ALBEMARLE:  CEMETERY RECORDS –  “BEL AIRE” CEMETERY

Contributed by:  Joan Renfrow

NOTICE:  I have no relationship or further information in regards to this 
family.  

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Bel Aire:
                  1936 June 3
                  Research made by Mary Deane

Cemetery Location:  9 miles northwest from Charlottesville on Piney Mountain 
                    road.
                    Albemarle County



“Bel Aire” is a very fine example of an early American home of the wealthy land 
owners of Albemarle.  It is the ancestral home of the Michie family, which has 
always been prominent in the affairs of Albemarle.  James Michie was a wealthy 
plantation owner, a zealous churchman, and a prominent citizen and office 
holder.  He was appointed magistrate in 1816 and elected sheriff in 1843.  James 
build “Bel Aire” in 1810.

The family burial ground is in the rear.  Only one tombstone bears an 
inscription.


In Memory of James Michie,
born May 5, 1788
died March 14, 1850