GEORGE HELM HOME FEBRUARY 1744
FREDERICK COUNTY, VA
| This map shows the probable location of George Helm's home.
The exact location is now known at this time. Funks Mill Road, and
Cedar Creek which formed the boundary between Frederick and Shenandoah
Counties when Shenandoah County was split off from Frederick Co., in 1772.
Frederick County had been established in 1738. Thus, the Cedar Creek
ford was thereabouts, and the ending of the survey at the river.
Since the exact location of Funk's mill is not known, the location of
the Helm home is also know knows, but it would be someplace in this area,
near the big loop in the river called Sandy Hook. Funk's Mill Road,
shown in red in the graphic, is State Route 601 which starts well West
of the Wagon Road's crossing near where Route 11 and Interstate 81 cross
Cedar Creek. The road extends to the river on the Eastern end.
On Funk Road, just East of Route 11, there is a pond which would be associated
with the mill. Presumably, the Georg Helm place was in that general
area. We have the location of some McKay property elsewhere but
not in this particular area and we do not know where Gregories' ford was
located. The information we have indicates that the new road was
to have two fords. There are several other streams in the area.
An attempt to locate the mill site will be made and this figure will be
modified accordingly.
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| Added Dec 22, 1999 |