The Appomattox Court House National Historical Park ruins are part of the

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park The Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is a preserved 19th-century village in Appomattox County, Virginia. The village is famous for the site of the Battle of Appomattox Court House, and contains the house of Wilmer McLean, where t ...

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which was listed on the

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on October 15, 1966. and an
one photo, undated, at Virginia DHR
Marvel, ''A Place Called Appomattox'', pp. 4–6

Old county jail

R.J. N. Williams cabin ruin

McDearmon–Tibbs–Scott house ruin

Samuel D. McDearmon Samuel Daniel McDearmon (1815–1871), also known as Samuel D. McDearmon, was a Confederate army officer during the American Civil War. He held a number of political and government offices, and played a significant role in the development of Ap ...

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 worth of buildings. By 1851 he had made improvements totaling $2,800, 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.Appomattox County Land Tax Records 1845 – 1857, microfilm Library of Virginia, Richmond.

Tinsley–Scott Tenant House Ruin #1-West

Tinsley–Scott Tenant House Ruin #2-East

Coleman house ruin

Sweeney dam ruin and mill race

Footnotes

References

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A Stillness at Appomattox ''A Stillness at Appomattox'' (1953) is a non-fiction history book written by Bruce Catton.

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'', 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, {{Appomattox Court House National Historical Park Appomattox Court House National Historical Park Historic district contributing properties in Virginia Slave cabins and quarters in the United States