Sloan–Parker House

Sloan–Parker House

Sloan–Parker House is a late-18th-century stone residence near Junction, Hampshire County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was built on land vacated by the Shawnee after the Native American nation had been violently forced to move west to Kansas following their defeat at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. Richard Sloan and his family operated a successful weaving business from the stone house and their Sloan counterpanes became well known in the South Branch Valley region. The Sloan family sold the house and 900 acres to three brothers in the Parker family in 1854.

About Sloan–Parker House in brief

Summary Sloan–Parker HouseSloan–Parker House is a late-18th-century stone residence near Junction, Hampshire County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was built on land vacated by the Shawnee after the Native American nation had been violently forced to move west to Kansas following their defeat at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774. Richard Sloan and his family operated a successful weaving business from the stone house and their Sloan counterpanes became well known in the South Branch Valley region. The Sloan family sold the house and 900 acres to three brothers in the Parker family in 1854. The Parker family opened the house for tours, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The house and its adjacent farm are located along the Northwestern Turnpike about 0. 75 miles east of the unincorporated community of Junction. The Mill Creek valley and the land on which it is located were originally part of the Northern Neck Proprietary grant of Charles II awarded to seven of his supporters in 1660. In 1672, Lord Colepeet sold his share of the land to Thomas Fairfax, 6th Earl of Arlington, who passed it on to his son Thomas Fairfax 6th Fairfax in 1688.

The entire land grant from James II to 1688 was passed to James II’s son James Fairfax’s son, Thomas Fairfax. The land grant was renewed in 1669, and renewed again in 1680, with the original grant favoring Thomas Colepeper, his wife Margaret, and Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of. Arlington, in 1681. The grant was revoked in 1682, and Thomas Fairfax’s daughter Katherine passed it to her son-in-law, James Fairfax, who sold it to Lord Cole peper in 1683. The original grant of land from 1660 to 1683 was renewed again and passed on to James Colepe per in 1684, and in 1685, the land was given to James Fairfax and his son, Lord Fairfax 6 Sixth Earl of Fairfax 6 6 6 1/2 2/2 3/4 3/2 4/4 4/3 4/2 5/4 5/3 6/4 6/2 6/3 7/4 7/2 7/3 8/2 9/2 8/3 9/4 8/1 9/1 10/2 10/1 11/2 11/1 12/2 12/3 11/3 12/4 9/3 10/4 11/4 12/1 13/2 14/2 13/3 14/3 13/4 14/1 14/4 13/1 15/2 16/2 15/3 15/1 16/3 16/4 15/4 16/1 7/1 6/1 8/4 10/3 17/2 1/3 1/4 2/3 3/3 5/1 4/1 2/1 3/1 1/1 5/0 6/0 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/0 8/6 6/6 8/7 6/7 8/5 6/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 8/8 9/5 8/9 7/9 9/9 8/10 7/12 9/11 7/11 8/12 7/10 9/12 8/11 9/10 6/8 1/6 1/7 1/8 5/6 2/4 1/5 2/6 3/6 4/5 3/5 4/6 5/2.