All,
Early this morning, Jessica and I spent a few hours, and walked 4 miles in the area of Sharps Mountain getting to and exploring Braddocks Stone Hill. If my info is correct it really is not a hill like Sharp's Mountain is. Anyway, various deeds say different thing, but it is clear one of the locations is 6 feet from the "stone hole bottom" which I now know is the bottom of a deep hole where stone was excavated.
Various deeds from 1854 and the years around that say this.
Beginning at a stake on a small stone hill, corner to the Wills Tract, so called and is also corner to William Braddock's Stone Hill lot.
Beginning at a stone on the Easterly side (Should say Westerly) of a stone hole
South 62 degrees 50 minutes west 21 chains and 10 links to a stake and stone on Braddock's Stone Hill.
Anyway, I realized today I had found this location before but was unsure if I was correct or not.
Our walk there.
Jessica in one of the mid 1800 holes dug for stone.
With the sun out and the early morning angle, this is about the best photo of the digging.
Early this morning, Jessica and I spent a few hours, and walked 4 miles in the area of Sharps Mountain getting to and exploring Braddocks Stone Hill. If my info is correct it really is not a hill like Sharp's Mountain is. Anyway, various deeds say different thing, but it is clear one of the locations is 6 feet from the "stone hole bottom" which I now know is the bottom of a deep hole where stone was excavated.
Various deeds from 1854 and the years around that say this.
Beginning at a stake on a small stone hill, corner to the Wills Tract, so called and is also corner to William Braddock's Stone Hill lot.
Beginning at a stone on the Easterly side (Should say Westerly) of a stone hole
South 62 degrees 50 minutes west 21 chains and 10 links to a stake and stone on Braddock's Stone Hill.
Anyway, I realized today I had found this location before but was unsure if I was correct or not.
Our walk there.
Jessica in one of the mid 1800 holes dug for stone.
With the sun out and the early morning angle, this is about the best photo of the digging.
