History of the Cabin-Fort

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Title: History of the Cabin-Fort
Description: Pamphlet titled "History of the Cabin-Fort." It details that William Hall built a fort-cabin in 1722 on Bear Run Creek. The cabin and 70 acres were passed to Andrew Hall, then to William Hall II, then to Lewis Hall. Lewis Hall sold the fort-cabin to William Burton in 1868. It was sold to G. V. Kramer in 1937, who moved the fort-cabin to Roanoke in November 1937.

There is also a tax record for G. V. Kromer for the property at 1246 Laurel St. Roanoke, Virginia.

A memo from Clare White dated June 24, 1997 states that the cabin was moved to the Kromer backyard at 1246 Laurel St, but it was falling apart when the Kromers moved away.

Alice Brickey provided this statement: "Kromer had the Hall cabin taken apart and moved to his home on Laurel Ave, Roanoke and reassembled it in his yard. I went down there 20 or 30 years ago and couldn't find any trace of the old cabin. George Kromer was thought by some to be a big blow-hard. The Halls of Catawba are my ancestors, the farthest back I know is William Hall, born in 1790's, father of Mary Hall Brickey. I don't believe that big story Kromer made up that the Halls were in Catawba in 1722. Attached is the Roanoke deed card for 1246 Laurel Ave, notice that George Payne, father of movie star John Payne, sold Kromer the land."
Creator: O. Winston Link Museum
Contributor: Brickey, Alice; Abbot, Randy; White, Clare
Format: image/jpeg
Subject: Home
Type: Image; Text
Coverage: Catawba, Roanoke County
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Identifier: https://hswv.pastperfectonline.com/archive/29A3E0D0-FF0C-4F6A-A608-402011118518

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