My daily hikes take me past the old,frame,saltbox built by my Rev Jesse Justice, 1762-1826, or his son,Robert, b 1805. 1805 Rev Jesse Justice sold farms on Mantua and Raccoon creek,Gloucester Co,NJ and bought 540 acres here east of Cincinnati at Bethel,sw Ohio. From a newspaper account, I know he 1st had a log cabin[s]. His son,my Savil [Wilson] Justice ,married Ruhama Blackman, and he also 1st had a log cabin,on the land just west. I keep walking by the frame of Jesse,or Robert Justice,and wonder which built it, and when. Yesterday,I had a visitor who was raised in the old frame from 1941. The exceptional thing about the old salt box is the number of windows. Often two windows side by side. I can think of no SW Ohio houses with so many windows. [My visitor said the floor joists are rounds,and just sawed flat on the top side,which hints at economy,yet there are all these windows. 25,he said,where similar aged houses in sw Ohio had 10-14. Question-around the s NJ glassworks,were houses built with many windows promoting glass pane use? Question no 2, in s NJ,did the window glass makers promote their product by giving a special deal on panes to a new house being built on a major road? Rev Jesse Justice had rode NJ Methodist circut's 1798-1803.. A hint to me that he is the builder is the house,and the barn well in front,near the roadway. In his circut riding days,surely he often longed for water,for horse and man. I had a 2nd thought this am. 1823-30,Pugh and Teater had a glassworks on the Ohio River where the Zimmer Power Plant stands today. Moscow,this Clermont Co,Oh. Would Pugh and Teater make a deal with an old minister-farmer-blacksmith for window panes because his house was beside a major road. Rt 125. Rev Jesse Justice died in Aug,1826, and left records of preaching 10-15 miles from home nearly that late. His, widow,Elizabeth,of Savel Wilson,b Woodbury,NJ died at the next farm in 1847. I'm guessing 1823-Aug,1826 as when construction of the old house was started. I doubt if son,Robert,b 1805, would have been able to build in that 1823-30 era of the glass factory. Besides,"I WANT' it to be built by my direct ancestoir,not a many great uncle! Several places this old house has windows side,by side, creating a picture window 'effect..I could see a merchant,in Philadelphia,Woodbury,or Cincinnati building on the street side such a house as a store front. But this is a farm house. But Rev Jesse Justice did have 2 sons that were merchants. Bethel,and Cincinnati'Ohio. By the 1825-30 era. And much visiting over the 25 miles between farm and city. Anybody passing on Ohio RT 125 west of Bethel,I speak of the Quehl estate,just west of Sugartree Rd,on the south side, or just east of what was Fagley's Fruit Farm. On Thu, 5 Apr 2001 09:05:54 EDT Inn118@aol.com writes: > In a message dated 4/5/01 8:54:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > vinca1@mindspring.com writes: > > > > More recently, they published two volumes on South Jersey Church > Records, > > 1750-1900; compiled and indexed by Jeanne M. Hammell. Despite the > title, I > > find these to include mostly Gloucester County church records > after 1800. > > > > > > Val, > There are 4 volumes out now, all carried by Glou. Co. HS. You can > purchase > them there or E mail them at: gchs@net-gate.com to arrange a > purchase. I > understand there is also a 5th volume being written that will be > mostly > Atlantic Co. records. Joan > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.