it's pretty likely that george didn't build this cab uniltill late 1773 or early 1874. we know that through the study of logs, if you look right here, you can actually see a core that's been taken out of the log. >>> he shows in the 1870s census as a farm laborer. this farm did not belong to him. it belongs to dr. james madison who is the great nephew of the president. he had been a surgeon in the confederate army and had a medical practice in orange and also owned a 300 or 400 acre plantation on this side of the highway. after the civil war, there were no slaves and most landowners didn't want to pay labors to do their farmer. what was the solution? tenant farming and share cropping. we don't know the exact details, but we believe that george gilmore lived on this property in return for work that he did on the doctor' farm. by 1880, george is listed as a farmer, not a farm laborer. the difference being he is no longer working for the doctor. he's working for himself. how is he still living on this land, if he's not working for the doctor anymore? george had five childr