The Nathan Hawkins “Mansion”: A Stone House in the Kentucky Territory of Virginia, 1790

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By: Dr. Gay Sweely The house itself was … peeking stoically out from behind two overgrown oak trees …. It was a timeworn stone structure … with an addition thoughtlessly tacked on the back. That part was painted a dingy white … Indeed, the house hadn’t been lived in … …

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By: Clifford W. Lanham Thomas Lanham most likely was a typical young man of his time. Like many young men of 1776, he felt he had a calling to serve his colony, Maryland. There was an air of English resentment throughout the colonies. A strong desire to be free from …

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The Nathan Hawkins “Mansion”: A Stone House in the Kentucky Territory of Virginia, 1790

Thomas Lanham, Pioneer at Fort Boonesborough, Kentucky