buried in a family plot there along with some other family members. His sisters Ann (called Nancy) and Martha (called Patsy) lived at the house until their deaths and were buried on Edwin's farm in what became the family plot. When the last of this generation died on July 16, 1893, Edwin's son "Eddie" was living in Georgia and sold it On 25 Nov 1950 sold the property to H B Cross on Oct 1, 1894. Nansemond County Deed Book 34, page 515. Then in turn it was sold to E J Langston and Bertha Langston on March 24, 1910. On 25 Nov 1950 H Bruce and Jon Goodman Arthur purchased the property at auction, as both E J and Bertha died intestate, for $6,000 (Nansemond City Deed Book 175, Page 17). Another deed followed in order in the book when H Bruce and Mary Jane Arthur sell their interest in the home to John Goodman Arthur and Rosalyn on 15 Dec 1950. John Goodman's nephew Thomas Arthur lives in the house today but title is held by a trust to the three sons of H Bruce and Mary Jane Arthur.
James E Smith, Washington['s] ninth child and first by his second wife lived in my home at 8400 Arthur Dr and is documented as such on the National Historic Register.
The exterior is clad in clapboard siding and features a variety of window types including double hung nine-over-nine, six-over-nine, six-over-six, and four-over-four wood sash. The west facing front porch is supported by brick piers and covered by a shed roof clad in standing seam metal. The shed roof of the porch is supported by Tuscan columns. The dwelling features three brick chimneys on its north, east, and south elevations. The house has served and continues to serve as a single dwelling since its construction. Included is the detached kitchen structure, an early-19th-century exterior kitchen is located southeast of the main dwelling. It rests on a brick pier foundation. The exterior walls are clad in clapboard siding and the gabled roof is clad in corrugated metal. A shed roof protrudes from the south elevation providing a covered exterior storage area. It is now clad in corrugated metal.
Census: 1850, age 28 Nansemond county, Virginia with wife, twin boys, overseer & two boarders, worth $1,500.
Census: 1860, age 38 Upper Parish, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & four children, worth $10,000.
Census: 1870, age 49 Cypress Chapel township, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & four children, worth $25,000 & $300.
Census: 1880, age 57 Cypress managerial district, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & three children.
Wife died a week before Christmas, the 18th of December 1880.
James' home and the families Somerton Inn remain today within Somerton Historic District, as some of its oldest structures.
Death: likely (?) in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Burial: Currently unknown, believed (?) to have been in the Smith Family Cemetery, south across street from the Inn, shown south, along Arthur drive between the then Methodist church and brother Robert Riddick Smith's home basically west across street from his home, now at 8440 Arthur drive ~ ~ now a field with reportedly some flat makers, unseen from road when viewed December 2012 by Jeff Rau.
Father: Capt Washington Smith b: 11 AUG 1772 in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Mother: Mary Powell b: around 1800 in Virginia.
Marriage: Mary Wood Riddick Gatling b: about 1827 Gates county, North Carolina.
Married: 5 DEC 1841 in Gates county, North Carolina.
Known Children
James T Smith (twin) b: 1849 in Nansemond County, Virginia.
Benjamin F (Franklin ?) Smith (twin) b: 1849 in Nansemond County, Virginia.
Anna M Smith b: 1856 in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Lucie Smith b: 1859 in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Mamie Smith b: about 1860 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Fannie W Smith b: about 1862 Nansemond county, Virginia.
REVISED: 14 JAN 2015.
Prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
Birth: 9th of father's twelve known children, 1st of mother's five in Nansemond county, Virginia.
The village of Somerton began in the 17th century when Sir Thomas Jernigan (also spelled Jarnigan) of Somerleyton, Suffolk county, England came to Virginia and was granted 250 acres in what now is Suffolk. New Norfolk County is said to have been formed in 1636 from that part of Elizabeth City County lying to the south of Hampton Roads, and extinguished in 1637 by the formation of Lower Norfolk and Upper Norfolk Counties. Upper Norfolk County was extinguished in 1643 when Nansemond County was organized following legislation the previous year. My 7th great,grandfather, Robert Boggus, is documented 1 April 1644 ("Norfolk. Co. Va., Deed Bk, B: 37a") as living in the then newly created Nansemond county. Nansemond is an extinct independent city which was located in the State of Virginia in the United States from 1972 until 1974. It was created from Nansemond County, Virginia, and is now part of the independent city of Suffolk, Virginia.
