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Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
Port Conway
is an
unincorporated community
on the north side of the
Rappahannock River
in
King George County
, in the
Northern Neck
of
Virginia
. It is opposite
Port Royal
, which is on the south side of the river in
Caroline County
.
James Madison
, the fourth
President of the United States
, was born in Port Conway on March 16, 1751, at
Belle Grove
plantation. The plantation was the childhood home of his mother,
Eleanor Rose "Nelly" Conway
, the daughter of its owner, Francis Conway, for whom Port Conway was named.
On April 26, 1865, after assassinating President
Abraham Lincoln
,
John Wilkes Booth
and his traveling companion
David Herold
, with Union cavalry in pursuit, crossed the
Rappahannock River
at Port Conway. The cavalry caught up with them at Garrett's Farm, south of Port Royal, where Herold surrendered and Booth was killed.
In addition to Belle Grove, the
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
,
Millbank
, and
Woodlawn Historic and Archeological District
are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
.
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