Veteran: Civil War (CSA)
h/o Virginia Wilson Norfleet.
Birth: 2nd of three known children in Somerton, Nansemond county, Virginia, (Nansemond Co. is now city of Suffolk).
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 10th great,grandfather, Robert Boggus, is documented 1 April 1644 as living in the then newly created Nansemond county.
His paternal ancestors had operated an ordinary for at least three prior generations, however, it was his grandfather, Washington Smith, who inherited the Inn from his father Thomas, that was operating it, then known also as Somerton Inn, Saturday, 26th February, 1825 when Marquis de La'Fayette paid a visit during his congressionally invited tour of our then twenty-four states, on his way to spend the night at Henry Ramsay's Indian Queen in Murfreesboro, Hertford county, North Carolina.
Somerton Inn, now at 8442 Arthur drive, remains today within Somerton Historic District, as one of its oldest structures as does his father's home at 8441 Arthur drive< and his Uncle James Edward's home at 8440 Arthur drive.
Henning's family was probably the last Smith to operate the Somerton Inn before his father was murdered.
His father was murdered 13 September 1845 when Hunter Hill stabed him in the heart outside of the Washington hotel in Suffolk when Henning was but three years of age.
Census: 1850, age 7 Nansemond county, Virginia with widowed mother & two brothers.
Census: 1860, age 17 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with George and Fanny Godwin's household with Betsy and his two brothers, Washington C & Robt R,jr.
Henning, with his two brothers, served in Company I, 13th Virginia Calvary. Their unit was known as the 'Nansemond Cavalry'. The regiment reportedly had 298 men in action in Gettysburg and surrendered on April 9, 1865, with only 163 men. Reportedly their company commander once was, Capt Jesse Brewer, hubby of their aunt Elizabeth, reportedly killed 15 JUN 1862. (Battle Flag at right)
Census: 1880, age 36 Holly Neck township, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife four children.
Census: 1900, age 56 Holyneck district, Nansemond county, Virginia in son-in-law's household at 23 Bank street with wife & one son.
Census: 1910, age 66 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & widowed daughter at 701 Bank street, a clerk, City Market House.
Death: in Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Burial plot shared with baby brother's family and a niece Mary C Davis, in Block D, Lot 67 of Suffolk's 32 acre Cedar Hill cemetery where their youngest paternal uncle had the Confederate Monument erected.
Father: Robert Riddick Smith b: 16 JAN 1808 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Mother: Sarah Jackson Powell b: 13 MAR 1808 in New Kent county, Virginia.
Marriage: Virginia "Jennie" Wilson Norfleet, b. 10 SEP 1844, Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Married: 13 FEB 1866, in Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Known Children
Sallie Jackson Smith b. 19 DEC 1866, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Willie Anna Smith b. 21 AUG 1868, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Robert Riddick Smith b: 8 JUN 1871 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Jennie Wilson Smith b. 17 JUN 1878, Nansemond county, Virginia.
~ Prepared in part by Bill Boggess when transferred November 2012 ~
h/o Virginia Wilson Norfleet.
Birth: 2nd of three known children in Somerton, Nansemond county, Virginia, (Nansemond Co. is now city of Suffolk).
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 10th great,grandfather, Robert Boggus, is documented 1 April 1644 as living in the then newly created Nansemond county.
His paternal ancestors had operated an ordinary for at least three prior generations, however, it was his grandfather, Washington Smith, who inherited the Inn from his father Thomas, that was operating it, then known also as Somerton Inn, Saturday, 26th February, 1825 when Marquis de La'Fayette paid a visit during his congressionally invited tour of our then twenty-four states, on his way to spend the night at Henry Ramsay's Indian Queen in Murfreesboro, Hertford county, North Carolina.
Somerton Inn, now at 8442 Arthur drive, remains today within Somerton Historic District, as one of its oldest structures as does his father's home at 8441 Arthur drive< and his Uncle James Edward's home at 8440 Arthur drive.
