John Pearson House, Circa 1847

6 Responses to John Pearson House, Circa 1847

1. Kent Pearson

   April 7, 2013 at 6:55 PM

   I am a descendant of John Pearson, looking for more history/information regarding this house which is within walking distance from my Grandparents old farm house. Did John Pearson build it? I should know, but all my direct relatives who would know are gone. I remember, as a boy of 5, being a little afraid of the Todd sisters because they seemed so old to me and they peered from behind old lace curtains. There was also a man living there, I believe his name MIGHT have been Stripling? If anyone knows more about these people or this house, please contact me.
   Kent Pearson

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   • Kent Pearson

     April 7, 2013 at 7:01 PM

     oops, my error . . . I see now, where it says it was built by the Todds. So why is this called the John Pearson house?

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2. Bobby Akins

   February 17, 2013 at 7:29 PM

   Brian, when I worked for my Daddy, Willie James Akins, Sr., at W. J. Akins 0and Son’s we cut the right-of-way for power lines for Altamaha EMC. He worked here on many occasions, we called it “The Todd Sister’s”, who lived there during the time I visited it. It was, and probably still is a meeting place for crews to get together to do a job. My Daddy would always ask them if we could park our equipment there when we were in the area. He would cut any limbs or underbrush that they needed and they were very kind to my family and our crew. We would eat dinner near the bridge down the dirt road to the left. They told us that would be the coolest place, but to please not bother their gators, which they fed every day. My Daddy told them how much I like old homes and history and they asked if I’d like to see the inside. I had been on the outside many times and I jumped at the chance to go inside. There was a hall down the center of the house, with two sets of stairs, one to the front of the house and the other to the kitchen, and servant’s quarters in the rear. The kitchen had the well inside the room; in the corner was this well with a wooden cover that was used as a work area when on. In the bedroom on the bottom floor the ladies showed me a stake that had been driven into the exposed beam. They explained that their Grandmother was an invalid and a peace of leather was tied to the stake and that is how she pulled herself up in the bed. They said no one had been able to pull it out no matter how hard they tried. It was a real working house not just pretty and to look at. They were very quiet and shy ladies, it was not easy to gain their trust, kind of curious, as we say in the South, but when they had time to get to know you, you could not find two better people in the world. They were very kind to me and my family for many years, I am glad I had the chance to get to know them, they reminded me of the Baldwin Sisters on the TV show “The Walton’s”.
   So Brian, I just thought I’d tell you this, hope you don’t mind, just stupid things I remember. They were great ladies.
   An admirer of your work,
   Bobby Thomas Akins

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3. Bobby Akins

   February 17, 2013 at 7:25 PM

   at. They were very quiet and shy ladies, it was not easy to gain their trust, kind of curious, as we say in the South, but when they had time to get to know you, you could not find two better people in the world. They were very kind to me and my family for many years, I am glad I had the chance to get to know them, they reminded me of the Baldwin Sisters on the TV show “The Walton’s”.
   So Brian, I just thought I’d tell you this, hope you don’t mind, just stupid things I remember. They were great ladies.
   An admirer of your work,
   Bobby Thomas Akins

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4. Watson Brown

   February 17, 2013 at 9:37 AM

   Great house, Brian! And what tiny windows upstairs for a Deep South house. Love this photo!

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5. Trish @TheOldPostRoad

   February 16, 2013 at 11:55 AM

   Beautiful old house. I don’t think I have been through Altamaha, before. By the way – the cute little church in Ware County – the Georgia Trust for Preservation replied to my email and sent an application to possibly place it within their “trust.” They wanted to know the history of the congregation, etc. Do you know any more about it? I will forward the form, but I can fill it out if you think that little church is worth preserving.

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