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Moncure Conway House

Falmouth, Virginia305 King St.1 min readFile amended Directions

A historic site in Falmouth, Virginia, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Moncure Conway House is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. HauntHunt files it with dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.

Archive note: 3 conflicting records
Status
Operating
Designation
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
Coordinates
38.331, -77.461 · Approximate (city centroid)
County
Stafford

NPS public listing access field: Yes. This is a listing snapshot; current arrangements still require confirmation.

Is Moncure Conway House haunted?

No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.

The record — long form

Conway is the scion — the 'Declaration descendant' that's the mother's line, the 'slaveholding family' that's the rebelled against. The '31' is the led — the 'family's enslaved' that's the escorted to Yellow Springs, the 'Conway Colony' that's the Ohio founded. The 'Anthony Burns' is the suspected — the 'connection' that's the forced him out, the 'Virginia exile' that's the Cincinnati pulpit.

The 'Gwinns' is the tracked — the 'Georgetown' that's the found them '62, the 'candy store' that's the free life glimpsed. The 'Union hospital' is the house — the 'April '62' that's the army took it, the 'fireplace sealed' that's the '98 reopened. Conway is the returned — the 'came back' that's the for his father's people, the 'train' that's the Yellow Springs-bound.

The file keeps Conway House: the scion's rebellion, the 31 escorted, the Georgetown search, and the sealed fireplace.

Moncure Conway House is the archive's Virginia file — the son who freed his inheritance.

Why this file matters

Moncure Conway House is the archive's Virginia file — the heir who freed his family's people.

A house keeps its rebellion — the file's suggestion being that Conway's hold is the filial: the '31 people' that's the his father's property led free, the 'Yellow Springs' that's the colony named for him, and the 'sealed fireplace' that's the house waiting to speak.

Two accounts on file

Short Description
On file

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Also reported

The Conway house—where the abolitionist’s family enslaved people.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Historic Designation
On file

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Also reported

NPS Network to Freedom

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Research Notes
On file

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 07VA01, source row 167. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

Also reported

UGRR enrichment wave 3; VERIFY task auto-queued.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Documented history

  • NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • Moncure Conway House is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • Conway’s story is documented. Moncure Conway House's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. The record keeps it — history, not lore.

    Verified historyNational Park Service

Sources on file

Field notes & open questions

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 07VA01, source row 167. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

"Moncure Conway House." HauntHunt dossier 0737, https://haunthunt.com/place/moncure-conway-house-virginia/ (file amended October 2, 2026).

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