Reflections- Georgia African American Historic Preservation Network, Vol. 11, no. 3 (July 2013)

Volume XI, No. 3 July 2013
Jeanne Cyriaque, African American Programs Coordinator
Historic Preservation Division
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THE SLAVE DWELLING PROJECT
COMES TO GEORGIA
Joseph McGill, Jr.
J
oseph McGill has seen many buildings that are important sites
for interpreting U.S. history in his work as a field officer with
the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He became
interested in slave dwellings because he observed “the buildings
that we preserve and interpret in this country are usually iconic,
architecturally significant and are usually associated with a
proclaimed hero…however, in focusing on these buildings we tend
to neglect a major part of the American story.” So, for the past
decade, McGill has been on a journey to recognize places that once
were occupied by enslaved people in America. McGill was
convinced that these historic resources associated with slavery
still exist in northern and southern states, and he began the Slave
Dwelling Project to bring greater awareness to their interpretation
and significance in American history.
McGill began his
journey with a simple premise:
he finds extant slave dwellings
and asks the stewards of these
places if he can spend the night
in them. This journey has taken
him to 44 slave dwellings to date
in the states of Alabama,
Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
The stewards of these places
range from house museums,
plantations, historical societies,
nonprofit organizations, colleges,
government entities and private
individuals. When McGill sleeps
overnight in these places, he is
accompanied by fellow Civil War
This circa 1850 slave dwelling was used by house servants for the E.P.
Williams family in the Nacoochee Valley. Today, it is the African American
Heritage Site at the Sautee Nacoochee Center in northeast Georgia.
Photo by Jeanne Cyriaque
re-enactors, academicians, staff who
interpret these sites, students and
persons who are descendants of
enslaved people and slave owners.
Current uses of the buildings range
from guesthouses, storage facilities,
museums, studios and offices.
Sleeping in slave dwellings
has resulted in several positive
outcomes, most notably attracting new
audiences to have conversations
about slavery. Another outcome of
this project is improved, diverse
programming at many of these sites
that mobilizes local communities
and attracts the heritage traveler.
Lastly, McGill implemented an
online chronicle of each stay
that can be accessed at
www.lowcountryafricana.com.
These blogs also provide a
social media platform for people
who accompany him to comment
on their stays in these dwellings.
The Slave Dwelling
Project first stay in Georgia
was in April 2012, when Joe
McGill and fellow 54th Regiment
Massachusetts Volunteer
Infantry re-enactor James
Brown accompanied him for a
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Jeanne Cyriaque, continued from page 1
THE SLAVE DWELLING PROJECT
COMES TO GEORGIA
visit to the African American Heritage Site. This slave dwelling
has been preserved by the Sautee Nacoochee Community
Association (SNCA), and is part of a campus of buildings that
comprise the Sautee Nacoochee Center in the Appalachian Highland
region of Georgia.
Joseph McGill (foreground) and James Brown (background)
were the featured speakers at the African American Heritage
Site. They were dressed in their USCT 54th Massachusetts
uniforms for the program. Photo by Jeanne Cyriaque
The slave dwelling is located in the Sautee Nacoochee
Valley, an area encompassing over 2,500 acres in White County.
Cherokees occupied this section of Georgia until the Treaty of
1819, when they were forced westward on the Trail of Tears. In
1822, Major Edward P. Williams and his family from North Carolina
were among the first 61 whites to migrate to the Nacoochee Valley
after the Land Lottery of 1820. The Williams family focused on
subsistence farming, and his son, Edwin P. Williams, purchased
over 2,300 acres that he managed with an enslaved population. E.P.
Williams became a major landowner by 1861, and he owned 18
enslaved people in the valley during the Civil War.
A surviving structure from the Williams family was a circa
1850 slave dwelling. The dwelling was originally located adjacent
to the family main house where it was used by house servants.
This use continued after enslavement until the twentieth century,
when Williams’ family descendants added a bath, bedroom, kitchen
and a front porch. The granddaughter of E.P. Williams lived in this
modified slave dwelling as late as the 1930s. Years later, the dwelling
had deteriorated significantly when it was donated to SNCA.
