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 ; )