Adjacent area, so-called Howell Land, was 7,472-acre plantation of Capt. John Howell, one of county's earliest settlers. The old blazed road from Hartford to Vienna and old buffalo road passed through here. Howell, 1756-1830, fought in the Revolutionary War battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Yorktown, and Monmouth. Buried across road. Remains moved to Frankfort, 1874.