SNCA faced many preservation challenges in saving the
slave dwelling. One of the conditions when they accepted the
dwelling was that the endangered structure be moved. Additionally,
the cabin stone chimney was leaning into the structure. While
assembling a team of preservationists to stabilize the structure,
SNCA also engaged the residents of Bean Creek, the place in the
valley where African American freedmen settled after the Civil War.
Preservation of the slave dwelling initially focused on
removing all additions to the structure that did not contribute to its
interpretation as a 16-by-28-foot cabin. Rock mason David Vandiver
reassembled the original stone chimney while other researchers
uncovered historic photos. Jim Johnston, the descendant who
donated the cabin, covered the roof with hand-split, 30 inch, white
oak shingles fastened with cut nails. The Appalachian Regional
Commission provided funding for Phase I preservation initiatives.
The cabin was moved to a nature preserve during this stage of its
preservation, but ultimately was relocated to the SNCA campus.
SNCA received a Tourism Product Development grant from
the Georgia Department of Economic Development for Phase II
preservation initiatives. This tourism grant created resources for
part-time positions while the project was underway. The cabin
overhang and handicap accessibility was constructed, along
with landscaping and exterior exhibits.
Joseph McGill demonstrates use of his weapon during the
evening program. Photo by Jeanne Cyriaque
When Joseph McGill and James Brown visited the African
American Heritage Site, a crowd of 129 people assembled for their
evening program. Lawrence Dorsey, a Bean Creek resident, provided
a human backdrop for the program while he lit lanterns around the
cabin dressed as a freedman.
Dressed in their 54th Massachusetts uniforms, James
Brown performed a monologue that documented his quest for
freedom both as a runaway slave, soldier and a freedman. McGill’s
presentation focused on his quest to raise awareness of the
significance of slave dwellings in the interpretation of African
American sites associated with antebellum history. He commented
on the valor demonstrated by the 54th Massachusetts soldiers on
Morris Island. Both men demonstrated how their weapons and
equipment were used during the Civil War. Local musicians played
the banjo while participants enjoyed a lite meal. That evening,
James Brown, Caroline Crittenden, Joseph McGill, Sabrina Dorsey
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and Stacey Allen stayed after the crowd left for more conversation.
Stacey Allen, a young descendant of the Williams family and their
slaves, slept in the dwelling with James and Joseph.
Because the African American Heritage Site is regularly
used for living history programs, McGill thought this dwelling was
more “adorned” than many he had slept in, as the structure had one
bed, a fireplace and cooking instruments inside. He was also
surprised to learn about the Bean Creek community and he was
very pleased that Stacey was from this community and was a
descendant of the slave owner and enslaved people connected to
this dwelling. The following morning, Joseph, James and Stacey
rejoined the community for a pancake breakfast at the Sautee
Nacoochee Center. “Both James and I left with the promise that we
both would return if invited.”
Tabby number two is the slave dwelling that Joseph McGill slept
in during his stay on Ossabaw Island. This tabby cabin and two
additional ones were residences for enslaved people on the North
End Plantation. Photo by Jeanne Cyriaque
The Slave Dwelling Project second stay in Georgia was a
visit to the tabby slave dwellings on Ossabaw Island in May 2013.
This stay was McGill’s first overnight trip to a barrier island, so the
planning and public programming for the event required a slight
variation in that the island is
only accessible by boat.
The Ossabaw Island
Foundation and the Ossabaw
Island Education Alliance are
the stewards for Ossabaw
Island, a 26,000 acre site near
Savannah that is comprised of
forests, wildlife and historic
buildings. The State of Georgia
purchased the island in 1978,
and today it is Georgia’s first
Heritage Preserve.
Paul Pressly, director
of the Ossabaw Island
Education Alliance, conducts
interpretive programs to
educate visitors about the indigo plantation that was established
on the island by John Morel in 1760. Today, three tabby dwellings
remain on the North End Plantation where enslaved people once lived.