Henning's family was probably the last Smith to operate the Somerton Inn before his father was murdered.
His father was murdered 13 September 1845 when Hunter Hill stabed him in the heart outside of the Washington hotel in Suffolk when Henning was but three years of age.
Census: 1850, age 7 Nansemond county, Virginia with widowed mother & two brothers.
Census: 1860, age 17 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with George and Fanny Godwin's household with Betsy and his two brothers, Washington C & Robt R,jr.
Henning, with his two brothers, served in Company I, 13th Virginia Calvary. Their unit was known as the 'Nansemond Cavalry'. The regiment reportedly had 298 men in action in Gettysburg and surrendered on April 9, 1865, with only 163 men. Reportedly their company commander once was, Capt Jesse Brewer, hubby of their aunt Elizabeth, reportedly killed 15 JUN 1862. (Battle Flag at right)
Census: 1880, age 36 Holly Neck township, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife four children.
Census: 1900, age 56 Holyneck district, Nansemond county, Virginia in son-in-law's household at 23 Bank street with wife & one son.
Census: 1910, age 66 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & widowed daughter at 701 Bank street, a clerk, City Market House.
Death: in Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Burial plot shared with baby brother's family and a niece Mary C Davis, in Block D, Lot 67 of Suffolk's 32 acre Cedar Hill cemetery where their youngest paternal uncle had the Confederate Monument erected.
Father: Robert Riddick Smith b: 16 JAN 1808 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Mother: Sarah Jackson Powell b: 13 MAR 1808 in New Kent county, Virginia.
Marriage: Virginia "Jennie" Wilson Norfleet, b. 10 SEP 1844, Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Married: 13 FEB 1866, in Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Known Children
Sallie Jackson Smith b. 19 DEC 1866, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Willie Anna Smith b. 21 AUG 1868, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Robert Riddick Smith b: 8 JUN 1871 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Jennie Wilson Smith b. 17 JUN 1878, Nansemond county, Virginia.
~ Prepared in part by Bill Boggess when transferred November 2012 ~
Veteran: Civil War (CSA)
h/o Virginia Wilson Norfleet.
Birth: 2nd of three known children in Somerton, Nansemond county, Virginia, (Nansemond Co. is now city of Suffolk).
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 10th great,grandfather, Robert Boggus, is documented 1 April 1644 as living in the then newly created Nansemond county.
His paternal ancestors had operated an ordinary for at least three prior generations, however, it was his grandfather, Washington Smith, who inherited the Inn from his father Thomas, that was operating it, then known also as Somerton Inn, Saturday, 26th February, 1825 when Marquis de La'Fayette paid a visit during his congressionally invited tour of our then twenty-four states, on his way to spend the night at Henry Ramsay's Indian Queen in Murfreesboro, Hertford county, North Carolina.
Somerton Inn, now at 8442 Arthur drive, remains today within Somerton Historic District, as one of its oldest structures as does his father's home at 8441 Arthur drive< and his Uncle James Edward's home at 8440 Arthur drive.
Henning's family was probably the last Smith to operate the Somerton Inn before his father was murdered.
His father was murdered 13 September 1845 when Hunter Hill stabed him in the heart outside of the Washington hotel in Suffolk when Henning was but three years of age.
Census: 1850, age 7 Nansemond county, Virginia with widowed mother & two brothers.
Census: 1860, age 17 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with George and Fanny Godwin's household with Betsy and his two brothers, Washington C & Robt R,jr.
Henning, with his two brothers, served in Company I, 13th Virginia Calvary. Their unit was known as the 'Nansemond Cavalry'. The regiment reportedly had 298 men in action in Gettysburg and surrendered on April 9, 1865, with only 163 men. Reportedly their company commander once was, Capt Jesse Brewer, hubby of their aunt Elizabeth, reportedly killed 15 JUN 1862. (Battle Flag at right)
Census: 1880, age 36 Holly Neck township, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife four children.
Census: 1900, age 56 Holyneck district, Nansemond county, Virginia in son-in-law's household at 23 Bank street with wife & one son.
