Finds from Willowbrook….

Most of the finds from Willowbrook so far….

We’ve found quite a bit of treasure under the ground at Willowbrook, and quite a bit inside the house as well. This property has seen the entire history of the Greenbrier Valley, from beginning to the present.

Most all of this so far has come out of this one hole. That’s the 1770 chimney pictured…

Excavated finds:

  • Finds from Willowbrook
  • pearlware ceramics
  • mocha ware ceramics
  • colonial flat buttons and lead
  • 1721 Spanish Silver Reale
  • spoons…..
  • knives
  • forged hook hanger
  • kettle fragments
  • pewter spoons
  • colonial era knives
  • 1794 Liberty Cap, rear
  • colonial forks and divider tool
  • 1794 Liberty Cap Cent
  • very large key
  • buckle
  • Rev War era stirrup
  • 1721 silver as was found
  • 1770 Spanish Silver Reale
  • brush?
  • hoe
  • knives
  • claws and teeth
  • Pocket Watch case
  • 1922 silver peace dollar
  • stone points
  • indian head pennies found in the floor
  • forged hinge or trammel?
  • colonial flat buttons
  • monogrammed cane
  • forged iron pintle for a hinge
  • knife
  • knife handle
  • colonial knee buckle
  • folding knife
  • part of a stove?
  • 1770 Spanish Reale
  • knife being excavated
  • part of a horse bit?
  • knife
  • 19th century ceramics
  • knife
  • pewter spoon
  • kettle handle and iron hook
  • iron kettle fragment
  • colonial fork
  • knife
  • straight edged pearlware, early 19th century
  • shell edged pearlware 18th century
  • forged iron skillet handle
  • 18th century stirrup
  • horseshoe
  • flintlock trigger
  • 18th century fork handle
  • Kettle used to cut arrow points
  • claw
  • iron kettle fragment
  • 1721 Spanish Cut Reale
  • 1721 Spanish Reale
  • 1802 Draped Bust Cent
  • 1802 Draped Bust Cent

And then there were many finds from inside the house…..
  • Math problem under the 1858 plaster
  • mirror
  • 1840’s Methodist Hymnal
  • Early 19th century bookcase
  • Civil War era silk dress
  • 19th century “day dress”
  • Caleb Johnson?
  • Keys to Maj. Samuel Clark’s sword case
  • Fort era carved hanger on log wall
  • 19th c. stoneware crocks
  • James Christy’s book
  • 18th century book belonging to James Christy, militia ranger stationed at the fort
  • monogrammed cane
  • WW1 captured German infantry buttons
  • cowrie shell and beaded item, possibly from Africa
Looking towards Willowbrook from Union, WV

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