Paul Pressly crafted a visit from the Slave Dwelling Project
that incorporated both the stories of enslavement and freedmen on
Ossabaw Island, as well as life on the mainland in the Pin Point
community. The weekend event started at the Pin Point Heritage
Museum. Joseph McGill provided a presentation about the project
to other Savannah partners. The Ossabaw Island Foundation also
used the public event to announce a new partnership they had
formed with Bethesda Academy and the Pin Point Heritage Museum
to share their respective stories.
Twelve people participated in the overnight stay on the
island, and tabby cabin number two was the place where Joseph
McGill would stay with two additional visitors. Toni Battle came
from California, where she is involved with the Legacy Project. The
second visitor was writer Tony Horwitz, author of Confederates in
the Attic.
Paul Pressly
Joseph McGill comments about the tabby cabin’s construction
for two families separated by a common fireplace.
Photo by Jeanne Cyriaque
When the group arrived, Pressly led a walking tour of the
North End Plantation and the three surviving tabby cabins. Then,
the group took a truck ride to Middle Place, where tabby ruins from
that plantation co-exist with buildings constructed for artists as
part of the Genesis Project in the 1960s. After dinner, the entire
group participated in blessing the cabin where Joseph, Toni and
Tony would stay for the night.
McGill ended his weekend by speaking on Sunday at
Sweetfield of Eden Baptist Church in Pin Point, but Sarah Ross
offered an unscheduled stay on Saturday night at the slave dwelling
at Wormsloe Plantation. To his surprise, that dwelling is now used
as guest quarters. Conversations are underway for a future return
visit to Wormsloe with public programming, a key element of the
Slave Dwelling Project.
These two dwellings are examples of how enslaved people
lived in the Georgia mountains and on a barrier island. Interested
stewards of other dwellings can contact Joseph McGill on Facebook
at The Slave Dwelling Project or Twitter @slavedwelling.
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CHUBBTOWN: A BRIEF HISTORY OF AN ANTEBELLUM AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
Danielle Ross, African American Programs Assistant
Historic Preservation Division
The historic Chubbtown community, located five miles southeast
of Cave Spring, Georgia served as a rare, self-sufficient,
antebellum, African American community in Floyd County, Georgia.
Chubbtown was initially settled by eight brothers who moved to
Georgia from North Carolina in the early-to-mid 1800s. The eight
Chubb brothers from oldest to youngest were: William, Henry,
John, Thomas, Jacob, Isaac, Nicholas, and George. Isaac Chubb
Sr., father of the Chubb brothers, was listed as a resident of Caswell
County, North Carolina in 1830. It is believed that the Chubb family
was freed through purchase by an ancestor for $1,200.00. Already
at this point in history, the Chubb family served as a rare example
of freed blacks in the South. Early in the Chubb family history, the
spelling of the family name consisted of one ‘b’, but ultimately
came to be spelled with the double ‘b’ that is still currently used.
This 1899 map of Cave Spring labels Chubbtown as its own community
along the border of Floyd and Polk Counties. Photo courtesy of the U. S.
Geological Survey (see red circle).
Isaac Chubb Sr., along with his wife and a small child,
migrated from Caswell County, North Carolina to north Georgia
around 1833. By 1850, Isaac Chubb Sr. lived with his wife and child
in Morgan County. During this time in Georgia the population was
just over 900,000 with a little over 381,000 enslaved people, and
521,000 whites. Of this total approximately 2,900 were listed as free
blacks, with just 16 of this number living in Morgan County. Isaac
Chubb Sr. and his family totaled 10 of the 16 free blacks in Morgan
County. Shortly after 1850, the Chubb family moved to presentday Floyd County, Georgia. Isaac was recorded as being a
blacksmith, as occupations in the trades were dominant throughout
the Chubb family. According to historic records, the listed trade
occupations that the Chubb family held varied from carpenters to
maple syrup producers. Alfred Chubb, the son of Henry Chubb,
was said to have grown a majority of the food his family ate while
also selling cotton for income. John Chubb was listed in the 1870
census as a wagon maker. Thomas Chubb was listed as a blacksmith,
just like his father, Isaac Chubb, and William Chubb was a house
carpenter.
Around the mid-to late 1800s the second oldest brother,
Henry Chubb, purchased 120 acres for $900.00 before the end of the
Civil War. While this acquisition of land by a freed African American
seems almost unfathomable during this time in history, the land
purchase ultimately formed the heart of what is now Chubbtown.
Overall, the Chubb brothers lived comfortably. All together the
brothers owned 32 rural lots of property that contained 40 acres of
land each.
The community of Chubbtown included all of the necessary
businesses for growth and self-sufficiency. The brothers continued
to purchase land to add to the community throughout the late 1800s
and early 1900s. The community ultimately covered over 1,280 acres
of land in both Floyd and Polk Counties. Upon establishment of the
community in the latter half of the 1800’s, key businesses sprang up
along Chubbtown Road: a cotton gin, grist mill, distillery, syrup mill,
post office, sawmill, general store, and meeting hall were among the
businesses that helped to keep Chubbtown thriving. One specific
property, the Chubb Methodist Episcopal Church (later named
Chubb Chapel United Methodist Church) was founded in 1870. The
church was used at the time as both a place of worship and a school.
Henry Chubb is the only brother that is listed on the deed as a
trustee of the church. The Chubb Methodist Episcopal Church
evolved from a single plot of land to multiple plots of land through
land contributions from Alfred Chubb and Clemmie Chubb. Chubb
Methodist Episcopal Church was listed in the National Register of
Historic Places on May 4, 1990. The church is a Gothic Revival
structure that has few alternations other than necessary upgrades
and an addition.
With the continuous expansion of the Chubb brothers’
property, the town began to attract the attention of neighboring
white communities in Floyd County. This attraction landed
Chubb Chapel United Methodist Church still serves as the community church
for Chubbtown. Constructed in 1870, the building is listed in the National
Register of Historic Places. Photo by Danielle Ross
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Alfred and Clemmie Chubb both promoted education
for Chubbtown youth. Clemmie bought land for the
community school while Alfred provided transportation
for its students. Photo courtesy of Chubb Chapel United
Methodist Church 2011 Homecoming Booklet
Chubbtown a mention in the History of Floyd County, published in
1922. In addition to its mention in the county history, many white
families traveled specifically to Chubbtown to get supplies or goods
from the Chubbtown grocer. Over time, there was a lot of respect
that the white community held for the black community of
Chubbtown. In addition to the growth and economic activity within
Chubbtown, the Chubb family was instrumental in furthering
The 1920s Fairview School is a historic African American school in Cave
Spring. Descendants of Henry Chubb sold the Fairview School and its
four-acre site to the Fairview-E.S. Brown Corporation. It was listed as a
Place in Peril by the Georgia Trust in 2011. Photo by Jeanne Cyriaque
education within Floyd County- namely Cave Spring. In 1926,
Clemmie Chubb bought a lot for $35 to build Central School. By
1933, the initial investment was reimbursed to Clemmie and Alfred
to build an additional school building near Central School. Central
School ultimately consolidated into the Fairview School by 1942.
After the consolidation, the Chubb family maintained an active role
in African American education in Floyd County. Alfred Chubb
began the first African American bus system in Floyd County in
1942 to assist with transporting children from Chubbtown to
Fairview. Alfred’s daughter, Elvira Chubb (Bray), was also involved
in furthering education for African American students, as she taught
at Fairview School during the 1940s.
During the period of 1930-1940 the small stream known as
Spring Creek flooded over its banks, carrying with it the grist mill,
distillery, and other businesses that contributed to the functionality
of the community. This natural disaster set the stage for the gradual
decline in the prosperity of the community. By 1940, all of the Chubb
brothers had died. The Chubb Family Cemetery is located on the
main thoroughfare through the town, and is the burial place for the
Chubbs and many families that had strong ties to the community.
