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Works Project Administration – Articles from Rockingham County

HOUSES

1. SUBJECT:
Bernard Devier Home.

2. LOCATION:
Up Dry Hollow, 1 mile off the Ottobine Road to Paul’s Mill, four miles northwest of Bridgewater, Virginia, out
in the “sticks.”

3. DATE:
1790.

4. OWNERS:
In the Devier family since 1790, from the great-grandfather to the present Bernard Devier, now past seventy
years old.

5. DESCRIPTION:
See form 3686, attached.

6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
None.

7. ART:
None.

8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
Informants: Bernard Devier, John Devier, and Emery Devier.
Court Records, Rockingham County, at Harrisonburg, Virginia.

October 11, 2024 W.A. Byerly
Bridgewater, VA

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