next, travel with american history tv to james madison's month peiler in orange county, virginia. it's operated by the month pelier foundation. dedicated to conserving the legacy of the fourth president. often referred to as the father of the constitution. >>> we're now standing at the madison family chemistry. this is where members of the madison family have been buried since james madison's grandfather first settled this land in the 1720s. in fact, it was madison's grandfather ambrose madison who was the first individual to be buried here. in the 1720s, he patented this land. he sent a crew of slaves out to comply with the legal requirements which were that he seat and plant the property, seat means build a resident. plant means start farming. he followed in 1732 with his family. within six months he was dead. interestingly enough, it has been only in the past ten years that we have discovered ancient court records that indicate that three slaves were tried and convicted for murdering ambrose madison. we know that one of them was executed, according to the court records and two