While the community is no longer a self-sufficient town,
Chubb descendants still own portions, but not all, of the existing
properties within Chubbtown. The community itself still bears the
name Chubbtown. Descendants of the Chubb family still reside in
the area and many of the influential families of the community attend
Chubb Chapel United Methodist Church. For further information
on Chubbtown and its history please refer to Kenneth Jones’s The
Chubbs of Chubbtown and the National Register nomination for
Chubb United Methodist Episcopal Church.
Chubb Cemetery also is the final resting place for
other members of the community.
Photo by Danielle Ross
The founding Chubb brothers and family
descendants are buried in the cemetery on
Chubbtown Road. Photo by Danielle Ross
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Jeanne Cyriaque, African American Programs Coordinator
Historic Preservation Division
FOURTH GRADE HISTORY SLEUTHS RESEARCH
THE WATKINSVILLE ROSENWALD SCHOOL
I
n February I often speak at various programs throughout the
state in celebration of Black History Month, but a unique invitation
led me to visit the Colham Ferry Elementary School (CFES) in
Watkinsville. Assistant Principal Chuck Cunningham was
launching a social studies project with the fourth grade class at
CFES that he thought I might be interested in, as the students
were researching a school that once existed at their site, the
Watkinsville Rosenwald School.
The Watkinsville Rosenwald School was built in 1928 and
was the only Rosenwald School in Oconee County. The school
was constructed with a Community School Plan designed by the
Rosenwald Fund to accommodate four teachers. The building cost
was $5,810 with $810 contributed from the African American
community, $3,500 in public funds and $1,500 from the Rosenwald
Fund. The school remained as the Watkinsville Rosenwald School
until 1956, when it was dismantled to make room for a new school
for African Americans, the E.D. Stroud School, named in honor of
E.D. Stroud, a former principal of the Rosenwald School.
Armed with these facts and a historic photo of the
Watkinsville School from the Fisk University archives, I met the
students and provided a PowerPoint presentation about the 259
school buildings that once existed in Georgia. I shared with the
students a few statistical charts that showed how many buildings
existed in some of the 15 Rosenwald states. Then I displayed two
maps of Georgia that graphically illustrated on their school’s state
of the art multimedia system how many buildings once existed in
the state’s 103 counties and how many we have found that were still
standing. This led to a number of questions about how they could
research schools in these states, and I showed them how they
could access www.rosenwaldschools.com to query information
with a link to the Fisk University database and possible photos.
Additionally, I showed them documents on the Historic Preservation
Division (HPD) website, www.georgiashpo.org especially
Rosenwald Schools in Georgia, 1912-1937 and the numerous
Rosenwald School articles we have published in Reflections. I also
shared with them some of the most recent books authored by Peter
Ascoli, Stephanie Deutsch and Mary Hoffschwelle, who are
members of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s
Rosenwald Initiative.
The second part of my presentation focused on the 51
buildings that we have documented in Georgia that are still standing.
I discussed with the students how finding these buildings was an
incredible journey that is still ongoing, and some of the complexities
involved in researching historic schools that were not well
documented due to racial attitudes about black education during
segregation. I encouraged the students to find living individuals
in Watkinsville who may have attended the Rosenwald School or
the E.D. Stroud School that followed it.
The students informed me that
they had invited some alumni
to visit with them the morning
before my presentation, and I
encouraged them to pursue
oral histories with these former
students to learn more about
the Watkinsville Rosenwald
School. They uncovered
some surprising facts and
presented them to all of us at a
school assembly in May.
When I arrived at
Colham Ferry that morning,
every student participated in
the day’s event. The students
contacted numerous alumni
and former teachers who were
escorted to the cafeteria still
in use from the E.D. Stroud era
Jeanne Cyriaque shares her knowledge about Rosenwald
Schools in Georgia with the Colham Ferry fourth grade
class. Photo courtesy of Colham Ferry Elementary School
The fourth grade class conducted interviews with alumni who
attended the Watkinsville Rosenwald School and the E.D. Stroud
School. Their personal accounts of both schools proved
invaluable in the research project.
