As detailed in Boydville's Brochure:
"General Elisha Boyd, born 1769, youngest son of Sarah and John
Boyd, spent his young years on the frontier of Berkeley County and
attended whatever country schools were available. He studied law in
the office of Col. Phillip Pendleton. He served in the House of
Delegates and commanded the 4th Regiment of Virginia militia during
the War of 1812.
General Boyd purchased the land for Boydville for $290 from
General Adam Stephen. The building was completed in the fall of
1812 when his family moved into it. At the death of General Boyd in
1841, his daughter, Mary became the next owner, for her father
willled the house and the surrounding 300 acres including three
town lots to her. Mary married Charles James Faulkner I, who later
purchased the property from his wife. Boydville remained in the
Faulkner family until it was sold in 1958.
The house is constructed of two-feet thick stone covered with
plaster. The center section of the two-story mansion consists of
nine rooms and the center hall. Facing the house, the right wing
consists of two rooms and a trunk room, accessible to the main
house by stairs. The left wing houses the kitchen, butler's pantry
and a servant's room over the kitchen. Above the kitchen door are
three original bells (each of a different size and sound) which
were used to call the servants. The sunroom at the end of the hall
(originally a back porch) was added about 1914. The original front
portico was Georgian, which was replaced by the present long front
porch about 1900. Brick and stone walls enclose the service yard
and what was once a beautiful, formal garden. The service yard
contains the Smoke House, Washhouse and summer kitchen with a
cooking fireplace, two windows and door. A well-lined limestone Ice
Pit is visible from the current Gazebo."
Yes, this cache has us re-revisiting Boydville! This is a
replacement cache for Boydville
Revisited, a cache which was muggled -- either by humans or by
groundhogs! With the old hiding spot unusable (as it's now one of
the many groundhog entrances to the Boydville grounds), the cache
had to be sadly archived and now is a new listing!
In fact, the history of caches in this spot can even be traced
back one further as Boydville Revisited was located near the spot
of another archived cache, WVMacDaddy's Boydville Cache, which
along with being my first milestone (find 100), also first
introduced me to this interesting spot in downtown Martinsburg.
Even though I teach very nearby, previous to that find, I had never
visited Boydville's lovely grounds. It's actually quite a neat
spot, so you certainly might want to allow time for a stroll around
once you've found the cache.
The cache you seek is a clear, medium sized lock and lock
container. It has room for travel bugs, coins and swag. For those
not familiar with the area, the main entrance to Boydville is off
Queen Street. Please note you do not have to disturb any of the
rock walls in your search; the cache is not hidden there!
This cache has been placed with approval from the Farmland
Protection Board and the Friends of Boydville.