I can't remember the exact details but this headboard (below) was bought by my great-great grand parents after the War of Northern Aggression.
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They started building their new homestead (to replace the log cabin) on the family farm in the 1850s but it was not finished until after the "recent unpleasantness" (the land was acquired in a 10,000 acre land grant in 1790... it's now Warren County, Bowling Green, Kentucky... Daniel Boone used to come by and visit). The headboard and the marble-top Victorian chest to the right of the bed were purchased for their newly completed home in about 1870 in Louisville, Kentucky. The last piece of the family farm was sadly sold off about 15 years ago... until then the abstract only contained one document, the original 1790 land grant (the land was in my family for over 200 years before the city slicker heirs sold it off for the money). There is a matching foot board too but I've got to figure out how to attach it to the foot of the bed (it has curved corners plus it's only a full-size frame to go with our new king-size mattress).
We'll finish painting in the bedroom tomorrow and move back into the master bath to finish it up. It's beginning to REALLY feel like home.
Aaron was here today. He is almost finished painting the stucco on the south side of the house and has continued to work on our rain water collection system by installing gutter guards. Tomorrow or the next day he and I will set the two 1,600 gallon tanks at the west end of the house.
They started building their new homestead (to replace the log cabin) on the family farm in the 1850s but it was not finished until after the "recent unpleasantness" (the land was acquired in a 10,000 acre land grant in 1790... it's now Warren County, Bowling Green, Kentucky... Daniel Boone used to come by and visit). The headboard and the marble-top Victorian chest to the right of the bed were purchased for their newly completed home in about 1870 in Louisville, Kentucky. The last piece of the family farm was sadly sold off about 15 years ago... until then the abstract only contained one document, the original 1790 land grant (the land was in my family for over 200 years before the city slicker heirs sold it off for the money). There is a matching foot board too but I've got to figure out how to attach it to the foot of the bed (it has curved corners plus it's only a full-size frame to go with our new king-size mattress).
We'll finish painting in the bedroom tomorrow and move back into the master bath to finish it up. It's beginning to REALLY feel like home.Aaron was here today. He is almost finished painting the stucco on the south side of the house and has continued to work on our rain water collection system by installing gutter guards. Tomorrow or the next day he and I will set the two 1,600 gallon tanks at the west end of the house.
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