My ancestor John Hunter (c1776-1850) and his family built this cabin in Union County in the 1830s. He and his wife Polly Edwards are buried in
Old Salem Church Cemetery, which he deed the land for. After John died his daughter Harriet and her husband Daniel England and their family took possession of it.
On postcards it was described as the oldest man made dwelling
in Union County, Georgia.
In the latter part of the 20th century it was vacant. The Twigg family owned the land it was
on. They sold their land in the early 2000s
and the new owner said the cabin would have to go to make way for new mountain
homes that was to be built.
To save the cabin Charlie Hunter bought it and had
professions to disassemble it, number the boards, for a future resurrection of the
structure.
It now has been rebuilt and is standing near the Blairsville’s
Farmer Market on Old Smokey Road.
We visited it today. I
have been in it before, when it was in Choestoe area and my memory was
confirmed that the whole house inside is smaller than our den.
As a detail they even have a rabbit trap, just like kind I
used to have when I was a kid. That is
old!
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