[22][23] Malone writes that Jefferson vaguely knew that his grandfather "had a place on the Fluvanna River which he called Snowden after a mountain in Wales near which the Jeffersons were supposed to have once lived".[22] See also Peter Jefferson#Ancestry.

^ His other properties included Shadwell, Tufton, Lego, Pantops, and his retreat Poplar Forest. He also owned the unimproved mountaintop Montalto, and the Natural Bridge.[55]

^ While the news from Francis Eppes, with whom Lucy was staying, did not reach Jefferson until 1785, in an undated letter,[65] it is clear that the year of her death was 1784 from another letter to Jefferson from  James Currie dated November 20, 1784.[66]

^ Adams recorded his exchange with Jefferson on the question. Jefferson asked, "Why will you not? You ought to do it."To which Adams responded, "I will not—reasons enough."Jefferson replied, "What can be your reasons?"and Adams responded, "Reason first, you are a Virginian, and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. Reason second, I am obnoxious, suspected, and unpopular. You are very much otherwise. Reason third, you can write ten times better than I can."