Near this site, David Barton and his wife Nancy Barrett established their log home circa 1785 on a tract described as west of the Old Indian Boundary on both sides of Neal's Fork of Tyger River, ultimately comprising 424 acres. Neal's Fork is now known as Noe Creek, and the Cherokee Indian Trading Trail lay just north of here. The State Road of 1818 from Charleston to Asheville crossed the Barton tract here, and this section is now part of N. Tigerville Road. David also owned land in Buncombe County, NC. He was a farmer and stockman and probably served during the Revolutionary War. In old age he was blind. David and Nancy owned valuable books and taught their children to make the best use of them. Their children were Thomas, Mary, Wilson, William, Rebecca, Joseph, Willoughby, Jefferson, and Benjamin. David and Nancy are buried at Tyger Baptist Church Cemetery.