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Old Home Sites - 15 Yet More Chimneys and Old Homestead Finds N Georgia & W Carolinas |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2024-2025) |
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Old Home Sites - 15 Yet More Chimneys and Old Homestead Finds N Georgia & W Carolinas |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2024-2025) |
| Home Sites on this page: | 1 - ST01, Panther Creek, Stephens Co. |
| 2 - UN45, West Gumlog, Union Co. |
| 3 - UN46, Mt. Airy Creek, Union Co. |
| 4 - UN47, Mt. Airy Creek, Union Co. |
| 1 - Old Homesite ST01 - Panther Creek near Devil Den Crk, Stephens County, GA Late November, 2024 While looking (unsuccessfully) for a lime kiln that was supposedly at the old Will Ellard Mine site, I came across this old homesite. I wonder if this was where the miners lived(?) |
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| The chimney and a stacked rock foundation support are seen beyond a rock-lined raised terrace that the old house sat on. |
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| I first approached the chimney from the rear. The lighting was horrible and it took some work to get these images looking halfway decent. |
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| Side of the chimney |
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| Continuing around the chimney in a clockwise direction... |
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| Chimney front With one of the stacked rock foundation supports in foreground... |
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| Chimney front There was evidence that someone had camped here and used the old fireplace for a camp fire. |
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| Left side... |
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| 2 - Old Homesite UN45 - West Gumlog area, Union County, GA Early February, 2025 While returning from a mine tunnel exploration, we came across this old homesite. |
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| The site consisted of a rock foundation, dug cellar, and collapsed chimney. |
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| We think the rock foundation in the front was for a porch or room addition. The next row of foundation rocks was for the main house. Beyond that, difficult to see here, is the dug cellar, and then the rear wall foundation. |
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| From the rear - back wall foundation rocks, shallow cellar, front foundation, then porch or addition foundation. The dug cellar is difficult to discern with the flat lighting on the leaves. |
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| Collapsed chimney pile, with prominent lintel stone. |
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| Sheldon took this photo of the homesite's spring head. |
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| 3 - Old Homesite UN46 - Mt. Airy Crk, Union County, GA March, 2025 After documenting a few mica prospects, I went looking for a couple of homesites that showed on the old maps. The first still had remains of the chimney fireplace. |
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| Side view of the chimney |
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| Rear view of the chimney |
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| Chimney from a front angle |
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| 4 - Old Homesite UN47 - Mt. Airy Crk, Union County, GA March, 2025 Walking back after photographing some waterfalls, I spied the second homesite. |
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| The chimney was collapsed, but the lintel stones were obvious. A dug-out cellar is barely visible at the rear. |
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| Oblique view of the collapsed chimney. |
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| From the opposite side... One of the stacked foundation corners at left, the dug cellar at center-right, and the fallen chimney (with a tree growing through the center) at rear. |