Cockrell - Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park - QUSP - ITRDB WV011 Cockrell, S.W.; de Graauw, K.K.; Stetler, R.; Hessl, A.E. Cockrell, S.W. de Graauw, K.K. Stetler, R. Hessl, A.E. QUSP Quercus spp. L. oak earth science/paleoclimate/tree-ring (Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park>LATITUDE 38.2114>LONGITUDE -80.9372) Dendroarchaeology can provide critical understanding of a structure built during key historic periods, such as the American Civil War (1861-1865), when historical documentation is likely to be sparse or incomplete. Cook's Mill is located in Greenville, West Virginia and extensive information derived from deeds, court records, wills, and oral history places the present mill's original construction in 1857. The American Civil War began shortly after its construction and military conflict in the area led to the burning of several key structures, one of which was an unknown mill in Greenville (formerly Centerville). Written history suggests the mill is original and survived the American Civil War, however we used dendroarchaeology to confirm its precise date of construction. We collected 46 samples from the mill and 6 cross sections from a nearby exhumed bridge for dendrochronological dating. The mill was constructed with white oak (Quercus alba) and tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) logs and the bridge samples were white oak. We visually and statistically crossdated 32 white oak samples from the mill and bridge by comparing them to a local chronology developed for this study and two regional oak chronologies from the International Tree-Ring Data Bank. Based on terminal ring attributes and cutting date years we were able to provide a suggested construction date of the spring or early summer of 1868. This date suggests Cook's Mill was the mill burned during military conflict in the area and that the current structure was subsequently rebuilt following the conclusion of the war. STUDY NOTES: Chronology from live and dead oak trees; published as the master chronology for dating Cook's Mill. Data are from both Quercus alba and Quercus rubra NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Cockrell, S.W. Investigator : de Graauw, K.K. Investigator : Stetler, R. Investigator : Hessl, A.E. 2019-05-24 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/26890 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/correlation-stats/wv011.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/northamerica/usa/wv011.rwl https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/correlation-stats/wv011.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/northamerica/usa/wv011.rwl English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/26890 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/correlation-stats/wv011.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/northamerica/usa/wv011.rwl Shawn W. Cockrell, Kristen K. de Graauw, Alfred M. Ziegler, Amy E. Hessl2017Precision dating of Cook’s Mill, a Civil War era structure in West VirginiaDendrochronologia4320-2610.1016/j.dendro.2017.01.009https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S112578651730019X START YEAR: 1670 AD * END YEAR: 2013 AD -80.9372 38.2114 -80.9372 38.2114