Family Works to Save Cabin Built By War of 1812 Veteran

From the October 21, 2017, Go Dan River.com (Virginia)  "Family works to save Gretna log cabin built in 1819 by John Crane.

Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

A family is making the effort to restore and preserve the cabin built by Cornelius McHaney George and his wife Anne Dove George.

He was a War of 1812 veteran and the captain of a company of Virginia militia who marched to Michigan to stop the British from capturing Detroit but the war ended before they arrived.

They raised 13 children in the cabin which has not been occupied for decades.  Some of the children fought for the Confederacy.

--Brock-Perry