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.
Old county jail
R.J. N. Williams cabin ruin
McDearmonâÂÂTibbsâÂÂScott house ruin
Samuel D. McDearmon purchased the undeveloped "Clover Hill" tract from Hugh Raine in 1846, cutting off for a county seat for the new Appomattox county. In 1849 he began improving the now 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, Jacob Tibbs did not purchase McDearmon's property until 1856 and then only of it, which included the $2800 "improvements." The following year Tibbs's "improvements" had been reduced to $2000.
TinsleyâÂÂScott Tenant House Ruin #1-West
TinsleyâÂÂScott Tenant House Ruin #2-East
Coleman house ruin
Sweeney dam ruin and mill race
Footnotes
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