Belle Grove (Port Conway, Virginia)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Belle Grove
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caption = Birthplace of Madison historic marker on US 301 in front of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Actual birthplace was 400 yards east and is no longer in existence.
location= Port Conway, Virginia
lat_degrees = 38
lat_minutes = 11
lat_seconds = 22
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 11
long_seconds = 13
long_direction = W
locmapin = Virginia
area =
built =1790
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
added = April 11, 1973
governing_body = Private
refnum=73002029cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Belle Grove is an historic plantation located on U.S. 301 in Port Conway, Virginia. The present plantation house was built in 1790.cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

James Madison, the fourth President of the United States, was born on March 16, 1751, on Belle Grove plantation in an earlier house which is no longer in existence. Belle Grove plantation was the childhood home of his mother, Eleanor Rose "Nellie" Conway, the daughter of its owner, Francis Conway, for whom Port Conway was named. [ [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1XWK Waymarking historical marker] ] [ [http://www.dkrause.com/americana/presidents/madison-james/ James Madison data] ] [ [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/VAGuide/tour16.html 1939 WPA Guide] ]

On April 11, 1973, Belle Grove was added to the National Register of Historic Places.cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

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