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Susanna Rawlings Snodgrass
Snodgrass Tavern is an historic tavern located near Hedgesville in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The structure was built in stages beginning around 1742, and is one of the oldest buildings in West Virginia still standing. It is uncertain when the structure became a tavern; but according to Early Hedgesville Chronicles 1720–1947, by William Moore, an account of Robert Snodgrass' wife, Susannah Rawlings and their first daughter, baby Elizabeth describes it having been used as a tavern during the Indian wars at the brink of the French and Indian War (early to mid 1750s). Specifically, they hid beneath the floors of the tavern, while the Indians drank and fought above. The tavern lasted until 1847, when the property was sold as a private residence. The structure and surrounding property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
George Washington slept here several times, as did many others.
BIRTH: 26 December 1742 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
MARRIAGE: May 23 1762 in Hedgesville, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
DEATH: 21 November 1820 (aged 77) in Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States
BURIAL: Hedgesville Cemetery in Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States
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1742 |
December 26, 1742
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Prince George's County, Maryland, Colonial America
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1763 |
March 5, 1763
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Berkeley, James, Virginia, United States
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1765 |
January 3, 1765
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Berkeley, James, Virginia, United States
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1766 |
October 27, 1766
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Berkeley, James, Virginia, United States
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1768 |
January 13, 1768
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Virginia, USA now, West Virginia, United States
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1770 |
March 24, 1770
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Berkeley, James, Virginia, USA
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1773 |
March 16, 1773
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Berkeley, West Virginia, United States
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1775 |
April 27, 1775
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Berkeley County, Province of Virginia
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1780 |
September 19, 1780
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Hedgesville, Berkeley County, Virginia, United States
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