Peach State Past

Peach State Past is a site covering the history of Georgia, from its founding in the 1730s to the present day. Run by @andrew_bramlett

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Image: “A map of the County of Savannah” by Tobias Conrad Lotter (c. 1735). From the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries (https://t.co/id6Y8fPuqW)

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Last month, I posted about Abercorn, a small settlement near Savannah that lasted from 1733 until 1737. Just down the river was Joseph’s Town, a larger settlement set aside for the Scottish Highlanders in 1733.

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By the 1750s, it had become a plantation, and no trace is left of the original community today.

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Countless historic signs and markers can be found throughout the Chief Vann House grounds. To conclude my photos from the historic site, here a just a few of those signs.

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When the Chief Vann House in Murray County was built, it was the first brick house in the Cherokee nation. It was built by enslaved laborers around 1804 for James Vann, and his son Joseph owned the house at the time of the Trail of Tears.

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The final few buildings at the Vann House are original Cherokee log structures. These 1830s structures were moved here from across North Georgia in the early 2000s.