Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Newspapers.....Whitehead farm, 1937 

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"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 18, No. 27, Thurs., Sep. 23, 1937, p. 1 

Farm In Same Family Three Hundred Years 

  The farm located on the Scotts Factory road near Smithfield owned by 
Sheriff W.C. Whitehead has been in his family three hundred years, according 
to statements by him.  The farm, now consisting of ninety-six acres, is from 
the original grant of sixteen hundred acres. 

  The tract of land has been handed down from the original grant of sixteen 
hundred acres. 

  The tract of land has been handed down, from the Arthur Smith branch of the 
family, and was an original land grant to Mr. Smith.  The original tract of 
land consisted of fourteen hundred acres, including the site on which 
Smithfield now stands.  It was later augmented by Governor Berkley two hundred 
more acres for paying passage of several more colonists from England to 
Virginia.  This addition to the original made the farm sixteen hundred acres, 
known for a long time as the Grove Farm. 

  It came into the Whitehead family by the will of the last Arthur Smith in 
the family, who was Sheriff Whitehead's great, great uncle.  His sisters 
married the Sheriff's great grandfather. 

  Thus has the present farm been handed down from generation to generation 
from 1637 to 1937. 


*Additional information: 

Sheriff William Colgate WHITEHEAD (25 Jul 1886 - 19 Dec 1955) is buried in 
   St. Luke's Memorial Park, Benns Church.  [D.Cert. 29010 (Newport #47)] 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #18: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Christina Atkinson - and two of 
   Sheriff WHITEHEAD - added by George Seitz & Martha Fontaine Byrum - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #27831106, as is his obit - 
   added by Cjohnston 49877364. 

His obit ("Smithfield Times," Dec. 22, 1955, p. 1) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/w330w4ob.txt 

He died two weeks before his planned retirement, after 28 years as Sheriff. 

He rented a house on S. Mason St., Smithfield. 

Apparently the farm was inherited from his mother, Virginia Smith (COWPER; 
   Mrs. Arthur Richard) WHITEHEAD. 

His parents are thought to be buried in the "Windsor Castle" cemetery, on 
   Jericho Rd., where their son Arthur Smith WHITEHEAD (1882 - 1921) has one 
   of the two gravestones.  {IWCHS GSSTF #23}  Find a Grave calls it the 
   Whitehead-Goodwin Cemetery.  (FaG Cemetery ID #2445068) 


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