Exploring 173 Year Old Cotton Plantation In Georgia (A Step Back In Time)
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- The Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site is a cotton plantation and state park in Juliette, Georgia, United States.
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Pretty amazing place here and a must visit site in Georgia.
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Very amazing. A friend of mine had a farm house a lot like this old place. Unfortunately it burned in 2019 after standing well over 120 years. It was the 2nd home on the farm as first one but never prior to 120 yr old one did. He has a beautiful old corn crib and old out house still standing. But also a beautiful old (prior to the war between the states) barn built by logs. He had wanted to move it but no one is willing to touch it lol. I love the old place.
@@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage Your friend should contact Barnwood Builders. They specialize in barns and cabins. Saving, rebuilding, relocating, restoration and salvage for what can not be sav d as was. Yes, they have a TV show and are for profit. They also return as much as possible to the greater community. I admire their work ethic and skills, old tools, old skills. I don't have that channel anymore 😭. Cutting back ya know 😂. Lastly, yes it is a wild idea 😱 what cha got to gain maybe😉🙏
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I knew you couldn't resist looking at the foundation under the house 😉. And on a more delicate topic: would the 2 seats actually be in use at the same time? 🤔 Nice trip; ty Robert 💕
@Arnold Wilson Just because evil may have been done in a place doesn't make the place evil. Doesn't the place deserve the opportunity to be used for good. A small step towards stamping out evil and shining light towards a possibility of good uses.
This is pretty cool. Gives me an idea how my Dad grew up. He came from a family of 13 children, lived on a cotton farm, and dirt poor. He and his siblings grew up picking cotton, and doing farm chores (milking the cows, etc.), They only attended school 3 months of the year due to having to work on the farm. Those 3 months were basically crash courses of the entire school year. He told me that they lived in a wooden shack home and he shared a bed with his brothers and his sisters shared a bed together in the same bedroom. They had supper on a long table with a long bench on each side. Whatever Grandma put on the table is what you got and you had to be fast to grab what portions you could get or you wouldn't get anything. In spite of all the hardships growing up so poor, they were a tight knit family. Dad told me that when he went into the Navy when he was 17, he felt like that was the best and easiest job he'd ever had because farm life was so tough.
Dianna/Donna: I think we were a lot better off then than now. We appreciate what we have now. We worked hard. But we made it.And got morals and good upbringing from our parents.
Yeah. Dad's parents were born 1880s. He was next to youngest born in 1927. So he was WWII, his Dad, Spanish American and I searched and found out he had a maternal grandfather in Civil War. All lived like this off the land.
@@bethbabson7421 My Dad's Father was born 1888. My Grandmother was his third wife and 20 yrs younger. My father was born in 1938 the 9th child with 4 more after him. Grandpa was too old to serve in WWI but his younger brother did. Back in those days, most families lived off the land. Sometimes I wish it was still like that today in some ways.
Ohhh I no it well been there & lived it OHH I could tell you a lot we didn't have much but we'll all sure had a lot of love in that old house
Thank-You so much for sharing your family history. It warms my heart.
FYI Juliette GA was where part of the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes" was filmed.
Absolutely loved that movie !
And the food is delicious! Also the people in this town are so friendly and fun to talk to.
Also the nursing home scene was filmed at lynnhaven nursing home in gray, ga about 30 mins from Juliette, they have pictures on the wall and signed photos
The Whistle Stop Cafe was whay brought me to the area. After having lunch I googled attractions close by and that's how I found Harrell Plantation.
@Meria Johnfroe It was truly wonderful to read your message. GOD BLESS YOU !
My family never owned a plantation or anything like that but we do sort of have a gem of our own. My 4th great grandfather came to Canada and built a house in 1825, it has been in the family for almost 200 years! My grandfather grew up there with his 6 brothers and sisters and the boys helped farm with their father and the girls helped their mother in the home. I would love to go back in time to see how life was back then
Wow! Nice Story!
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That is awesome! I hope you guys always keep it in the family.
Compared to today's technology...life back then was probably pretty tough.
