Glenmore was an estate in Albemarle County, Virginia, located on the Rivanna River, opposite the community of Milton and near Thomas Jefferson's birthplace at Shadwell.

In 1805, the Glenmore estate was sold to Jane Cary Randolph, Thomas Mann Randolph's sister. Louis H. Girardin (1771-1825) purchased the property in 1813. During his tenancy, Girardin wrote a continuation of John Daly Burk's History of Virginia, while using Jefferson's library and drawing on Jefferson's suggestions.1

Beginning in 1817, Glenmore was owned by Dr. Thomas G. Watkins, a Tennessee physician who settled in Albemarle County and treated Jefferson during his retirement years.2

Today, Glenmore is a gated community and country club.

Further Sources

• Glenmore.
• Mead, Edward C. Historic Homes of the South-West Mountains, Virginia. Bridgewater, VA: C.J. Carrier Co., 1962. See pages 271-75.
• Moore, John Hammond. Albemarle: Jefferson's County, 1727-1976. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976. See page 90.
• Rawlings, Mary. Ante-bellum Albemarle. Charlottesville: People's National Bank, 1935. See page 71.
• Woods, Albemarle. See page 303.

• 1. See Jefferson-Girardin Correspondence. Transcriptions available at Founders Online.
• 2. See, e.g., Jefferson to James Madison, January 28, 1821, Papers of James Madison, Library of Congress. Transcription available at Founders Online.