From Wikipedia.
A large stone house near Shepherdstown, West Virginia, in Jefferson County. Built circa 1783 for Captain William Lucas, a Revolutionary War soldier. His son Robert was born there who eventually became governor of Ohio.
William Lucas was the son of Edward Lucas II, who arrived in Jefferson County in 1732 and received lands from Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.
William's wife, Susannah Barnes, sister-in-law to James Ramsey, whose steamship experiments took place on the nearby Potomac River.
Both William and Susannah are interred at the Lucasville Cemetery in Ohio.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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