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  1. SUBJECT:

    2. Hershberger Home.

  2. LOCATION:

    3. 1 ½ miles southeast of Bridgewater, on North River.

  3. DATE:

    4. About 1825.

  4. OWNERS:

    5. The original owner and builder was either a Koogler or a Hershberger, dates of possession unknown.

  5. DESCRIPTION:

    6. See form 3686, attached.

  6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

    7. My information is that this home is part of a large original grant of land to a Koogler family, whose ancestry I have been unable to trace, and the present owner, Aldine Koogler, says the ancestry is very early Virginia history, beyond his knowledge or memory, yet he is a direct descendant. I have reported finding a few Koogler markers piled up in an open field on an adjoining farm, with death dates 1797, which are supposed to be some of the original family, but I find no other authentic information on this manner.

  7. ART:
  8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Rockingham County Court Records, Harrisonburg, VA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 18, 1937 W.A. Byerly

Bridgewater, VA