Veteran: Civil War (CSA)
h/o Laura Boswell Daughtrey.
Birth: 3rd and last of three known children in Somerton, Nansemond county, (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.
Robert'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 while his mother was six months pregnant with him.
Census: 1850, age 4 Nansemond county, Virginia with widowed mother & two older brothers.
Census: 1860, age 14 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia in household of George & Fanny Godwin, with "Besty" King and his two older brothers, Washington C and Henning E.
Robert, 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: 1870, age 24 Cypress, Nansemond county, Virginia, with wife, worth $12,000 real estate & $5,000 personal.
Census: 1880, age 34 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife, what appears to be her younger brother and his niece.
It was his youngest uncle, Thomas Washington Smith, that had the Confederate Monument erected for Cedar Hill cemetery.
Census: 1900, age 54 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife at 45 Main street, county court clerk.
Census: 1920, age 74, Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife at 427 Main street.
Death: in Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Father: Robert Riddick Smith b: 10 JAN 1808 Somerton, Nansemond County, Virginia.
Mother: Sarah Jackson Powell b: 13 MAR 1808 in New Kent county, Virginia.
Marriage: Laura Boswell Daughtrey b: 18 Nov 1846 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Married: 20 MAR 1866 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
No known issues
~ Prepared in part by Bill Boggess when transferred November 2012 ~
h/o Laura Boswell Daughtrey.
Birth: 3rd and last of three known children in Somerton, Nansemond county, (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.
Robert'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 while his mother was six months pregnant with him.
Census: 1850, age 4 Nansemond county, Virginia with widowed mother & two older brothers.
Census: 1860, age 14 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia in household of George & Fanny Godwin, with "Besty" King and his two older brothers, Washington C and Henning E.
Robert, 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: 1870, age 24 Cypress, Nansemond county, Virginia, with wife, worth $12,000 real estate & $5,000 personal.
Census: 1880, age 34 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife, what appears to be her younger brother and his niece.
It was his youngest uncle, Thomas Washington Smith, that had the Confederate Monument erected for Cedar Hill cemetery.
Census: 1900, age 54 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife at 45 Main street, county court clerk.
Census: 1920, age 74, Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife at 427 Main street.
Death: in Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Father: Robert Riddick Smith b: 10 JAN 1808 Somerton, Nansemond County, Virginia.
Mother: Sarah Jackson Powell b: 13 MAR 1808 in New Kent county, Virginia.
Marriage: Laura Boswell Daughtrey b: 18 Nov 1846 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Married: 20 MAR 1866 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
No known issues
~ Prepared in part by Bill Boggess when transferred November 2012 ~
Veteran: Civil War (CSA)
h/o Laura Boswell Daughtrey.
Birth: 3rd and last of three known children in Somerton, Nansemond county, (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.
Robert'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 while his mother was six months pregnant with him.
Census: 1850, age 4 Nansemond county, Virginia with widowed mother & two older brothers.
Census: 1860, age 14 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia in household of George & Fanny Godwin, with "Besty" King and his two older brothers, Washington C and Henning E.
Robert, 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: 1870, age 24 Cypress, Nansemond county, Virginia, with wife, worth $12,000 real estate & $5,000 personal.
Census: 1880, age 34 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife, what appears to be her younger brother and his niece.
It was his youngest uncle, Thomas Washington Smith, that had the Confederate Monument erected for Cedar Hill cemetery.
Census: 1900, age 54 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife at 45 Main street, county court clerk.
Census: 1920, age 74, Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife at 427 Main street.
Death: in Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Father: Robert Riddick Smith b: 10 JAN 1808 Somerton, Nansemond County, Virginia.
Mother: Sarah Jackson Powell b: 13 MAR 1808 in New Kent county, Virginia.
Marriage: Laura Boswell Daughtrey b: 18 Nov 1846 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Married: 20 MAR 1866 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
No known issues
~ Prepared in part by Bill Boggess when transferred November 2012 ~
h/o Laura Boswell Daughtrey.
Birth: 3rd and last of three known children in Somerton, Nansemond county, (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.
Robert'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 while his mother was six months pregnant with him.
Census: 1850, age 4 Nansemond county, Virginia with widowed mother & two older brothers.
Census: 1860, age 14 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia in household of George & Fanny Godwin, with "Besty" King and his two older brothers, Washington C and Henning E.
Robert, 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: 1870, age 24 Cypress, Nansemond county, Virginia, with wife, worth $12,000 real estate & $5,000 personal.
Census: 1880, age 34 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife, what appears to be her younger brother and his niece.
It was his youngest uncle, Thomas Washington Smith, that had the Confederate Monument erected for Cedar Hill cemetery.
Census: 1900, age 54 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife at 45 Main street, county court clerk.
Census: 1920, age 74, Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia with wife at 427 Main street.
Death: in Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
Father: Robert Riddick Smith b: 10 JAN 1808 Somerton, Nansemond County, Virginia.
Mother: Sarah Jackson Powell b: 13 MAR 1808 in New Kent county, Virginia.
Marriage: Laura Boswell Daughtrey b: 18 Nov 1846 Nansemond county, Virginia.
Married: 20 MAR 1866 Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia.
No known issues
~ Prepared in part by Bill Boggess when transferred November 2012 ~
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