I was raised in a old plantation house that was built in 1812. There were Graves on the Eastside of the yard . Behind the house were 4 old slave houses. You couldn't go 5 foot with out finding arrowheads now that farm is nothing but houses . I broke down and cried when I went back to Richmond KY seen that. It's sad every thing up yonder getting ruined by houses
"yonder" i love it
I was down there about a month ago. A friend of mine is a grandson of one of the Jarrell's. He told me that when he was a kid he would help his uncle operate the mill as a demonstration after the property was donated to the state
I never would have been able to see this if it were not for you Robert, ... AWESOME ! Looking forward to more....👍🍁
Me too. I'm in New Zealand
I love hearing the roosters...
Me too
“The smell of old”.... I knew exactly what it smells like!!
me too.
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I bet you do know “exactly”.😢😭
@@lovingatlanta I am not THAT old... but have smelled the “old” smell....lol
wow. These people knew how to build a house to last. I love some of the rustic styles more than the fancy new house built later. These buildings have a unique personality. This is a lost art that I'd like to see revived. I'd love to stay in one of the buildings and sit on the porch in a rocking chair listening to the rain, and drinking some apple cider.
U probley already have in another life✝️
The pine trees they sawed up for those houses back then were better tree than the ones grown today,had more sap in them so the wood doesn't rot like today's wood
@@sallymay3643 Me too.
Slaves built that house
You ever wonder if the old house misses the sound of the kids running and playing in it?
There are lots of kids among the tourists who visit. Still plenty of laughter.
Their energy imprint is still there & u r still & quite u can hear the children laughing & playing.🌈✝️
My children have played and laughed around those old houses many times. We live close by and visit at least once a year. We ❤️ Jarrell plantation. They are doing lantern tours now for the Halloween season, but sadly we missed out as they sold out very quickly. 😔
The cotton misses something too
There wasn't alot of joy and playing around on plantations.
Love the site. LOVE the HISTORY.
Great video, Robert!
I'm always amazed when I see houses perched up on very precarious looking piles of rocks. They must have been able to get them pretty level or the houses would have been more broken up and unsteady. It probably works better in the south where the ground doesn't shift due to freezing and thawing.
I was also surprised that the windows were so small in the 1847 house, which means poorer ventilation. But I suppose the glass in the windows cost a pretty penny back then. My 100 year old brick 4-square house in west Texas still has the original wavy glass in all the windows... it's pretty cool!
My great grandmothers house was also on brick pilings and the kitchen was accessed by a long covered porch from the dining room to the kitchen. The fire place was tall enough for a short person to stand in. Great times their at Easter and Christmas when the whole clan gathered.
A "two hole-er"-that's how you get to know your family! I was impressed that it was so quiet-no machinery-only the sound of people and animals-what a different time-thank you!
When my dad built our house we didn't have electric or plumbing until about two years later . We had lanterns and a wood stove and a metal ice box . There was a hand pump on the kitchen sink . A big wash tub served to bathe us kids. We had a potty chair in the house as we were under 3 years old . There was an outhouse for the daytime . It had three holes ! Because you could pick your size and not fall in ! 🤣
Rome Georgia is where my daddy was born in 1934
Thank you for so many wonderful memories!
“The smell of old.” Just one memory: (please forgive me if I already shared it with you. You are a wonderful time traveller!)
My great uncle still lived in the 2nd home my great grandparents had built on their lands, until he and my great aunt died in the 1990’s. My g.aunt still baked all of her breads in the original wood burning stove. In the middle of the home was a huge chimney that shared two fireplaces, one in each room that the wall divided. Whenever I visited, before I ever stepped through the front door, the scent of generations of hickory-wood fires that had settled into the very walls would greet me.
I am very blessed to have known 5 of my great grandparents and to have been able to visit them in their homes. I’m blessed to have known family and places that are part of my being.
Thank you again for bringing us along with you. It’s wonderful that Georgia has preserved this old home place.
Be well
Stay safe on your adventures.
@ J Yi, Now that's a home, what you describe! How blessed you are to have met your great-grandfather's.
@@normalopez3476 Thank you very much, Norma. I’m glad you think so!
Be blessed.
Be well.
Yes, you are blessed to have known them.
YIPPEE NO SNAKES OR SPIDERS I actually grew up close to my Great Uncle's place. It had been a plantation of 6000 acres and freed men, women, children of color. Yes, his Grand Daddy bought slaves, and told them if they worked 1 year and 1 day without causing trouble, they would be freed.And he kept his word.
