Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Jonathan BINNS
Jonathan BINNS house is just as you enter Mt. Pleasant on the way from
Martin's Ferry. The house was at a high elevation and several stories high
with a view extending down the ten miles to Martin's ferry. It had a
widow's walk on the roof on which they reportedly placed a lamp at night. Slaves escaping from the Virginia Slave Auctions near Martin's Ferry and Wheeling were told to follow the light north to freedom. The house also had a
single story kitchen in the back with the roof joining just below a back window
that was out of sight. When the present owner began extending the room the
workers removed a large vent like structure on this roof to find that it
was a trap door leading to a hiding place in the rafters. Inside the rafters
was found an ancient coat probably belonging to an escaping slave.
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