Van Kitchen House May 2, 1974 South of Grayson off Kentucky Route 7 GraysonNational Register of Historic Places listings in Carter County, Kentucky. The Kitchen Home, named after the last family which owned the home previous to^U.^S. Government acquisition in 1965, was the location of a Civil War skirmish between the Federal troops led by General George Morgan and the Confederate troops led by General John Hunt Morgan. In September 1863, the Union forces of 8,000 men were retreating from Cumberland Gap on their way to Camp Dennison, Ohio. While camping near the home, the skirmish took place. Bullet holes can still be seen in the walls of the second floor Log cabins, with the two-story saddlebag design, such as the Van Kitchen home, can still be found in substantial numbers in West Virginia and Kentucky, however, their numbers are decreasing and it is only a matter of time until they become rare. According to the deed records, the old log house was built by or for Elija^H^rton around 1838. The Horton family, Elijah, his wife, and three sons, followed a pattern similar to most settlers in the Grayson vicinity. They moved from Virginia into Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap, first settling in south-central Kentucky before locating in Carter County. Elijahs three sons, Henry, Bill, and Reese, built and operated one of the first mills in the Grayson area. Henry later moved to Grayson. One of Henry f s sons, W. A. Horton, was a prominent Doctor in Grayson. Another son, Elijah, named after his grandfather, established the pharmacy which is now known as Browns Pharmacy and operated by Harry Brown, Henrys grandson.
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