When the yankees came through, the freed people were still there, with houses they built, and money they earned from their "former Massa" and ran the yankees off. The POC who were freed were allowed to build their houses on a 200 acre piece of land, and their families are still there, only instead of wood houses of 2-3 rooms, they now have brick homes, and the larger homes needed more land which they worked for.
Those homes look better than the origional plantation home. It looked like the 1847 house you showed.
Good story.... where is that former Plantation located?
Where did your Great Uncle live?
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yes, people forget these places are “restored” to better than they ever looked before!!
I visited the Jarrell Plantation with several family members & we had a great time. The guide was very informative & told us he was an extra for the movie, "Fried Green Tomatoes", that was being filmed in Juliette at that time.
i noticed the orange lilies growing wild in front of the plantation house - reminded me of my home state of Maryland. They grow wild along all of the country roads there - every year without fail. They hold fond memories for me - reminds me of my father who was born and raised and died there. He was a farmer by trade turned custodian and he farmed a tennant farm in Cedar Grove. He could taste the soil and tell you what it needed. He was a talented humble farmer and grew the best silver queen corn. Thank you for that memory. He died in 2009
I live in Maryland ; silver queen corn is the best and my orange lilies are blooming today!
I'm from Australia. I was born on and grew up on a sugar cane farm in North Queensland and those houses are very similar to the houses that I lived in until I was about 12 years old. I never thought about it before but those first two homes I lived in were probably built in the 1800's, a far cry from the home I now live in. The door knob brought it all back to me. The door knob and the cracks in the floor and the wooden stove, and the out house, ours only was a single seater, can't imagine using a double seater ha ha ha.😀
the houses look the same because it’s the same racist european colonizers , who went everywhere & set up shop & torment the natives .. DUH
Thanks for the engrossing tour Robert ! I bet when the family moved from the small cabin to the large White House,, they thought they were in Buckingham Palace !
Wow! I grew up picking and hoeing cotton. It was a way of life back then.
This was just wonderful. I enjoyed the scenery and history. Truly amazing Robert, thank you for taking this little lady along.
I cannot imagine cooking on that little stove for a large family that they had. WOW!! The bigger house they built - now that is awesome even though we don't get to see the inside. Thank you for this sidestep stop. ;) (So many freaking ads!!!)
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You're absolutely right most people think of plantations Rich people' in big white mansions. It wasn't but a very few of those. Very few!
So awesome, a way of life not known today, most people want a fast paced life but it's filled with pain and regret.
And so were the people that lived in those shacks!
You are crazy for that statement.
That way of life was been hard and brutal for the dark skinned people that lived in them. Not an easy way of life for them at all.
Imagine having 14people in this house. Another great video. Love from Australia. Love you all stay safe.xx
The skills & courage it took to make home & create a legacy that still stands today. 12 children, what an amazing women, to raise that many with what we would see as such little possessions. How did they smoke the meat without burning it down. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing history with us. I love history like this, Imagineering what life was like. And thank you for all the comments others have made sharing their knowledge. Best wishes Lynne Victoria Australia 🇦🇺🐨🙏🏻💛⭐️💛⭐️💛⭐️💛⭐️💛⭐️
You are right, just because they called it a plantation didn’t mean it looked like Tara from Gone With the Wind. Just a big farm, worked by slaves. If he had 42 slaves he was a well to do planter. Amazing history lesson to see in real life. I love these kind of places!❤️
Thanks... I was wondering why he kept calling them farm hands... call them liked it was Slaves
@@AirForce1Collector Actually, they weren't slaves. God doesn't make those. They were human beings who were held captive and forced to work for free. They weren't "slaves", they were enslaved. Big difference.
@@ElStands ohhh you wanna debate...make your ma proud and and use your college education to soften the harsh truth about what your ancestors did to my ancestors. Ok if it makes you sleep better called them what you want but the present shows me what they thought and regurgitated them as 😳
Farm hands are free and get paid. Rome Ga....is a very strange place for black ppl.....I live Savannah...no thank you
@@AirForce1Collector bullshit not all farms had slaves. My family lived on a tobacco farm as share croppers. Most people in the south didn't have slaves. The big plantations we're mostly owned by rich Yankees
It was very interesting and beautiful exploration. Thank You! - Greatings from Poland
really enjoyed that tour..thanks Robert
I love to see these places! Since I can't get there at the moment this is just interesting to watch and think about the people who were there.