James was around three years old when his parents were keeping the Somerton Inn (bottom, right), currently at 8442 Arthur drive, Saturday, 26th February 1825, when Marquis de La'fayette paid the ordinary, a visit while on his congressional invitation to tour our then 24 states, stopping in Somerton on his way to Murfreesboro, Hertford county, North Carolina. Washington and Mary served him fine food and drinks which his parents had become known for during his stay at the ordinary prior to his muddy trip south to the Indian Queen hotel/inn where another gala-event took place into the wee hours of the 27th. NOTE Somerton Inn remains today within Somerton Historic District, as one of its oldest structures.
Census: 1830 Nansemond county, Virginia with parents, half-siblings, siblings, two free persons of color & twenty-nine slaves.
Appointed Someron Postmaster 9 DEC 1842.
Reportedly owned home that today is at 8440 Arthur drive (right top), Somerton Historic District, Suffolk, Virginia, the c1800, 2 ½ -story Federal style dwelling resting on a brick pier foundation and is covered by a gabled roof clad in standing seam metal, also noted as his overseer's, the Langston House.
NOTE: Letter from current owner of said 8440 Arthur and researcher Lou Katwite dated JAN 5, 2015 states the following, to wit:
The house pictured and located at 8440 named the Langston house on the national historic register. As we discussed, it was a Smith house before that. The ownership goes from Richard Smith to his young widow (Richard had died before the birth of his last child). Then to Edwin, Richard nd Mary's oldest son. Edwin had bought his own place a few years later and lived on the land directly across from Somerton Methodist Church. He is buried in a family plot there along with some other family members. His sisters Ann (called Nancy) and Martha (called Patsy) lived at the house until their deaths and were buried on Edwin's farm in what became the family plot. When the last of this generation died on July 16, 1893, Edwin's son "Eddie" was living in Georgia and sold it On 25 Nov 1950 sold the property to H B Cross on Oct 1, 1894. Nansemond County Deed Book 34, page 515. Then in turn it was sold to E J Langston and Bertha Langston on March 24, 1910. On 25 Nov 1950 H Bruce and Jon Goodman Arthur purchased the property at auction, as both E J and Bertha died intestate, for $6,000 (Nansemond City Deed Book 175, Page 17). Another deed followed in order in the book when H Bruce and Mary Jane Arthur sell their interest in the home to John Goodman Arthur and Rosalyn on 15 Dec 1950. John Goodman's nephew Thomas Arthur lives in the house today but title is held by a trust to the three sons of H Bruce and Mary Jane Arthur.
James E Smith, Washington['s] ninth child and first by his second wife lived in my home at 8400 Arthur Dr and is documented as such on the National Historic Register.
The exterior is clad in clapboard siding and features a variety of window types including double hung nine-over-nine, six-over-nine, six-over-six, and four-over-four wood sash. The west facing front porch is supported by brick piers and covered by a shed roof clad in standing seam metal. The shed roof of the porch is supported by Tuscan columns. The dwelling features three brick chimneys on its north, east, and south elevations. The house has served and continues to serve as a single dwelling since its construction. Included is the detached kitchen structure, an early-19th-century exterior kitchen is located southeast of the main dwelling. It rests on a brick pier foundation. The exterior walls are clad in clapboard siding and the gabled roof is clad in corrugated metal. A shed roof protrudes from the south elevation providing a covered exterior storage area. It is now clad in corrugated metal.
Census: 1850, age 28 Nansemond county, Virginia with wife, twin boys, overseer & two boarders, worth $1,500.
Census: 1860, age 38 Upper Parish, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & four children, worth $10,000.
Census: 1870, age 49 Cypress Chapel township, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & four children, worth $25,000 & $300.
Census: 1880, age 57 Cypress managerial district, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & three children.
Wife died a week before Christmas, the 18th of December 1880.
James' home and the families Somerton Inn remain today within Somerton Historic District, as some of its oldest structures.
Death: likely (?) in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Burial: Currently unknown, believed (?) to have been in the Smith Family Cemetery, south across street from the Inn, shown south, along Arthur drive between the then Methodist church and brother Robert Riddick Smith's home basically west across street from his home, now at 8440 Arthur drive ~ ~ now a field with reportedly some flat makers, unseen from road when viewed December 2012 by Jeff Rau.
