Dates: 1942-1965

Collection Number: MS 694

Physical Location: Archive Room File Cabinet

Extent: 1 folder (3 items).

Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.

User Restrictions: Gloves must be worn when handling photographs.

Preferred Citation: Smith and Norford Family Papers, MS 694, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information: Gift of Steve Gardner, May 2021.

Biographical/Historical 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.

Persons: Smith, J. Mason

Family Names:

  • Norford family.
  • Smith family.

Subjects: Virginia--Genealogy

Record Types:

  • Albums.
  • Photographs.