Appomattox Court House National Historical Park ruins explained

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Appomattox Court House National Historical Park ruins
Nrhp Type:	cp
Partof:	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Partof Refnum:	66000827
Built:	1865
Designated Nrhp Type:	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.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

McDearmon–Tibbs–Scott house ruin

Samuel D. McDearmon purchased the undeveloped 206acres "Clover Hill" tract from Hugh Raine in 1846, cutting off 30acres for a county seat for the new Appomattox county. In 1849 he began improving the now 176acres property adding $1,056 (~$ in) worth of buildings. By 1851 he had made improvements totaling $2,800, (~$ in) 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,^[6] Jacob Tibbs did not purchase McDearmon's property until 1856 and then only 140acres of it, which included the $2800 "improvements." The following year Tibbs's "improvements" had been reduced to $2000.^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

Tinsley–Scott Tenant House Ruin #2-East

References

• Bradford, Ned, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Plume, 1989
• Catton, Bruce, A Stillness at Appomattox, Doubleday 1953, Library of Congress # 53-9982,
• Catton, Bruce, This Hallowed Ground, Doubleday 1953, Library of Congress # 56-5960
• Chaffin, Tom, 2006. Sea of Gray: The Around-the-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah, Hill and Wang/Farrar, Straus and Giroux,.
• Davis, Burke, The Civil War: Strange & Fascinating Facts, Wings Books, 1960 & 1982,
• Davis, Burke, To Appomattox – Nine April Days, 1865, Eastern Acorn Press, 1992,
• Featherston, Nathaniel Ragland, Appomattox County History and Genealogy, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1998,
• Gutek, Patricia, Plantations and Outdoor Museums in America's Historic South, University of South Carolina Press, 1996,
• Kaiser, Harvey H., The National Park Architecture Sourcebook, Princeton Architectural Press, 2008,
• Kennedy, Frances H., The Civil War Battlefield Guide, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990,
• Korn, Jerry et al., The Civil War, Pursuit to Appomattox, The Last Battles, Time-Life Books, 1987,
• Marvel, William, A Place Called Appomattox, UNC Press, 2000,
• Marvel, William, Lee's Last Retreat, UNC Press, 2006,
• McPherson, James M., Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford University Press, 1988,
• National Park Service, Appomattox Court House: Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Virginia, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 2002,
• Tidwell, William A., April '65: Confederate Covert Action in the American Civil War, Kent State University Press, 1995,
• Weigley, Russel F., A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861–1865, Indiana University Press, 2000,

Notes and References

1. and   and one photo, undated, at Virginia DHR
2. Web site: R.J. N. Williams Cabin Ruin. January 21, 2009.
3. Marvel, A Place Called Appomattox, pp. 4–6
4. Historic American Buildings Survey: Virginia Catalog (Charlottesville: 1976) p.53. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.va0250
5. Web site: Tibbs-Scott House Ruin. January 21, 2009.
6. Marvel A Place Called Appomattox p.42-3.
7. Appomattox County Land Tax Records 1845 – 1857, microfilm Library of Virginia, Richmond.
8. Web site: Tibbs-Scott Well. January 21, 2009.
9. Web site: Tinsley–Scott Tenant House Ruin #1-West. January 21, 2009.
10. Web site: Tinsley–Scott Tenant House Ruin #2-East. January 21, 2009.
11. Web site: Coleman House Ruin. January 21, 2009.
12. Web site: Coleman Outbuilding. January 21, 2009.
13. Web site: Sweeney Dam Ruin. January 21, 2009.