Father: Capt Washington Smith b: 11 AUG 1772 in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Mother: Mary Powell b: around 1800 in Virginia.
Marriage: Mary Wood Riddick Gatling b: about 1827 Gates county, North Carolina.
Married: 5 DEC 1841 in Gates county, North Carolina.
Known Children
James T Smith (twin) b: 1849 in Nansemond County, Virginia.
Benjamin F (Franklin ?) Smith (twin) b: 1849 in Nansemond County, Virginia.
Anna M Smith b: 1856 in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Lucie Smith b: 1859 in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Mamie Smith b: about 1860 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Fannie W Smith b: about 1862 Nansemond county, Virginia.
REVISED: 14 JAN 2015.
Prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
h/o Mary Wood Riddick Gatling.
Birth: 9th of father's twelve known children, 1st of mother's five in Nansemond county, Virginia.
The village of Somerton began in the 17th century when Sir Thomas Jernigan (also spelled Jarnigan) of Somerleyton, Suffolk county, England came to Virginia and was granted 250 acres in what now is Suffolk. New Norfolk County is said to have been formed in 1636 from that part of Elizabeth City County lying to the south of Hampton Roads, and extinguished in 1637 by the formation of Lower Norfolk and Upper Norfolk Counties. Upper Norfolk County was extinguished in 1643 when Nansemond County was organized following legislation the previous year. My 7th great,grandfather, Robert Boggus, is documented 1 April 1644 ("Norfolk. Co. Va., Deed Bk, B: 37a") as living in the then newly created Nansemond county. Nansemond is an extinct independent city which was located in the State of Virginia in the United States from 1972 until 1974. It was created from Nansemond County, Virginia, and is now part of the independent city of Suffolk, Virginia.
James was around three years old when his parents were keeping the Somerton Inn (bottom, right), currently at 8442 Arthur drive, Saturday, 26th February 1825, when Marquis de La'fayette paid the ordinary, a visit while on his congressional invitation to tour our then 24 states, stopping in Somerton on his way to Murfreesboro, Hertford county, North Carolina. Washington and Mary served him fine food and drinks which his parents had become known for during his stay at the ordinary prior to his muddy trip south to the Indian Queen hotel/inn where another gala-event took place into the wee hours of the 27th. NOTE Somerton Inn remains today within Somerton Historic District, as one of its oldest structures.
Census: 1830 Nansemond county, Virginia with parents, half-siblings, siblings, two free persons of color & twenty-nine slaves.
Appointed Someron Postmaster 9 DEC 1842.
Reportedly owned home that today is at 8440 Arthur drive (right top), Somerton Historic District, Suffolk, Virginia, the c1800, 2 ½ -story Federal style dwelling resting on a brick pier foundation and is covered by a gabled roof clad in standing seam metal, also noted as his overseer's, the Langston House.
NOTE: Letter from current owner of said 8440 Arthur and researcher Lou Katwite dated JAN 5, 2015 states the following, to wit:
The house pictured and located at 8440 named the Langston house on the national historic register. As we discussed, it was a Smith house before that. The ownership goes from Richard Smith to his young widow (Richard had died before the birth of his last child). Then to Edwin, Richard nd Mary's oldest son. Edwin had bought his own place a few years later and lived on the land directly across from Somerton Methodist Church. He is buried in a family plot there along with some other family members. His sisters Ann (called Nancy) and Martha (called Patsy) lived at the house until their deaths and were buried on Edwin's farm in what became the family plot. When the last of this generation died on July 16, 1893, Edwin's son "Eddie" was living in Georgia and sold it On 25 Nov 1950 sold the property to H B Cross on Oct 1, 1894. Nansemond County Deed Book 34, page 515. Then in turn it was sold to E J Langston and Bertha Langston on March 24, 1910. On 25 Nov 1950 H Bruce and Jon Goodman Arthur purchased the property at auction, as both E J and Bertha died intestate, for $6,000 (Nansemond City Deed Book 175, Page 17). Another deed followed in order in the book when H Bruce and Mary Jane Arthur sell their interest in the home to John Goodman Arthur and Rosalyn on 15 Dec 1950. John Goodman's nephew Thomas Arthur lives in the house today but title is held by a trust to the three sons of H Bruce and Mary Jane Arthur.
