Smithfield

Smithfield Farm, located within view of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Clarke County on the West Virginia border, was established in 1816 by Edward Jacquelin Smith, a prosperous farmer who built a stylish Federal-style brick residence on the site in 1824. The two-story, hip-roofed dwelling features wide multi-paned windows, a front entrance with sidelights and a fanlight, a brick modillion cornice, and a one-story pedimented Tuscan portico. Flanking the house are two two-story brick dependencies with stepped gable parapets. One dependency was originally used as a schoolteacher’s residence and the other as a combination farm office and summer kitchen. Built in the late 1840s, the outbuildings complement the formality and symmetry of the main house. Near the house and dependencies is a large brick bank barn (built against a hill) that dates to the 1820s and is the largest of its kind in Clarke County.  The property contributes to the Long Marsh Run Rural Historic District.

Current owner is Ruth Smith Pritchard 

Powers Catherine Neill Jan 8 1891 Aug 27 1981 S225 d/Jaquelin Smith & Estelle Sinclair Castleman Powers

Powers E. Mackey Apr 19 1856 Apr 3 1937 S227 d/Philip H. & Roberta Macky Powers

Powers Emily Sinclair May 5 1886 Jun 14 1979 S225 d/Jaquelin Smith & Estelle Sinclair Castleman Powers

Powers Estelle Sinclair Castleman Mar 5 1855 Nov 30 1937 S225 w/Jacquelin Smith Powers; d/Henry William Castleman

Powers Fannie Ballard Nov 19 1889 Jan 29 1951 S225 d/Jaquelin Smith & Estelle Sinclair Castleman Powers

Powers Henry Castleman 1887 1898 S225 s/Jaquelin Smith & Estelle Sinclair Castleman Powers

Powers Janet T. 1922 no date S238 w/Philip Henry Powers Jr.

Powers Jaquelin Smith Nov 15 1857 Nov 18 1897 S225 s/Phillip Henry & Roberta Macky Smith Powers

Powers Jaquelin Smith II no date 1894 S225 sJaquelin Smith & Estelle Sinclair Castleman Powers

Powers Jeannette Brown 1865 1960 S214 May 14 1960 w/William Smith Powers

Powers Kate S. Mar 8 1864 Jul 20 1946 S227 d/Philip H. & Roberta Macky Powers

Powers Lorna R. 1946 1981 S238 w/Philip H. Powers III

Powers Margaret Scott 1894 1981 S238 w/Philip Henry Powers III

Powers Mary Grove 1863 1953 S238 w/Phillip Henry Powers II

Powers Mary H. Jun 5 1870 Mar 3 1910 S227 d/Philip Henry & Roberta Macky Smith Powers

Powers Philip Henry II Jun 24 1866 Aug 20 1914 S238 s/Philip Henry & Roberta Macky Smith Powers

Powers Philip Henry III May 7 1893 Nov 8 1881 S238 s/Philip Henry & Mary Grove Powers II

Powers Philip Henry IV 1945 no date S238 s/Philip H. & Janet T. Powers, Jr.

Powers Philip Henry, Jr. 1921 1996 S238 Nov 5 1996 s/Philip Henry & Margaret Scott Powers III

Powers Philip Pinkney 1897 1898 S225 s/Jaquelin Smith & Estelle Sinclair Castleman Powers

Powers Phillip Henry Apr 10 1828 Sep 18 1887 S227 s/William Afton & Alice M. Saunders Powers

Powers Robert Macky Sep 5 1893 Jul 15 1894 S227 Unmarked Grave; age 10 mo. 10 days; s/Phillip Henry & Mary Grove Powers II

Powers Roberta Macky Smith Jan 4 1831 Mar 5 1919 S227 w/Phillip Henry Powers

Powers William Smith Jun 15 1860 Sep 17 1955 S214 s/Phillip Henry & Roberta Macky Smith Powers