Schley County GaArchives News.....OLD HOME ONCE COURT HOUSE OF MACON COUNTY December 31, 1937
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The Ellaville Sun December 31, 1937
OLD HOME ONCE COURT HOUSE OF MACON COUNTY
Moved By Slave Labor; Coach Line Stop

The two-story ante-bellum home situated on the farm owned by D.C. Mott, 
Oglethorpe highway only yards away from the Macon County line, is said to be a 
century old and has an intriguing history.

The structure was erected at Lanier, first county seat of Macon county soon 
after the county was formed in 1837.  When the seat of government was moved to 
Oglethorpe in 1854, the building was purchased by Joseph Mott and moved to its 
present site with slave labor, employing ox-carts.

For many years after the move, the home was overnight stop for the stagecoach 
line on route to points in south Georgia and Tallahassee, Fla.

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