James E Smith, Washington['s] ninth child and first by his second wife lived in my home at 8400 Arthur Dr and is documented as such on the National Historic Register.
The exterior is clad in clapboard siding and features a variety of window types including double hung nine-over-nine, six-over-nine, six-over-six, and four-over-four wood sash. The west facing front porch is supported by brick piers and covered by a shed roof clad in standing seam metal. The shed roof of the porch is supported by Tuscan columns. The dwelling features three brick chimneys on its north, east, and south elevations. The house has served and continues to serve as a single dwelling since its construction. Included is the detached kitchen structure, an early-19th-century exterior kitchen is located southeast of the main dwelling. It rests on a brick pier foundation. The exterior walls are clad in clapboard siding and the gabled roof is clad in corrugated metal. A shed roof protrudes from the south elevation providing a covered exterior storage area. It is now clad in corrugated metal.
Census: 1850, age 28 Nansemond county, Virginia with wife, twin boys, overseer & two boarders, worth $1,500.
Census: 1860, age 38 Upper Parish, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & four children, worth $10,000.
Census: 1870, age 49 Cypress Chapel township, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & four children, worth $25,000 & $300.
Census: 1880, age 57 Cypress managerial district, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & three children.
Wife died a week before Christmas, the 18th of December 1880.
James' home and the families Somerton Inn remain today within Somerton Historic District, as some of its oldest structures.
Death: likely (?) in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Burial: Currently unknown, believed (?) to have been in the Smith Family Cemetery, south across street from the Inn, shown south, along Arthur drive between the then Methodist church and brother Robert Riddick Smith's home basically west across street from his home, now at 8440 Arthur drive ~ ~ now a field with reportedly some flat makers, unseen from road when viewed December 2012 by Jeff Rau.
Father: Capt Washington Smith b: 11 AUG 1772 in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Mother: Mary Powell b: around 1800 in Virginia.
Marriage: Mary Wood Riddick Gatling b: about 1827 Gates county, North Carolina.
Married: 5 DEC 1841 in Gates county, North Carolina.
Known Children
James T Smith (twin) b: 1849 in Nansemond County, Virginia.
Benjamin F (Franklin ?) Smith (twin) b: 1849 in Nansemond County, Virginia.
Anna M Smith b: 1856 in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Lucie Smith b: 1859 in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Mamie Smith b: about 1860 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Fannie W Smith b: about 1862 Nansemond county, Virginia.
REVISED: 14 JAN 2015.
Prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
Birth: 9th of father's twelve known children, 1st of mother's five in Nansemond county, Virginia.
The village of Somerton began in the 17th century when Sir Thomas Jernigan (also spelled Jarnigan) of Somerleyton, Suffolk county, England came to Virginia and was granted 250 acres in what now is Suffolk. New Norfolk County is said to have been formed in 1636 from that part of Elizabeth City County lying to the south of Hampton Roads, and extinguished in 1637 by the formation of Lower Norfolk and Upper Norfolk Counties. Upper Norfolk County was extinguished in 1643 when Nansemond County was organized following legislation the previous year. My 7th great,grandfather, Robert Boggus, is documented 1 April 1644 ("Norfolk. Co. Va., Deed Bk, B: 37a") as living in the then newly created Nansemond county. Nansemond is an extinct independent city which was located in the State of Virginia in the United States from 1972 until 1974. It was created from Nansemond County, Virginia, and is now part of the independent city of Suffolk, Virginia.
James was around three years old when his parents were keeping the Somerton Inn (bottom, right), currently at 8442 Arthur drive, Saturday, 26th February 1825, when Marquis de La'fayette paid the ordinary, a visit while on his congressional invitation to tour our then 24 states, stopping in Somerton on his way to Murfreesboro, Hertford county, North Carolina. Washington and Mary served him fine food and drinks which his parents had become known for during his stay at the ordinary prior to his muddy trip south to the Indian Queen hotel/inn where another gala-event took place into the wee hours of the 27th. NOTE Somerton Inn remains today within Somerton Historic District, as one of its oldest structures.
Census: 1830 Nansemond county, Virginia with parents, half-siblings, siblings, two free persons of color & twenty-nine slaves.
Appointed Someron Postmaster 9 DEC 1842.
