Hi Tom, Seems like you have a gold mine for someone that would be attached to that old house. They should be archive/scanned, including the Bible family pages. It might be proper to turn it over to the Franklin Library for the time being, until someone claims it. Many people are out there that just buy up these things for profit on resales with no real connection to photos, Bibles, etc. These sunburst crescents are very common in old homes that are of English colonial background and also Federal architectural. They were over front doors and on sides of the house at the peeks. I am connected to the Daniel Beach lines who ran a tavern/inn in Franklin in the early 1830's. This old inn, now a house, still stands on Rte. 357 in Bartlett Hollow. If I am correct, it also has or had sunbursts. The tunnel story is interesting. Maybe the Franklin Library historian or town old building's historian would know more. Kind regards, John H. Beach Yonkers, NY john_h_beach@compuserve.com Note: The "_" character is the underscore character, NOT a space or dash. January 22, 2007 9:47 pm

The Bible would never be sold, that is a part of the house. I have read some of the papers but not spent a great deal of time on them. As for the pics, I will try to get some scanned and if anyone can identify a family member, they can have it for the cost of postage. Maybe I can also scan some of the papers in the Bible and post them as time permits. I've always been interested in local history so reuniting a long lost family member with their family, even if it's only through a photo, would give me great pleasure. Thank you for the info on the detail of the house, it's Greek Revival but a Victorian porch was added and mabye the sunburst was added then. As for the tunnel, who knows? It is an interesting old place, lots of changes and additions over the years. with large steel hooks on rings in the woodwork by doorways, an antique pool table upstairs with the old style ball and cues, all sorts of stuff. Sorry for tying up the pages like this, I enjoy talking about the place though. Tom On 1/22/07, John H. Beach <John_H_Beach@compuserve.com> wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > Seems like you have a gold mine for someone that would be attached to that > old house. They should be archive/scanned, including the Bible family > pages. It might be proper to turn it over to the Franklin Library for the > time being, until someone claims it. > > Many people are out there that just buy up these things for profit on > resales with no real connection to photos, Bibles, etc. > > These sunburst crescents are very common in old homes that are of English > colonial background and also Federal architectural. They were over front > doors and on sides of the house at the peeks. I am connected to the > Daniel > Beach lines who ran a tavern/inn in Franklin in the early 1830's. This > old > inn, now a house, still stands on Rte. 357 in Bartlett Hollow. If I am > correct, it also has or had sunbursts. > > The tunnel story is interesting. Maybe the Franklin Library historian or > town old building's historian would know more. > > Kind regards, > > John H. Beach > > Yonkers, NY > > john_h_beach@compuserve.com > > Note: The "_" character is the underscore character, NOT a space or dash. > January 22, 2007 > 9:47 pm > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Tom, you can bend my ear about your house any day (email me privately!) I am just down the road from you in the next town in the Amos Bristol Tavern. I believe Tom & Donna Briggs just bought the Turner Tavern? I've alerted them that as soon as possible, I want to be let loose in that place and compare it to mine. ~~Gabrielle Pierce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Buffington" <mhr6068@gmail.com> To: <nydelawa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Photos in old house > The Bible would never be sold, that is a part of the house. I have read some > of the papers but not spent a great deal of time on them. As for the pics, I > will try to get some scanned and if anyone can identify a family member, > they can have it for the cost of postage. Maybe I can also scan some of the > papers in the Bible and post them as time permits. I've always been > interested in local history so reuniting a long lost family member with > their family, even if it's only through a photo, would give me great > pleasure. Thank you for the info on the detail of the house, it's Greek > Revival but a Victorian porch was added and mabye the sunburst was added > then. As for the tunnel, who knows? It is an interesting old place, lots of > changes and additions over the years. with large steel hooks on rings in the > woodwork by doorways, an antique pool table upstairs with the old style ball > and cues, all sorts of stuff. Sorry for tying up the pages like this, I > enjoy talking about the place though. Tom > On 1/22/07, John H. Beach <John_H_Beach@compuserve.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Tom, > > > > Seems like you have a gold mine for someone that would be attached to that > > old house. They should be archive/scanned, including the Bible family > > pages. It might be proper to turn it over to the Franklin Library for the > > time being, until someone claims it. > > > > Many people are out there that just buy up these things for profit on > > resales with no real connection to photos, Bibles, etc. > > > > These sunburst crescents are very common in old homes that are of English > > colonial background and also Federal architectural. They were over front > > doors and on sides of the house at the peeks. I am connected to the > > Daniel > > Beach lines who ran a tavern/inn in Franklin in the early 1830's. This > > old > > inn, now a house, still stands on Rte. 357 in Bartlett Hollow. If I am > > correct, it also has or had sunbursts. > > > > The tunnel story is interesting. Maybe the Franklin Library historian or > > town old building's historian would know more. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > John H. Beach > > > > Yonkers, NY > > > > john_h_beach@compuserve.com > > > > Note: The "_" character is the underscore character, NOT a space or dash. > > January 22, 2007 > > 9:47 pm > > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >