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Yet More Chimneys and Old Homestead Finds
N Georgia & W Carolinas
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Home Sites on this page:
1 - TO27, Miller Branch, off Corbin Creek, Towns Co.
2 - UN29, Young, Old Ivylog, Union Co.
3 - UN30, Gilbert, near Rocky Top, Union Co.
4 - UN31, Brown, near Dockery Lake, Union Co.
5 - UN33, Dyer, near Choestoe, Union Co.


Old Homesite TO27 - Clay Co., NC
Late March 2023

An old homesite on a tributary of Corbin Creek
There's not much evidence of it remaining:


Wall
Low wall near Miller Branch


Wall
Section of the rock wall


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Possible collapsed chimney, above the branch
With all the exploring I have done in the overall Swallow Creek - Tray
Mtn area, looking for homesites that show on the old maps, I have
yet to find a single decent chimney or even a chimney fireplace.




Old Homesite UN29 - Union Co., GA
April 2023

Sheldon H. and I visited the old Young homesite,
in the original Ivy Log community:


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Chimney at the Young homesite


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Chimney at Young homesite
With second chimney (now collapsed) in foreground.



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Chimney, showing part of the rock foundation.


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Rear angle view


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Nearby, we found the rock foundation of a long-gone building


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Section of the rock foundation


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This was once a log cabin; in one corner was the remains of a notched log.


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Another side of the rock foundation



Old Homesite UN30 - Union Co., GA
April 2023

Sheldon knew about the remains of an old log cabin, once the home of Elijah Gilbert.
The cabin was standing when the USFS purchased the land in 1939.   Sheldon had
photographed the cabin in 1994, when the log walls were considerably higher.


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Remains of the log cabin; the cabin was about 20 x 20 feet.


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One corner of the log cabin.


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Notched log in corner of Elijah Gilbert log cabin.


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Section of rock foundation that supported the base logs.


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Elijah Gilbert log cabin in 1994
Rock supports under base logs are visible at bottom of photo.
(Photo by Sheldon Henderson)



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Corner of Elijah Gilbert log cabin in 1994
(Photo by Sheldon Henderson)




Old Homesite UN31 - Union Co., GA
Early May 2023

An old homeplace near a creek, between Dockery Lake and the Appalachian Trail.


Chimney
Approaching the homesite


Chimney
Chimney


Chimney
Chimney from rear angle


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Chimney rear


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Chimney



Old Homesite UN33 - Union Co., GA
February 2024

This was the old home place of Ed Dyer, known as "Little Ed"
because there was another Ed Dyer in the area..


Chimney
Chimney


Chimney
Although the chimney appears to be very old, the
former house hadn't been fallen in for that long.



Barn
Nearby barn



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