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Still More Chimneys and Home Place Remains
Northeast Georgia
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Home Sites on this page:
1 - FA01, near Long Branch, Fannin Co.
2 - FA02, Turkey Farm Rd, Fannin Co.
3 - TO11, near Big John Creek, Towns Co.
4 - UN04 & Mill site, Flat Creek, Union Co.



Old Homesite FA01 - near Long Branch, Fannin Co., GA
February 2020
An interesting site; it shows on the 1898 map...


Chimney
Old chimney / fireplace


Chimney
That's a robust lintel stone!
This property was acquired by the USFS from G.H.B. Neal in 1940.



Chimney_from_pile
The large home here once had a chimney on each end.
The one in the foreground long ago collapsed into a pile of stone.



Homeplace_terrace
The house site was built on a terrace with rock-lined vertical facing.


Terrace_stone_face
Detail of the stone terrace facing



Old Homesite FA02 - Fannin Co., GA
February 2020
Not quite the vintage of the site above; this one first appears on the 1946 maps.


Chimney_pile
Stone chimney, with hole for a stove-pipe above the fireplace.
This property was acquired by the USFS from William T. Martin in 1968.



Chimney
Unlike typical older chimneys, the fireplace here is almost 3 feet above
ground level, indicating a sizable crawl space under the ground floor.



Outdoor_Chimney
This appears to be a chimney for an outdoor cooking / grill area.


Foundation-Pool
This looks like an old concrete swimming pool.   There are steps leading down in the near corner.
It is considerably bigger than any home pool.   I was told that there was a boy's camp here sometime in the 1960s.




Old Homesite TO11 - near Big John Crk, Towns Co., GA
March 2020
I got wind of the occurrence of an old chimney high up on a mountainside in the Upper Hightower area.   I didn't have a lot to go on, but decided to search for it in early March.   Had no luck finding it; there was a lot of steep territory to cover in there.   I did come across another interesting old home site, although there were no standing chimneys.   It consisted of several large terraces with rock retaining walls, a raised mound/terrace for the house (with two collapsed chimney piles, a large stone foundation possibly for a barn, and several other stone walls and structures.


Barn_foundation
Stone foundation wall
I think this may have been for a barn, the other parts of the foundation are mostly obscured by deadfall in this view.



Terrace_wall-House_mound
Retaining wall for a large terrace
The smaller terrace/mound for the house site can be seen in background.



House_mound
House terrace / mound
It has a stone retaining wall lining three of the four sides.
The two collapsed chimneys are faintly visible at left and right sides.



House_mound-Back_wall
From the house mound, view toward another retaining wall.
This property was purchased by the USFS from Anderson Eller in 1938.



Rear_wall
Retaining wall, for another terrace.



Old Homesite UN04 - near Flat Creek, Union Co., GA
March 2020
I wasn't having much luck on this day finding old homesites at a location shown on a 1911 map.
I finally made my way down to a creek where a 1938 map showed an old mill and a nearby home site.


Chimney
Collapsed stone chimney.


Chimney
Rear of collapsed chimney.
This property was purchased by the USFS from Pat Haralason in 1949.



Chimney
Chimney from the side


Mill_site
I found the mill site; all that remains is the old breached mill dam.


Mill_site
Mill site


Iron_object
Iron object at mill site


1938_map
Excerpt from 1938 map showing mill and home site.



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