Old Homesite FA01 - near Long Branch, Fannin Co., GA
February 2020
An interesting site; it shows on the 1898 map...
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Old chimney / fireplace
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That's a robust lintel stone!
This property was acquired by the USFS from G.H.B. Neal in 1940.
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The large home here once had a chimney on each end.
The one in the foreground long ago collapsed into a pile of stone.
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The house site was built on a terrace with rock-lined vertical facing.
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Detail of the stone terrace facing
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Old Homesite FA02 - Fannin Co., GA
February 2020
Not quite the vintage of the site above; this one first appears on the 1946 maps.
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Stone chimney, with hole for a stove-pipe above the fireplace.
This property was acquired by the USFS from William T. Martin in 1968.
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Unlike typical older chimneys, the fireplace here is almost 3 feet above
ground level, indicating a sizable crawl space under the ground floor.
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This appears to be a chimney for an outdoor cooking / grill area.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Retaining wall for a large terrace
The smaller terrace/mound for the house site can be seen in background.
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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.
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From the house mound, view toward another retaining wall.
This property was purchased by the USFS from Anderson Eller in 1938.
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Retaining wall, for another terrace.
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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.
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Collapsed stone chimney.
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Rear of collapsed chimney.
This property was purchased by the USFS from Pat Haralason in 1949.
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Chimney from the side
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I found the mill site; all that remains is the old breached mill dam.
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Mill site
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Iron object at mill site
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Excerpt from 1938 map showing mill and home site.
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