[U S Army EOD]

There is still a Long family that goes back a long way living here. The next time you go to Clayton, go toward Franklin, NC to Mountain City. On that road you will see a sign to the York house. It is an old hotel that used to belong to my family. It has been sold several times but is still a neat place to stay. If it is still there, the house behind it up on the mountain is my father's home and we used to own that mountain. Go in the hotel and tell them you know some of the Yorks and that you would like to see the log cabin. The log cabin is inside of the hotel with the hotel built over it.

As far as the Davis' go there is that possibility. Jefferson Davis was finally captured in Wilkes county, I think, but don't hold me to that.

[AnAmericanMother]

Nimrod Washington had six or seven sisters but only one brother, whose name was Lunceford or Lunsford - either your local Longs are descended from him or from one of his uncles - there were four or five of those, and I'm sure some never felt the urge to migrate westward . . . :-D

[AnAmericanMother]

I've seen the York House - on the right as you go up IIRC - but never stayed there. Didn't realize there was a log cabin in the middle of it though! Next time we go through, we'll stop and take a look. I love old houses. Some of our family's houses still survive in East Alabama, it's very interesting to look at the way things were built in those days.