Dry Pond Methodist traces its origins to the early 1820s and the property where the church now stands was given to the early Methodist Episcopal congregants by Joseph McCutchins in 1827. Typical of many congregations Dry Pond built their first church of logs while maintaining a large campground at the site. A more substantial structure was built circa 1870 and served until the construction of the present church was completed in 1904.
Filed under --JACKSON COUNTY GA--, Dry Pond GA
The congregation who built this typical late-19th century house of worship organized in the idyllic Apple Valley community in 1887 and raised this structure the next year. It is thought to have also been used as a schoolhouse.
Filed under --JACKSON COUNTY GA--, Apple Valley GA
This is one of several structures in Jackson County featuring decorative siding built by E. Scott Ethridge, who owned the local concrete plant. His own residence on the adjacent lot features the siding, as well.
Jefferson Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --JACKSON COUNTY GA--, Jefferson GA
Built just before the Civil War, the Presbyterian Church is the oldest church building in Jefferson. It originally featured a steeple which was lost to a storm in 1943. The Presbyterians shared the church with the Baptists until they built their first permanent home in 1887. A former private residence adjacent to the church now serves as the congregational office.
Jefferson Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --JACKSON COUNTY GA--, Jefferson GA
Jefferson Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --JACKSON COUNTY GA--, Jefferson GA
Butts County was formed in 1825, with Jackson becoming the first and only county seat. Three or four (the history is unclear) courthouses served the county before the Civil War, when the courthouse at the time was burned by Union forces during Sherman’s March to the Sea. The present structure was built in 1897-98.
National Register of Historic Places
Filed under --BUTTS COUNTY GA--, Jackson GA
Wilson’s Chapel was founded in 1814 by the Garrison brothers, who named the congregation for the original land owner. It moved to this location upon building the present church in the mid-1850s. It’s an inviting place of quiet beauty.
Filed under --JACKSON COUNTY GA--
Vanishing North Georgia Photographs by Brian Brown 