West of Hancock on Route 144, a roadside historic marker proclaims “OLD MR. FLINT’S HOME”. The sign has an arrow pointing to the north and a paragraph which explains: “George Washington’s diary (while he visited Berkeley Springs in 1769) states: ‘Aug. 30 Old Mr. Flint dined with us.’ And on Sept 4: ‘Rid to the Potomac where my horses were from thence to Mr. Flint’s and the Pennsylvania line, and returned to dinner.’”
Beyond the arrow, down a slope, lies a white stucco house with a multi-arched porch and a raised-seam tin roof. The land on which this house stands was originally surveyed for Joseph Flint on November 12, 1762, and the patent, dated 1763 and containing 258 acres, was for a “Resurvey on Flint’s Chance.”
Flint was an Indian trader who apparently met George Washington on one Washington’s many journeys through western Maryland.
Little else is known about him.
The original log structure which George Washington would have visited is now the eastern section of the home that once was Joseph Flint’s.
The home has been embellished by additions through the years and is now a white stucco house with a multi-arched porch and a raised-seam tin roof owned by the Cohill family.
Although the home is historically known as Flint’s Chance, it is fondly known to the family and to Hancock and other local residents as Cohill Manor.
The cache you seek will take you to this Historical marker with a View of the Home down below
Great Caution must be taken while retrieving this cache. The cache is located along 144 and parking is provided by shoulder use beside the marker, Cachers should only attempt retrieval while heading WEST out of Hancock
If caching with Children, Please leave them secured inside.
No Room for a writing utensil so Please BYOP !!!!
Congratulations to Friends of the MGS for the FTF !!!!
