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peter burr house

June 27 1751

Peter Burr

Peter Burr receives a land grant for 480 acres adjoining Captain Thomas Rutherford's property, which includes the area of present day Bardane. You can view the original land grant online here.

The home Peter Burr built on his land is now the oldest standing wood frame home in West Virginia, having been built in 1751, and has been structurally unchanged for over 200 years. For more information, visit the Peter Burr Soceity.

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1764

Horatio Gates

General Horatio Lloyd Gates, a British soldier who served as an American General during the Revolutionary War, makes his home on 659 acres at Traveler's Rest, near Kearneysville in present day Jefferson County where he was a local justice and a lieutenant colonel in the militia. Later, in 1790, he freed his slaves and moved to New York.

Learn more about Horatio Gates, or view the National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Traveler's Rest.

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Timeline Help

A chronological listing of historical events which may have affected the lives of residents in eastern Jefferson County and surrounding areas.
1Where is this information from?
The vast majority of these accounts are taken from newspaper articles of local papers of the time period.
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