Appomattox Court House National Historical Park ruins

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park ruins
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Site of "old" county jail, now ruins
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Nearest city	Appomattox, Virginia
Built	1865
Part of	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park (ID66000827 [1] )
Designated CP	October 15, 1966

The Appomattox Court House National Historical Park ruins are part of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Virginia which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

McDearmon–Tibbs–Scott house ruin

Samuel D. McDearmon purchased the undeveloped 206-acre (0.83 km²) "Clover Hill" tract from Hugh Raine in 1846, cutting off 30 acres (12 ha) for a county seat for the new Appomattox county. In 1849 he began improving the now 176-acre (0.71 km²) property adding $1,056 (~$30,596 in 2023) worth of buildings. By 1851 he had made improvements totaling $2,800, (~$81,513 in 2023) likely indicating that the mansion house had been completed. This chronology also corresponds to his known political and financial zenith. Although he offered the tract for sale in October 1854, ^[7] Jacob Tibbs did not purchase McDearmon's property until 1856 and then only 140 acres (57 ha) of it, which included the $2800 "improvements." The following year Tibbs's "improvements" had been reduced to $2000. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

Footnotes

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Jon B. Montgomery; Reed Engle; Clifford Tobias (May 8, 1989), National Register of Historic Places Registration: Appomattox Court House / Appomattox Court House National Historical Park (version from Virginia Department of Historic Resources, including maps) (PDF), National Park Service, archived from the original (PDF) on January 15, 2009 and Accompanying 12 photos, undated (version from Federal website)  (32 KB) and one photo, undated, at Virginia DHR Archived January 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
3. "R.J. N. Williams Cabin Ruin". Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
4. Marvel, A Place Called Appomattox, pp. 4–6
5. Historic American Buildings Survey: Virginia Catalog (Charlottesville: 1976) p.53.
6. "Tibbs-Scott House Ruin". Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
7. Marvel A Place Called Appomattox p.42-3.
8. Appomattox County Land Tax Records 1845 – 1857, microfilm Library of Virginia, Richmond.
9. "Tibbs-Scott Well". Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
10. "Tinsley–Scott Tenant House Ruin #1-West". Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
11. "Tinsley–Scott Tenant House Ruin #2-East". Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
12. "Coleman House Ruin". Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
13. "Coleman Outbuilding". Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
14. "Sweeney Dam Ruin". Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2009.

References

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