I08 THE SYCAMORE MILL. 



farm late of Dr. Jack to the Barren School House. Ambrose 

 Smedley [great-grandson of George Smedley, who came from 

 Derbyshire (?) , England, about 16S2] inherited ninety acres of 

 land in Middletown Township. Upon this land, as is shown 

 by a stone above the roof in the chimney in the east end, 

 the original house had been erected in 1785. From time to 

 time additions have been made to it, but the old portion and 

 the date stone still exist. 



This property has been occupied until recently by the 

 Smedleys. The last of the family to live there was John H. 

 Smedley, a son of Ambrose Smedley, above named. John H. 

 Smedley is a mineralogist of wide repiitation, and one whose 

 knowledge of the mineral products of the county is unsur- 

 passed. Mr. Smedley now resides with his son, Ambrose, in 

 Village View, a suburb of the Borough of Media. 



One of the traditions related by Mr. Smedley is that on 

 the opposite side of the Painter Road from the house and 

 somewhat nearer the Barren School House, there existed years 

 and years ago an Indian village. There have been many 

 Indian relics found at this point and an excavation in the side 

 of the hill would substantiate some adaptation to human use. 



Of the other log cabins but little is known. The cabin 

 shown in Figure 2 is located on the west side of the road 

 leading from the Middletown Road to Honeycomb A. M. E. 

 Church, about one hundred yards south of where the former 

 intersects the Barren Road. It is owned and occupied by the 

 widow of the late George Green. 



Cabin No. 3 is on the same side of the same road as No. 2, 

 just north of Barren Road, and hence nearer to the church. 



The fourth cabin. Figure 4, which no longer exists, was 

 located on the north side of the Barren Road, some five hun- 

 dred yards east of the Honeycomb Road, adjoining the house 

 formerly of Henry (larnett, now occupied by James Moat. 



The last cabin, shown in Fii^ure 5, is located on the Prov- 

 idence Road, about a quarter mile northeast of Sycamore. It 

 is at present occupied by Thomas Pyle. 