Reportedly owned home that today is at 8440 Arthur drive (right top), Somerton Historic District, Suffolk, Virginia, the c1800, 2 ½ -story Federal style dwelling resting on a brick pier foundation and is covered by a gabled roof clad in standing seam metal, also noted as his overseer's, the Langston House.
NOTE: Letter from current owner of said 8440 Arthur and researcher Lou Katwite dated JAN 5, 2015 states the following, to wit:
The house pictured and located at 8440 named the Langston house on the national historic register. As we discussed, it was a Smith house before that. The ownership goes from Richard Smith to his young widow (Richard had died before the birth of his last child). Then to Edwin, Richard nd Mary's oldest son. Edwin had bought his own place a few years later and lived on the land directly across from Somerton Methodist Church. He is buried in a family plot there along with some other family members. His sisters Ann (called Nancy) and Martha (called Patsy) lived at the house until their deaths and were buried on Edwin's farm in what became the family plot. When the last of this generation died on July 16, 1893, Edwin's son "Eddie" was living in Georgia and sold it On 25 Nov 1950 sold the property to H B Cross on Oct 1, 1894. Nansemond County Deed Book 34, page 515. Then in turn it was sold to E J Langston and Bertha Langston on March 24, 1910. On 25 Nov 1950 H Bruce and Jon Goodman Arthur purchased the property at auction, as both E J and Bertha died intestate, for $6,000 (Nansemond City Deed Book 175, Page 17). Another deed followed in order in the book when H Bruce and Mary Jane Arthur sell their interest in the home to John Goodman Arthur and Rosalyn on 15 Dec 1950. John Goodman's nephew Thomas Arthur lives in the house today but title is held by a trust to the three sons of H Bruce and Mary Jane Arthur.
James E Smith, Washington['s] ninth child and first by his second wife lived in my home at 8400 Arthur Dr and is documented as such on the National Historic Register.
The exterior is clad in clapboard siding and features a variety of window types including double hung nine-over-nine, six-over-nine, six-over-six, and four-over-four wood sash. The west facing front porch is supported by brick piers and covered by a shed roof clad in standing seam metal. The shed roof of the porch is supported by Tuscan columns. The dwelling features three brick chimneys on its north, east, and south elevations. The house has served and continues to serve as a single dwelling since its construction. Included is the detached kitchen structure, an early-19th-century exterior kitchen is located southeast of the main dwelling. It rests on a brick pier foundation. The exterior walls are clad in clapboard siding and the gabled roof is clad in corrugated metal. A shed roof protrudes from the south elevation providing a covered exterior storage area. It is now clad in corrugated metal.
Census: 1850, age 28 Nansemond county, Virginia with wife, twin boys, overseer & two boarders, worth $1,500.
Census: 1860, age 38 Upper Parish, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & four children, worth $10,000.
Census: 1870, age 49 Cypress Chapel township, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & four children, worth $25,000 & $300.
Census: 1880, age 57 Cypress managerial district, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & three children.
Wife died a week before Christmas, the 18th of December 1880.
James' home and the families Somerton Inn remain today within Somerton Historic District, as some of its oldest structures.
Death: likely (?) in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Burial: Currently unknown, believed (?) to have been in the Smith Family Cemetery, south across street from the Inn, shown south, along Arthur drive between the then Methodist church and brother Robert Riddick Smith's home basically west across street from his home, now at 8440 Arthur drive ~ ~ now a field with reportedly some flat makers, unseen from road when viewed December 2012 by Jeff Rau.
Father: Capt Washington Smith b: 11 AUG 1772 in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Mother: Mary Powell b: around 1800 in Virginia.
Marriage: Mary Wood Riddick Gatling b: about 1827 Gates county, North Carolina.
Married: 5 DEC 1841 in Gates county, North Carolina.
Known Children
James T Smith (twin) b: 1849 in Nansemond County, Virginia.
Benjamin F (Franklin ?) Smith (twin) b: 1849 in Nansemond County, Virginia.
Anna M Smith b: 1856 in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Lucie Smith b: 1859 in Nansemond county, Virginia.
Mamie Smith b: about 1860 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Fannie W Smith b: about 1862 Nansemond county, Virginia.
REVISED: 14 JAN 2015.
Prepared in part by Bill Boggess.
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