Belmont Plantation (Albemarle County, Virginia)

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'''Belmont Plantation''', a [[Locale (geographic)|locale]] in [[Albemarle County, Virginia]],<ref></ref> is the site of the former 19th-century plantation.

The land was first patented in the 1730s.<ref name="Nom" /> Colonel John Harvie bought Belmont, a 2,500 acre tract, from Matthew Graves in the 1730s.<ref name="Nom" /><ref name="Woods">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Harvie, born in Scotland, settled in Albemarle County around 1736. He was a good friend of [[Peter Jefferson]] and became [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s guardian after Peter's death.<ref name="Nom" />

In 1767, [[John Harvie]], Jr. inherited Belmont.<ref name="Nom" /> Although he had other estates, he lived there until he was appointed Register of the Land Office in [[Richmond, Virginia]]. John Rogers was the overseer of the plantation once Harvie removed to Richmond. Harvie died in 1807,<ref name="Nom" /><ref name="Woods">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and Belmont was sold that year to John Rogers.<ref name="Nom"></ref> Rogers—along with Jefferson, [[James Madison]], and [[James Monroe]]—were founders of the Agricultural Society of Albemarle. Rogers was "in the forefront of the agricultural reform movement" in the county in the early 19th century.<ref name="Nom" />

In 1811, Charles Everett purchased 636 or 650 acres of the Belmont estate from John Rogers. Rogers retained 1200 acres of the tract, which was named [[East Belmont]].<ref name="Nom" /><ref name="Belmont">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Everett moved to Belmont in 1813.<ref name="TJ"></ref> In 1821, Everett purchased a 400-acre tract from [[Thomas Jefferson]] called Pouncey's,<ref name="TJ" /><ref name="Diamond"></ref> which was part of the [[Shadwell, Virginia|Shadwell]] tract. The area was also known as [[Everettsville, Virginia|Everettsville]].<ref name="TJ" /> Everett lived at Belmont until his death in 1848.<ref name="Mead">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

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[[Category:Geography of Charlottesville, Virginia]]
[[Category:Plantations in Virginia]]

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