Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Gloves must be used for photographs.

Preferred Citation

Smith and Norford Family Papers, Collection number MS 694, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Virginia

Acquisition Information

Gift of Steve Gardner, May 2021.

Biographical Information

The Smith and Norford families lived in Albemarle County, Virginia.

J. Mason Smith was Albemarle County Sheriff from 1922-1951.

Scope and Content

This is a copy of the book Norford Family History, 1742-1965, Memoirs from England-United States by William Lindsay Norford. Book is inscribed "William Abbott Smith, Purchased October 1965." Also included is a photograph J. Mason Smith, Sheriff of Albemarle County, 1947, and an application for search or certified copy of a certificate of birth for Robert Taylor Norford dated 1942.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Smith, J. Mason

Family Names:

• Norford Family
• Smith Family

Subjects:

• Virginia--Genealogy