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Claremont Manor is in Surry County, Virginia, on the south shore of James River at its confluence with Upper Chippokes Creek. It was in the area occupied by the Quiyoughcohannock Indians when George Harrison received a grant of land there is 1621. The house was built about 1750 and survives with many alterations. This book details the history of the house, the land, and the people who lived there. There are maps, photographs, land title information, architectural and archaeological information, biographical and genealogical information, and color coats-of-arms. A chronological list of landowners, information from the Table of Contents, and a list of all the names in the index are given below. |
| Claremont Manor: A History | ||
| CLAREMONT MANOR CHRONOLOGY | ||
| Dates | Years Owned | Owners |
| 1621-1625 | 4 | George Harrison |
| 1625-1633 | 8 | Elizabeth Clement |
| 1633-c1657 | 24 | Jeremiah Clement |
| c1657-1658 | 1 | Elizabeth Clement Perry |
| 1658-1681 | 23 | Edward Oliver |
| 1681-1710 | 29 | Arthur Allen II |
| 1710-1741 | 31 | John Allen |
| 1741-1793 | 52 | William Allen |
| 183 1-1875 | 44 | William Orgain Allen |
| 1875-1886* | 11 | William Allen IV |
| 1886-1887 | 1 | J. Franklin Mancha |
| 1887-1888 | 1 | A. B. and Edward Randall |
| 1888-1894 | 6 | A. B. Randall |
| 1894-1900 | 6 | Benjamin F. Hilt |
| 1900-1909 | 9 | Elizabeth G. Winter |
| 1909-1919 | 10 | Harry C. Burdick |
| 1919-1928 | 9 | Eleanor C. Johnston |
| 1928-1940 | 12 | Ann O. Cocke |
| 1940-1950 | 10 | Millicent Rogers |
| 1950-1964 | 14 | James Walter Carter |
| 1964-1976 | 12 | Felician Sisters |
| *1681-1886 | 205 years | of ownership by Allen family |
| Claremont Manor: A History | ||
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | ||
| Chapter | Page | |
| List of Illustrations | ix | |
| Foreward by Lewis Kirby | xiii | |
| Preface by Lewis Kirby | xv | |
| Acknowledgments | xvii | |
| Chronology | xix | |
| I | Early Architectural History | 1 |
| II | Twentieth Century Renovations | 5 |
| III | Outbuildings and Grounds | 11 |
| IV | "Clermont": the Name | 19 |
| V | English Origins and Heraldry of the Claremont Aliens | 21 |
| VI | Two Arthurs and Before | 25 |
| VII | John Allen's "Elegant Seat" | 33 |
| VIII | William Allen's "Clermont" | 45 |
| IX | William Allen II | 51 |
| X | William Griffin Orgain Allen | 57 |
| XI | Willie and Minnie Allen | 71 |
| XII | Claremont Colonists | 75 |
| XIII | Meredith Armistead Johnston | 79 |
| XIV | General and Mrs. William Homer Cocke | 83 |
| XV | Millicent (Huttleston) Rogers | 85 |
| XVI | Mr. and Mrs. James Walter Carter | 89 |
| XVII | The Felician Sisters and the School | 91 |
| XVIII | The Kirby Family of Morristown, New Jersey, and Claremont, Virginia | 95 |
| XIX | Smallwood Institute | 99 |
| XX | Quicohanna, now Montclare House | 103 |
| XXI | Archaeology at Claremont Manor | 105 |
| XXII | Ghosts and Other Things | 111 |
| Appendix A: Map 6 Tract Title Information | 113 | |
| Appendix B: Household Items from John Allen's 1742 Estate Inventory | 122 | |
| Appendix C: Transcription of Records in Allen Family Bible | 124 | |
| Appendix D: 1832 Estate Inventory for William Allen II, Claremont Furnishings | 125 | |
| Appendix E: Claremont Overseers | 127 | |
| Appendix F: Land Transactions of William Allen I | 128 | |
| Appendix G: Land Transactions of William Allen II | 129 | |
| Appendix H: Slaves Emancipated by William Allen II | 130 | |
| Appendix I: James Dunlop's Slaves | 131 | |
| INDEX | 132 |
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