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Today I was using a disc harrow on some deer food plots. It occured to me that I was plowing the same soil that my G-G- Grandfather plowed in 1830s. I was working in the vicinity of where he had his log cabin from 1828 until the mid 1830s. I am the fifth generation of the family to live on this land. My son, Robbie,is the sixth generation to live here. He lives in the house where I was born.
Today I was using a disc harrow on some deer food plots. It occured to me that I was plowing the same soil that my G-G- Grandfather plowed in 1830s. I was working in the vicinity of where he had his log cabin from 1828 until the mid 1830s. I am the fifth generation of the family to live on this land. My son, Robbie,is the sixth generation to live here. He lives in the house where I was born.
This is terrific to read; one of the things that is lacking in our society today is this kind of continuity.Thanks you for sharing this with us.Cheers,WallyPS Hope you get a big buck for all the work!
That is quite interesting. May I ask how you know the location of where the log cabin was if it only existed until the 1830s? Or did you mean the 1930s? If I recall correctly you live in Georgia, and I wonder if your GG Grandfather obtained the deed for the land from someone who obtained it from a royal source…. I'm not quite sure how land was divided in the pre-Constitution colonies but I in England the king essentially “owned” all the land after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The king then granted land to whomever he wished (e.g. dukes, barons, etc) and they in turn could grant land to whomever they wished, and so on. I imagine there was some similar charter system in the colonies as well.
… in England the king essentially “owned” all the land … king then granted land to whomever he wished … they in turn could grant land to whomever they wished, and so on. I imagine there was some similar charter system in the colonies as well.
Seems logical and was the case at the outset. In time people (in the best American tradition) realized that there were lots of lots, so to speak, and that no one could keep them from just moving beyond the area of control and staking a claim (nothing official, just squat) to all the land they wanted. If the got any flak from the practice they just moved on or more likely fought for the land.
The location of the log cabin is from a dug well that is still open. It is located in what until recently was a peanut field. There is another dug well at the location of his second home which is near my present home. My G-grandfather was born at this second location in 1839 so the cabin must not have been used very long.The land was granted to a man in Morgan County Ga in the land lottery when the Creek Indians ceded the land to the US in(I think) 1826. The winner of the land lottery sold it to my GG Grandfather who was at that time the Sheriff of Morgan County. I have the original deeds with the attached seals. My GG grandfather was later the first Sheriff of Randolph County Ga in 1832 when Randolph and Stewart Counties formed seperate governments.In 1836 there was an Indian attack on a school about two miles from here and 12 students and the teacher were killed
