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A few years ago I visited the Confederate Museum in Front Royal, Va. and also the office of the Warren Historical Association. A lady there said something to the effect that the McKay home had "burned down". She insisted it was the home of Robert McKay which I thought she was referring to Robert Mackay Jr.'s home at Cedarville which is pictured in the website.

She even said a couple of McKay descendants came to the area to visit and were saddened because they discovered the house had burned down. I told her I thought she had to be mistaken and upon leaving I went up to the location of the old Robert Mackay Jr. home at Cedarville and found it to be standing and in good shape as the last time I saw it.

There was a house that stood at the corner of U.S. 522 and the road between Cedarville and Middletown. This house had burned down and only the chimney remained.

I believe that this house was likely the home of Robert S. McKay (son of Moses and Abigail (Shinn) McKay) who married three times (2nd wife being Nancy Antrim McKay (dau. of Jacob and Elizabeth (Antrim) McKay). It is unfortunate to see these kinds of things happen but little we can do against the forces of time and nature.

We can try whenever possible to preserve historic landmarks related to our family (and I encourage that) and applaud those who take upon themselves the task of restoring an old home to it's former glory.

Found on page 43 of my MacKay/McKay book, Robert S. McKay's house burned in 1928. His house I believe was devised to him by his father Moses McKay, the rest of his siblings removed to OH.

A few years ago I visited the Confederate Museum in Front Royal, Va. and also the office of the Warren Historical Association. A lady there said something to the effect that the McKay home had "burned down". She insisted it was the home of Robert McKay which I thought she was referring to Robert Mackay Jr.'s home at Cedarville which is pictured in the website.

She even said a couple of McKay descendants came to the area to visit and were saddened because they discovered the house had burned down. I told her I thought she had to be mistaken and upon leaving I went up to the location of the old Robert Mackay Jr. home at Cedarville and found it to be standing and in good shape as the last time I saw it.

There was a house that stood at the corner of U.S. 522 and the road between Cedarville and Middletown. This house had burned down and only the chimney remained.

I believe that this house was likely the home of Robert S. McKay (son of Moses and Abigail (Shinn) McKay) who married three times (2nd wife being Nancy Antrim McKay (dau. of Jacob and Elizabeth (Antrim) McKay). It is unfortunate to see these kinds of things happen but little we can do against the forces of time and nature.

We can try whenever possible to preserve historic landmarks related to our family (and I encourage that) and applaud those who take upon themselves the task of restoring an old home to it's former glory.

The page before 98 has a map marking the locations of various McKay house/home in the Cedarville area.

The one marked Jacob F. McKay's farm was the location of the farm of my late great-uncle Herbert F. McKay. He was my cousin and married to my great-aunt Bessie L. McKay, listed on page 102 of my McKay book.

After his death (Herbert's), the farm was sold outside the family and they took down the house and built a barn in its place.

A few years ago I visited the Confederate Museum in Front Royal, Va. and also the office of the Warren Historical Association. A lady there said something to the effect that the McKay home had "burned down". She insisted it was the home of Robert McKay which I thought she was referring to Robert Mackay Jr.'s home at Cedarville which is pictured in the website.

She even said a couple of McKay descendants came to the area to visit and were saddened because they discovered the house had burned down. I told her I thought she had to be mistaken and upon leaving I went up to the location of the old Robert Mackay Jr. home at Cedarville and found it to be standing and in good shape as the last time I saw it.

There was a house that stood at the corner of U.S. 522 and the road between Cedarville and Middletown. This house had burned down and only the chimney remained.

I believe that this house was likely the home of Robert S. McKay (son of Moses and Abigail (Shinn) McKay) who married three times (2nd wife being Nancy Antrim McKay (dau. of Jacob and Elizabeth (Antrim) McKay). It is unfortunate to see these kinds of things happen but little we can do against the forces of time and nature.

We can try whenever possible to preserve historic landmarks related to our family (and I encourage that) and applaud those who take upon themselves the task of restoring an old home to it's former glory.

I was saddened to see that in May 2009, the actual Robert McKay house did indeed burn down. As far as I can tell, only a wall and chimney remain. The article was printed in The Warren Sentinel, along with a picture of the house ablaze.

Are you a great-granddaughter of Oscar McKay & Minnie Parr?