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The Woodson Law Office is a structure within the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. It was originally built by Samuel McDearmon in 1854 and rented by Woodson for his law office until he purchased it a couple of years later. It is a small structure and was built next to the main general store of Appomattox (then called Clover Hill).〔Marvel, ''A place called Appomattox'', has an extensive bibliography (pp. 369-383) which lists manuscript collections, private papers and letters that were consulted, as well as, newspapers, government documents, and other published monographs that were used in his research of Appomattox.〕 The one room structure is historically significant to the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park and was registered in the National Park Service's database of Official Structures on June 26, 1989.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Woodson Law Office )〕 ==History== The law office building was built between 1851 and 1856.〔 It was purchased by lawyer John W. Woodson in 1856. It was a working law office during the time of the surrender of Confederate General Lee to the Union commander General Grant on April 9, 1865. Its furnishing are consistent with law offices of the time period, including an attorney's desk and a portrait of George Washington.〔Gutek, ''Plantations and Outdoor Museums in America's Historic South'', p. 299〕 John W. Woodson was no longer living at the time when General Lee surrendered to General Grant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Woodson Law Office building )〕 Woodson was born March 8, 1824 and died July 1, 1864. There is no confirmed evidence that it was necessarily always occupied by Woodson.〔 He was an attorney that practiced law in the Old Appomattox Court House.〔 Woodson rented the building from Samuel D. McDearmon starting on January 1, 1854. He used the building to store his law books, legal documents, and a change of clothing. In his book ''A Place Called Appomattox,'' historian William Marvel notes that "it was not until the first court day of 1854 that Woodson bought a hasp, hinge, and padlock for the building and a lock for the chest in which he could store a change of clothes."〔Marvel, ''A Place Called Appomattox'', p. 39〕 In 1856 Woodson purchased the beige frame building from McDearmon, who was bankrupt by then.〔 Woodson's village office was on the same corner lot as John Sear's blacksmith shop and had a small footprint.〔Marvel, ''A Place Called Appomattox'', pp. 38-47〕 Woodson decided to sell the balance of the lot not used by himself to a John Plunkett, who owned the adjacent village general store known as the Plunkett-Meeks Store.〔 The historian Marvel indicates that when John Woodson died of typhoid in 1864 "the little law office at Clover Hill" was left to his wife.〔Marvel, ''A Place Called Appomattox'', p. 186〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Woodson Law Office」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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