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The current page is full of wrong information. Belle Grove Plantation is located in King George, not Port Conway. Port Conway was a small village that was established in 1789 by Captain Francis Conway, nephew of Eleanor Rose "Nelly" Conway, mother of James Madison. The property was sold by Captain Francis Conway in 1790 to John Hipkins of Port Royal, Virginia. We know this because we have a copy of the deed for both the purchase of Belle Grove in 1790 and a copy of the survey plat from 1789 for the village of Port Conway. The current house was built in 1791 by John Hipkins who purchased the property and built the house for his daughter, Francis "Fanny" Hipkins Bernard. We know the house was built then because when the restoration was done, they found a signature on one of the studs with the carpenters name and date "Richard Marshall 1791". Captain Francis Conway was not Nelly's father. Nelly's father was died in 1733, long before the village was established. The correct spelling for Eleanor's nickname is "Nelly", not "Nellie". Her daughter Nelly Madison Hite was named after her and on her daughter's tombstone it is spelled "Nelly". The property is not 300 plus acres, it is 694 acres. I know this because I live there and have seen the land map of our property.

Plus I have the whole history including pictures of the property that I can add. I have been doing two years of research on this property.

Source (if applicable): Deeds, King George Clerks Office Land Plat, King George Clerks Office

BelleGrovePlantationVA (talk) 04:23, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Better to just move the article. The names Wikipedia uses are derived from the NRHP, and the pattern seems to be not to name them after counties. For instance, there is a NRHP site called Belle Grove Plantation (Middletown, Virginia). Middletown is in Frederick County but the NRHP chose not to mention that in their designation. Abductive (reasoning) 05:45, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I have moved this discussion from WP:AFC/R, where it originally was, to here. See original diff. Michaelzeng7 (talk) 22:40, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]