Bratton Home

Built by William Bratton about 1770 on the Lincoln Road, sometimes listed as the Armstrong Ford Road, this two-story log house is one of the oldest in York County, with a timber frame wing added later at the back and a wide ditch in front marking the remnant of a road that was a major highway during the 18th century. Bratton became a colonel in the American Revolution, led men from the immediate area known as Bratton’s Regiment, and was a leading military figure in the southern campaigns. After the war and into the 1790s, William and his wife Martha operated an ordinary, or tavern, here, where travelers found refreshments, meals, lodging, and the latest news. William died in 1815 and Martha in 1816. Their son, Dr. John Simpson Bratton, remodeled the house in 1839 for use as a home, and George and Catherine Ladd added a new wing for a school called Brattonsville Female Seminary.

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