After the death of his first wife, with whom he had eleven children, Revolutionary War veteran William Daniell married 17-year-old Polly Melton, and in 1790, built a new, Plantation Plain-style house for her. Fortunately, he built large, because the couple had thirteen more children together. Daniell lived to be 97, and the home he built for Polly is now thought to be the oldest house in Oconee County. In fact, it may well be the oldest house in North Georgia, although that depends upon where one draws the line between North and Central Georgia.
If you consider the line of demarcation to be Interstate 20, than the Daniell House's only rival north of the interstate is the 1793 Fort Hollingsworth-White House between Homer and Cornelia.
Just slightly south of I-20 is the Thomas Ansley Rock House near Thompson, built in 1785. The Jacob Burkhalter house in Warrenton is even older, dating from around 1778.
On the National Register of Historic Places, the Daniell House is now owned by Oconee County and is used for weddings, receptions, family reunions, and other meetings and events.
Adapted from my book Backroads and Byways of Georgia.
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Fascinating! I'm number 7 of 8.....I thought that was a large family! :>) fleta
ReplyDeleteI was number one of seven, my mother the oldest of nine. We lived in a very rural area of southern Indiana and had a neighbor family that had 22 children, as best I remember.
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