Found in a file

article about our house written by a dear friend many years ago

[marie-elizabeth]

You live in the oldest house in your town?! That is so cool! My daughter is a historic preservation major — she would love that!

[Diane]

I love old houses! That's neat that you are living in the oldest one in your town. How long have you lived there?

[margonaut]

@wiesnerbeth @eudora Who really knows? The county courthouse burned and there aren't many good records. But we believe that the log cabin (that the house is built around) dates to the 1830s. Which would make it one of the oldest structures around. Not that many things around Atlanta survived the Civil War. We've lived here 34 years.