Two hundred feet west, John Boyle built a log cabin in 1798 that is still part of the home. He and three others who later set up housekeeping in that cabin were state legislators and represented the district in Congress for 28 years. John Boyle, 1774-1834, also served as Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals and as a U.S. District Judge, and Boyle County was named for him. Samuel McKee, 1774-1826, also served on Gen. Harrison's staff during the War of 1812. George Robertson, 1790-1874, also served as Kentucky Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and Robertson County was named for him. Robert P. Letcher, 1788-1861, also served as Governor of Kentucky from 1840 to 1844 and as Minister to Mexico from 1849 to 1852, and Letcher County was named for him.