Hi, Welcome to OSM could you provide a source for the claim this way was on private property? According to Virginia property lines layer, it looks like the way has a cut-out through each property down to the next road. You can see here: https://i.imgur.com/QoiKvf5.png

But regardless if this is on private property or not, if it exists on the ground, and it looks like it does based on Aerial imagery, it should not be removed from OSM. 

See this page for more info: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Why_we_won't_delete_roads_on_private_property

You also removed the road in a way to create a way that is one-way with no outlet, this is also incorrect.

