Circa 1750.
Along Cedar Creek.
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July 13, 2021
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I wonder what "protective refuge" involved?
ReplyDeleteThere were still Indian attacks at that time. I read that the house was surrounded by a stockade and the spring was within it. There was at least one incident in which people came from miles around to escape an attack.
DeleteUma bela e antiga casa.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e continuação de uma boa semana.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
Beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed day!
...what a gorgeous building that has stood the test of time. It is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWow quite lovely and large!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful house. A house with many stories to tell.
ReplyDeleteIt's always great for me to see and experience some fantasy memories of the pioneer settlers of any part of the US...and part of that imaginary experience is the difficulties of the new people against those who had been there for generations before.
ReplyDeleteInteresting place
ReplyDeleteVery well built.
ReplyDeleteRelationship to me
ReplyDeleteBenjamin "Old Ben" Levering Frey 1696-1753
6th great-grandfather
Christina Anne Frye 1733-1782
Daughter of Benjamin "Old Ben" Levering Frey
Stephen POWELL 1766-1833
Son of Christina Anne Frye
James Powell 1818-
Son of Stephen POWELL
Margaret Ann Powell 1850-1921
Daughter of James Powell
Junia Henry Moore Sr. 1881-1965
Son of Margaret Ann Powell
Margaret Louise Moore 1908-1976
Daughter of Junia Henry Moore Sr.
Clarence M. Shepherd 1929-1992
Son of Margaret Louise Moore
Judy Louise Shepherd
You are the daughter of Clarence M. Shepherd
my 6th grandfather built this fort.
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