Archaeologist Pat Garrow hopes Vann Cherokee Cabin finds will help in dating the addition: CAVE SPRING — Down beneath the grass and first layer of topsoil is a treasure trove of artifacts around the Vann Cherokee Cabin. The smallest items — rusty nails, shards of glass, even tiny pieces ...
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Log Building has be dated oldest structure Floyd County
Log Building has be dated oldest building in Floyd County
Monday, March 25, 2013
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Pat Garrow will present his findings from the December 2012 dig at the Cave Spring Log Cabin.
Monday, March 25 in Cave Spring, GA:
6:30 pm.Atthe Cave Spring Elememtary School
Legendary Chieftain's Museum Archeologist Pat Garrow will present his findings from the December 2012 dig at the Cave Spring Log Cabin.
Representatives from the Georgia Trail of Tears will be on hand to put Mr. Garrow's work in context with TOTA's findings.
One hint: The findings are significant. OK, two hints. The Cabin is now officially a major archeological site for the region, much less for the state of Georgia.
The Historical Society of Cave Spring is proud and happy to have sponsored this work and grateful to the people who helped make it possible. The science has just begun.
Talk to Pat Garrow and the Trail of Tears folks yourself on March 25.
Friday, February 1, 2013
The Cabin report Great News Soon
The Cabin report is now written and awaiting a few graphic corrections before submittal. I believe that both of you will be pleased and perhaps even pleasantly surprised at what we found.Per Patrick H. Garrow, RPA Director of Operations - Tennessee Office
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
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Friday, December 21, 2012
What We Know About The Cabin
1. About Vann’s Valley and Cave Spring
Floyd County and this valley were settled by Eastern Indian tribes, mostly Creek
and Cherokee, in the mid-1700s. Major Ridge (builder and owner of what is now
the Chieftains Museum site) was born around 1771. (Cherokee Tragedy,
Wilkins.) Ridge served early with James Vann, uncle of David Vann, as a member
of the Cherokee Council.
Vann’s Valley is named for Avery Vann,1 a Scottish trader who married a fullblooded
Cherokee woman. Avery’s stepbrother was James Vann, a powerful
Cherokee chief known for his fierce temper. Avery Vann’s son, David Vann, was
born in Vann’s Valley in 1800.
David Vann’s home is thought to be on Alabama Street within a mile from the
cabin site. Anecdotal history points to other David Vann property sites in Cave
Spring as well.
2. Location of the Cabin
Cedartown Street and Broad Street, where the cabin sits, were main roads of
commerce in the late 1700s/early 1800s just as they are today.
3. Construction of the Cabin
Hand-hewn: The cabin is constructed of hand-hewn (or possibly hand-split) logs.
They may have been finished with an adz (a cutting tool whose thin arching
blade is perpendicular to the handle and is used for the rough shaping of wood)
or a broad ax.
1 Link from the TOTA website.
• Chinking: The word “chinking” applies to a process of covering the spaces
between logs. The pieces of wood now wedged between the logs were
possibly scrap left over from the roofing of the cabin. These pieces were
covered with a mixture of creek mud, fire ash, and other materials during
the winter. During the summer, the materials could have been removed
for “air conditioning.”
Architectural details also provide historical significance. The windows on the
right side are 6 over 9 style. (6 panes of glass over 9 panes of glass). This style
dates from the late 1700s to the early 1800s according to several sources.
(Field Guide to American Houses; Virginia and Lee McAlester; Knopf).
Known History of the Building
1830s
Armistead Richardson removed to Vann’s Valley and began preparations for the
establishment of Cave Spring in 1831.2 By 1839, Richardson’s land holdings
included thousands of acres in and around Cave Spring.3
1836
The Baptist Church was constituted led by Armistead Richardson. By 1839, the
members form a school for the area named “The Baptist Manual Labor School”
with 200 acres of land purchased for the school and buildings. Part of the land
was cultivated by the pupils of the school under the supervision of the principal;
part of it was laid in lots and sold and later incorporated as the town of Cave
Spring.4
1845
2 Battey’s History of Rome and Floyd County, page 36
3 A history of the Simmons Plantation (Ina Black’s House/Cherokee Sub Chief
David Vann’s home) by Kristi Reed
http://home.earthlink.et/`kristireed/index_files/Page2552
4 James Coffee Harris: Cave Spring and Vans Valley
The Baptist Manual Labor School was renamed the Hearn Manual Labor School in
honor of Lott O. Hearn. Mr. Hearn bequeathed a sizable amount of money to the
school upon his death. In 1903 the Baptist Manual Labor School was given to
the Educational Board of the Georgia Baptist Convention. It was reorganized as
a preparatory school for college under the name of Hearn Academy. 4
1847
Mr. William Posey acquired Lot # 6 from The Hearn Trustees.
1853-1854:
William K. Posey then sold Lot #6 to Joel Dean, Thomas Craven, and Walter R.
Webster between 1853 and 1854. In 1854 the property became known as the
Webster Hotel.
1865
Between 1854 and 1865, Samuel Gibbons obtained Lot #6 and parts of Lot # 9
and Lot #8. Samuel Gibbons sold the property to Joseph Ford, a local cotton
baron who built Colonial Heights plantation. Joseph Ford died September 1872,
as a result of a train accident, while he was living in the residence currently
known as the Forbes House (next door to the Webster Hotel). Mrs. M. E. F.
Sheldon bought the property known as the Webster Hotel at public auction for
$1305.00.
1883
Mrs. Sheldon sold the same property to B. F. Strickland on December 8, 1883,
for $1500.00
1906
The Green Hotel was renovated under the management of Mr. W.D. McCollum,
formally of Newnan, Georgia.
1908
A. W. Findley bought the Hotel property at public sale for $1500.00. The
property included stable and a storehouse at that time.
1940s-50s
To the best of our records, the Green Hotel was divided into four apartments at
this time. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers Asbury lived in the left downstairs apartment for
many years. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lyons, their sons and daughter, lived in the right
side.
In the late 1940’s, Dr. Harvey Norton, Jr., converted the left apartments into a
medical clinic and enclosed half of the front porch for his office.
1985
Mr. Bobby George bought the property and named it Appletree Nursery and
Antiques. He and his son owned the property for 25 years.
2008
The George Family sold the property to Mr. William Benefield of Cave Spring and
Cedartown.
2010
While the Cave Spring Historical Society began efforts to save the property in
November of 2009, serious efforts began in March of 2010.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
Student, UWG researching the Cherokee, Trail of Tears
Student, UWG researching the Cherokee, Trail of Tears: In the early 1800s, the Cherokee Nation in north Georgia was pressed in on all sides. It had no friends in the state, few in the federal government, and settlers and brigands – some of them from we...
Friday, December 14, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
[Cave Spring Georgia Save and Restore the Log Building] Historic cabin being renovated in northwest Ga. Macon.com Blog
http://www.macon.com/2012/12/10/2280153/historic-cabin-being-renovated.html
Monday, December 10, 2012
Excavation to begin at Cave Spring Cabin
Excavation to begin at Cave Spring Cabin: The linking logs are falling into place for the Cave Spring Cabin, making it one step closer to becoming one of Georgia’s historical sites. Since local contractor Jesse Hamrick discovered a h...
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