My ancestor Prettyman Merry built what is now the oldest house still standing in the Cincinnati area, with his 3300-acre land grant in 1782 from Revolutionary War service.  It's across the river from Cincinnati, in Kentucky.  Near the Cincinnati airport (code CVG, because it's actually in Covington) and very near the former IRS Service Center, also in Covington.  Both Merry and Prettyman (see, Washington DC courthouse named after Judge E. Barrett Prettyman) are surnames on my mother's side.  I always feel sorry for genealogists named Smith and Jones.