Thanks Bruce, the 1862 date fits better with what I have found in family histories. Only one building was left standing in Barnesville after this raid and it was the house owned by the Stogsdill family. Barnesville wasn't as much a town as it was a spread-out community based around Mr. Barnes' grist mill, distillery and store. Although described as being on the east bank of Logan Creek most of the older homesteads were farther away from the creek up Dry Valley a short distance. The Stogsdill home was actually the only home right on the creek at this point, and it still stands and is occupied. The older community of Logan Creek was one and a half to two miles down the creek. The first post office, at Logan Creek, was in a store owned by William Copeland and Samuel Hanger. The store building was still standing till sometime around the 1950's. This is according to a short history written by a local lady by the name of Delsie Lesh several years ago and submitted to the local newspaper. If that is correct then the two communities were distinct from one another.

Jim Morris