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By MAURICE HERNDON
Rjppahanaock Newt Contributing Writer
The log cabin home of Page and Charles Coombs is one of the more interesting homes to be opened for the 39th Annual Rappahannock County House Tour and Dried Flower Sale scheduled for the weekend of Oct 22 and 23.
Affectionately called “The Cabin on Mill Run,” so named, in the Culpeper County Courthouse records of 1790, this resurrected and expanded log cabin home is located in the Castleton area of Rappahannock County.
Some years ago, the Coombs, while visiting this area from their home on the Eastern Shore, “fell in love with the mountainous beauty of Rappahannock County and its friendly people.” They decided to try and find a log cabin in the woods that they could restore and make their home.
In their search, they found such a log cabin, but it, under various additions and repairs by previous occupants, was overgrown with bushes and vines.
What made this building of particular interest was its history. According to papers in the Culpeper County Courthouse, the cabin was built by a French Huguenot family named Mozingeau some time prior to 1790. This was when this area of Virginia was deep wilderness, with some sections still regarded as “Indian Country.” Over the years other occupants and additions to the building added a bathroom, kitchen
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