Belvoir (Saffold Plantation)

Belvoir
Belvoir in March 2011
Location	Pleasant Hill, Alabama
Coordinates	32°12′10″N 86°57′43″W / 32.20278°N 86.96184°W / 32.20278; -86.96184Coordinates: 32°12′10″N 86°57′43″W / 32.20278°N 86.96184°W / 32.20278; -86.96184
Founded	1825
Built	1845-55
Architectural style(s)	Greek Revival
Governing body	Private
Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
Official name: Belvoir (Saffold Plantation)
Designated	November 2, 1990
Location of Belvoir in Alabama

Belvoir, also known as the Saffold Plantation, is a historic plantation and plantation house near Pleasant Hill, Alabama, United States. The Greek Revival-style house features a Carolina-type, hexastyle portico with Doric columns. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on November 2, 1990.

Belvoir was established as a cotton plantation in 1825 by Reuben Saffold II. Saffold was born on September 4, 1788 in Wilkes County, Georgia. He was educated there and began a law practice in Watkinsville, Georgia. He married Mary Evelyn Phillips, of Morgan County, in 1811. The couple would eventually have 12 children together. They relocated to Clarke County, Mississippi Territory in 1813, where he participated in the Creek War in 1813-14. Saffold served in the legislature of the Alabama Territory in 1818. He participated in the Constitutional Convention and became an Alabama circuit judge in 1819. He established his plantation, which he named Belvoir, in rural Dallas County, Alabama in 1825. Belvoir translates roughly from French to English as "beautiful to see." He remained a circuit judge until 1832, when he was appointed to the Alabama Supreme Court. He served as Chief Justice from 1834 until 1836.