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Mystery Cabin - Who lived here and built the homestead?
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Back in April 1998, while driving on McKim’s Ridge in Brooke Co., WV and seeking a Veirs Run listed on an 1852 map,
I found this pioneer abode and decided to take photos. I'm not even sure this cabin still exists today.
It is very near where my ancestor, Nehemiah Veirs, a tanner lived in the late 1790s. His land deed of Ohio Co., VA dated
2 Mar 1795 purchasing land provides these names as adjoining land owners: seller - John & Elizabeth HENDERSON, neighbors -
John SAPPS, Demas CAHAEL (CAHILL), James HUNTER. Eight years later when Nehemiah sells the land in 1803 - these are the
adjoining neighbors - Jeremiah VIRGINS, James HUNTER, Asa OWENS (OWINGS), & Dennis CAHILL.
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