ELIOCH

1610 Huguenot Trail

French Huguenot descendant Anthony Martin, grandson of immigrant Jean Martin (Martain), built the original four-room brick house with a basement in the late eighteenth century. Captain William Wood Finney bought Elioch in 1830, covered it with clapboards, made it into its present "H" shape, and named it for his home in Scotland. The house is situated on a large lawn in the midst of a beautiful grove of old trees. The thirteen-room house with a central hall has tall five-panel doors with original locks and heavy hand-made hinges. Shingles removed from the state capitol in Richmond were used to roof this house. Colonel Finny is buried in the woods behind Elioch and his faithful servant is buried nearby.

The grave of Anthony Martin is also on the land with this inscription:

Here lie the remains of Anthony Martin,
born 26th day September 1737 and
departed 30th June 1805. Age 67, 1 month, 6 days.
Remember me as you pass by;
As you are now, so once was I.
As I am now so you must be,
Prepare for death and follow me.

Captain Finney's son, Colonel Finney, and a friend, Major Flicken, were members of a group organizing the Pony Express that ran from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento in 1860-61.