Photo courtesy of Colham Ferry Elementary School
Georgia Browning taught at the
Watkinsville Rosenwald School and
the E.D. Stroud School.
Photo by Jeanne Cyriaque
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for a reception. The most
popular attendee among the
parents and friends of the
project was Georgia Browning,
who taught at the school. The
students then escorted us to
the gymnasium still in use
since the late 1950s, where the
entire school witnessed their
PowerPoint presentation.
The first group discussed what life was like in the 1920s1930s in the United States, Georgia and Oconee County. They
explained that this topic was important because “we need to know
the rich history of Oconee County in the 1920s and 1930s, because
if we didn’t know what the past was like, we would never know how
the African American children received an education through the
Rosenwald Project.” Then the students explained the partnership
between Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald that led to
the construction of the Watkinsville Rosenwald School, with all
slides accompanied by historic photos.
One of the alumni
sketched a floor plan from
memory that illustrated two
buildings existed on the site.
By researching school board
minutes the students learned
that the Rosenwald School
was sold to members of the
Wilkes family for $750. Mrs.
Susan Wilkes, a family
descendant who works at
CFES, shared information that
the building was dismantled,
and the material was used to
build three grain barns. The
CFES history sleuths found
these barns and the current
owner, who donated one of the
original planks from the barn
as well as a piece of tin from
the roof.
After the presentation, the fourth graders took all outside
to view the rock marker they dedicated beneath the oak tree where
the Watkinsville Rosenwald School once stood.
Colham Ferry Elementary School, the current school, is
one of 500 schools in Georgia that were built for African Americans
in the 1950s-1960s as part of Georgia’s massive resistance to school
integration. After the U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1954 (Brown
vs. Board) these schools were built with public funds to demonstrate
that Georgia could administer two “separate but equal” school
systems for black and white students.
After the
Rosenwald School
was dismantled, it was
replaced by the E.D.
Stroud School in 1956.
Over the years, as
school population
increased, gradually
racial demographics of
the school changed.
Many additions were
made to the original
E.D. Stroud school,
adding new wings to
the core structure. Yet,
the combined cafeteria
and auditorium with a
stage, and gymnasium
remain from this era.
Following
integration of Oconee
County schools, the
name was changed to
Oconee County Intermediate School, and in 1996 was renamed
Colham Ferry Elementary School.
This summer construction is underway again for yet
another school expansion at CFES. Due to the research of these
fourth graders, the documentation of its African American past is
enriched for future generations.
Colham Ferry’s mascot is the mustang, so the fourth graders
sold decorated horseshoes to raise funds for the marker and
had it engraved. Photo by Jeanne Cyriaque
“We are delighted to have received
one of the original planks from the
barn as well as a piece of tin from
the roof.”
Alumni, former teacher Georgia Browning and Assistant
Principal Chuck Cunningham stand in front of the oak tree
where the students placed the marker.
The gymnasium is one of the
remaining buildings from the E.D.
Stroud era.
A bronze plaque of E.D. Stroud is displayed
outside the media center named in his honor.
The Georgia African American Historic Preservation Network (GAAHPN)
was established in January 1989. It is composed of representatives from
neighborhood organizations and preservation groups. GAAHPN was formed
in response to a growing interest in preserving the cultural and built diversity of Georgia’s
African American heritage. This interest has translated into a number of efforts which
emphasize greater recognition of African American culture and contributions to Georgia’s
history. The GAAHPN Steering Committee plans and implements ways to develop
programs that will foster heritage education, neighborhood revitalization, and support
community and economic development.
The Network is an informal group of over 3,000 people who have an interest in
preservation. Members are briefed on the status of current and planned projects and are
encouraged to offer ideas, comments and suggestions. The meetings provide an
opportunity to share and learn from the preservation experience of others and to receive
technical information through workshops. Members receive a newsletter, Reflections,
produced by the Network. Visit the Historic Preservation Division website at
www.georgiashpo.org. Preservation information and previous issues of Reflections are
available online. Membership in the Network is free and open to all.
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