This is our ancestor John Hunter's daughter Harriet E. Hunter (1821-aft 1900) and her husband Daniel England (1818-aft 1897). Daniel and Harriet and their children moved into John Hunter's cabin with Martha after John had died in 1848. On a postcard with the same picture of the cabin that is on last Saturday's post, credit is given to Daniel England, not John Hunter, for building it. I think probably Daniel was the first person to get a deed for it.
Daniel 's parents were William Richard and Martha "Patsy" Montgomery England. They and William's siblings are credited for being the founding settlers of Helen, Georgia.
Down the road from Helen, Georgia, is the Sautee Valley. William Richard England's sister Nancy England married Moses Harshaw of Sautee Valley. Moses had a large farm or plantation with slaves. When slaves grew old and/or sickly and became a liability Moses simply killed them. Some he had them dig their own graves and then shoot them. And some he forced them up nearby Lynch Mountain and pushed them off a cliff.
Moses was also a lawyer in nearby Clarksville. He was charged many times of manslaughter, so he was probably his own client most the time. At the time he was called "The Meanest Man in Georgia".
Moses house was, the last time I was there, Stovall's Bed and Breakfast (and special events). Isn't that charming?
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