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no benefits or emolument whatever from my farm or for more than two years after, as every available thing was taken from me, and those who rented it had to fence it and repair the buildings to make them habitable; and I was absent from my home nearly all the time, and until the evacuation was in Richmond and Charlottesville.” Caroline Thornton died Feb. 10, 1876. !
The land was sold to H.Z; and Harriet Shackleford. In 1917 Stuart Rapley Shackleford inherited Montpelier from Harriet. He married Ruth Dulaney, daughter of Alfred and Lizzie Finks Dulaney. Stuart and Ruth Shackleford and son James Henry Shackleford died in the late 1960’s. Some locals still refer to the fields around Montpelier as the “Shackleford Place”.
Jim Bill Fletcher and his wife Millie Thornton Fletcher became owners of Montpelier in 1968. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1973. It was placed on the Virginia Landmarks Register the same year. Mr. Fletcher received various grants through the years to restore Montpelier. The Landmarks Commission would dictate the proper materials to be used that would best preserve and keep the house in vintage condition. The Fletcher daughters inherited the property in the late 90’s.
Montpelier has been very important to the community for a number of reasons. There is a building near the intersections of Route 618 and Route 231 that served as a local voting precinct for a number of years. The area’s first airstrip is located at Montpelier.
It has been a great location for civic groups to hold fund raisers. One can never forget the images of the opening meets of the Rappahannock Hunt. When visited in the past it was possible to imagine a time gone by. A visit today leaves one with an ugly image of something gone terribly wrong in the present. Our forefathers expected better.
Misty 'Hitt is secretaty of the Rappahannock Historical Society.
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