Last night, I found some interesting details about the Deavor/Deaver House: http://www.cofc.edu/~deavorj/dhouse.htm Joe D. Deaver jdeaver@eaze.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda Hoxit Raxter [mailto:lraxter@CITCOM.NET] > Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 12:30 PM > To: NCTRANSY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Sneak peek at the latest Allison Deavor House report > > > The Historical Society hired a dendrochonologist to help deterine when > the house was built. The basic concept is to take a sample of wood and > check the tree rings against nearby wood of a known age. > > Wednesday when I was hangin' down at archives, they had just received > the initial findings over the phone. > > 1816 > > The tree was still growing in 1815 before is was chopped down and used > to build a wall. > > I'll give you all more info when we get the full report in. > > > -- > Linda Hoxit Raxter > http://www.rootsquest.com/~alextree lraxter@citcom.net > Western North Carolina Cemeteries and More! > American Local History Network - Transylvania County, NC Coordinator > Related to at least half the county at least once ; ) >