Census: 1910, age 66 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & widowed daughter at 701 Bank street, a clerk, City Market House.
Death: in Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Burial plot shared with baby brother's family and a niece Mary C Davis, in Block D, Lot 67 of Suffolk's 32 acre Cedar Hill cemetery where their youngest paternal uncle had the Confederate Monument erected.
Father: Robert Riddick Smith b: 16 JAN 1808 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Mother: Sarah Jackson Powell b: 13 MAR 1808 in New Kent county, Virginia.
Marriage: Virginia "Jennie" Wilson Norfleet, b. 10 SEP 1844, Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Married: 13 FEB 1866, in Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Known Children
Sallie Jackson Smith b. 19 DEC 1866, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Willie Anna Smith b. 21 AUG 1868, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Robert Riddick Smith b: 8 JUN 1871 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Jennie Wilson Smith b. 17 JUN 1878, Nansemond county, Virginia.
~ Prepared in part by Bill Boggess when transferred November 2012 ~
h/o Virginia Wilson Norfleet.
Birth: 2nd of three known children in Somerton, Nansemond county, Virginia, (Nansemond Co. is now city of Suffolk).
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 10th great,grandfather, Robert Boggus, is documented 1 April 1644 as living in the then newly created Nansemond county.
His paternal ancestors had operated an ordinary for at least three prior generations, however, it was his grandfather, Washington Smith, who inherited the Inn from his father Thomas, that was operating it, then known also as Somerton Inn, Saturday, 26th February, 1825 when Marquis de La'Fayette paid a visit during his congressionally invited tour of our then twenty-four states, on his way to spend the night at Henry Ramsay's Indian Queen in Murfreesboro, Hertford county, North Carolina.
Somerton Inn, now at 8442 Arthur drive, remains today within Somerton Historic District, as one of its oldest structures as does his father's home at 8441 Arthur drive< and his Uncle James Edward's home at 8440 Arthur drive.
Henning's family was probably the last Smith to operate the Somerton Inn before his father was murdered.
His father was murdered 13 September 1845 when Hunter Hill stabed him in the heart outside of the Washington hotel in Suffolk when Henning was but three years of age.
Census: 1850, age 7 Nansemond county, Virginia with widowed mother & two brothers.
Census: 1860, age 17 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with George and Fanny Godwin's household with Betsy and his two brothers, Washington C & Robt R,jr.
Henning, with his two brothers, served in Company I, 13th Virginia Calvary. Their unit was known as the 'Nansemond Cavalry'. The regiment reportedly had 298 men in action in Gettysburg and surrendered on April 9, 1865, with only 163 men. Reportedly their company commander once was, Capt Jesse Brewer, hubby of their aunt Elizabeth, reportedly killed 15 JUN 1862. (Battle Flag at right)
Census: 1880, age 36 Holly Neck township, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife four children.
Census: 1900, age 56 Holyneck district, Nansemond county, Virginia in son-in-law's household at 23 Bank street with wife & one son.
Census: 1910, age 66 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife & widowed daughter at 701 Bank street, a clerk, City Market House.
Death: in Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Burial plot shared with baby brother's family and a niece Mary C Davis, in Block D, Lot 67 of Suffolk's 32 acre Cedar Hill cemetery where their youngest paternal uncle had the Confederate Monument erected.
Father: Robert Riddick Smith b: 16 JAN 1808 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Mother: Sarah Jackson Powell b: 13 MAR 1808 in New Kent county, Virginia.
Marriage: Virginia "Jennie" Wilson Norfleet, b. 10 SEP 1844, Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Married: 13 FEB 1866, in Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Known Children
Sallie Jackson Smith b. 19 DEC 1866, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Willie Anna Smith b. 21 AUG 1868, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Robert Riddick Smith b: 8 JUN 1871 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Jennie Wilson Smith b. 17 JUN 1878, Nansemond county, Virginia.
~ Prepared in part by Bill Boggess when transferred November 2012 ~
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