[5] Shelton family, as well as popular, lore state that this marriage took place in the house's first floor parlor, though evidence cannot confirm this claim.

[6] Sarah's father gave Henry and her a wedding present of 300 acres of the Rural Plains property, which became known as Pine Slash.

The house was continuously inhabited by nine generations of Sheltons until the property was transferred to become part of Richmond National Battlefield Park in 2006.

[8] The Park owns 124 acres and manages the site in cooperation with the private Rural Plains Foundation, which was established in 2013.

[9] It was initially popularly assumed that the house was built around the same time as the property was acquired, but various architectural features, including brickwork, window size and the original gambrel roof suggested a style which was not used in Virginia until several decades later.