William Norvell, , Sr, Capt

Capt. Norvell moved to Campbell County from Amherst County; buying land with fifteen separate purchases in 1797. He was the first corporation court clerk in Lynchburg; andl, in 1811 was elected a member of the town coucil. He was appointed, in 1813, to a committee of three to build a new market house in the southwestern side of Second and Water streets. He was one of the directors of the Exchange bank, orgainzed in 1814. For many years, Capt. William Norvell was the President of the Bank of Virginia. He was on a board of managers who brought, in 1823, to Lynchburg, the Lynchburg Charity School. He and his family resided at a country home called "Radcliff", near Candler's Mountain. He died long before attaining old age and the care of the children fell to his widow. Both he and Ann (Nancy) are buried in the Radcliff Cemetery in Campbell County, Virginia. They had 11 children.

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[He lived in what is} Acclaimed as largest and finest Federal mansion in Central Virginia. This Federal house was built by Captain William Norvell who served under General George Washington at Valley Forge. The house's next occupant was Norvell's daughter Lucy and her husband, John Otey. The Norvell and Otey families were lifelong friends of Thomas Jefferson. In 1826 John Otey succeeded in raising funds in Lynchburg to aid Mr. Jefferson during his 'time of insolvency.' Later that year Otey and his brother-in-law William Wiatt Norvell were among the seven marshals at Mr. Jefferson's funeral.

Lucy, Captain Norvell's daughter, was famous in her own right having been said to be only one of two women given a commission as a Captain in the Confederate army. Her work in Lynchburg with the Confederate army hospitals resulted in Lynchburg having the lowest mortality rate of any city during the Civil War, north or south. There is much history and documentation on the Norvell and Otey families as well as the Gooch and Green families who were subsequent owners of this house.

The house qualifies for the National Historic Register, and has been featured in many garden and historical tours in Lynchburg relating to both the Colonial and Civil War periods. http://www.historicproperties.com/feature.asp?listing_id=malyn105