Oh my God this is almost an exact replica of the house MyQ grandparents built in 1946 the year I was born from the handmade chimney and the the two porches and the old outhouse they were in their late 50s when they built this house in 1946. They also had a big cauldron where they cooked up cane syrup to make syrup and brown sugar. THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL STEP BACK IN TIME TO THE MOST TREASURED PART OF MY CHILDHOOD
We live in a house that was built in 1910, which includes an outhouse which had one of those porcelain door knobs! We've kept things like the doors etc in their original conditions!
I love history, and old places and their stories. If only the buildings could talk, what tales they’d have. Thank you for taking me on your adventure, and I’ll look forward to more.
i really love this channel! no drama or hype..just interesting bits of history
Found you through History Traveor. Enjoyed the video and looking forward to future segments.
hi sweet dan sad rob had no ghost box with him lots of ghost was there
Originally from New England , I love the historic buildings used on the estate . The old chimneys are amazing !!! Theres a small abandonded little home near me with two chimneys on each side . My fantasy to buy it & restore it to its original state .
Absolutely beautiful, I can just imagine the families who lived there, how hard they worked but how they must have enjoyed the evenings with the family together, yes Robert please do go back.
Wow! The Gerald’s must have made a lot of money farming! They built a mansion in 1920! Beautiful!
Thank you for this tour! I would love to travel back in time. This is as close as we can get!
Totally agree with Judie pie beautiful and I can just imagine the smell of the old buildings. Such a wonderful smell. Robert thank you for another wonderful video 👍❤
Live in Georgia and I just love old stuff and Houses
Thanks for sharing this video. Good old days, good food good company and time's.👌🙏👌
I loved this so much. To go back in history imagine it with the family living there and the noise from the children. Thank y’all so much again for a great time
Great video, enjoy hearing about your history. Thanks for that. 👍🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴👍🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴👍
As I always say to Brian thank you for my daily History lesson, I learned something new today.
Great job Robert loved it!😀💖👍
I have always loved touring historical places like this, as kids on family vacations we would go to Indian villages and pioneer settlements, so interesting in the history and love the way you thought that back then they would never even imagine people in the 2000s would be touring their home😀
That was really wonderful.I hope to get a chance to see some of the historic places in the meantime I will just be grateful to your channel for sharing.
I love these old homes. Thanks for taking us along.
Thank you for the wonderful tour and history lesson.
Always enjoy your videos. Beautiful plantation site.
I really enjoyed this. Can't wait for the next visit! Thank You!
Such a beautiful and interesting place. Thanks for taking us along.
Thank you for sharing. Missing my travels this year; love your posts. Fascinating.
Really incredible! Thank you for sharing this! I also love how you don't feel the need to constantly chatter. The beauty of what you're filming speaks for itself. Great job!
Thank you for your photographic style. I had time to really SEE everything. Enjoyed it.
Same here I do enjoy watching this video alots, hi Barbara how are you doing?
Very interesting site. It's awesome that their last house is still in use. For some reason that's the type of building I always think of when someone says plantation. Old movies to blame I guess. I love the simpler rustic buildings . The skill these people had with simple tools is amazing. I noticed in the smoke houses large gaping spaces between the logs etc. I always thought smoke houses were pretty tightly sealed to keep the smoke in to smoke the meat. Thank you for the amazing tour. Keep Safe ❤ Keep Well❤
Thank you for a wonderful interesting tour!! I so much enjoyed this.😘👍👍👍
Loved it! I will be planning a vacation there in spring! Thank you 😊 keep those videos come!!!!!
Very beautiful and amazing 🌟 loved all the history that you shared with us all , please be safe out there and God bless you and your family and friends 👍👍
My family visited this site in the 80's. We had a wonderful time. There was lots for the kids to do, and as I recall, all the buildings were open, although the upstairs of each were closed. There was an enormous metal container where grain was kept. A ladder up the side allowed access on the top, but helped keep out vermin. A very smart idea! I also recall a sawmill that was run by a gasoline engine from a truck. The front grill said "R.E.O. Speedwagon." Everyone should visit this site. It's amazing! love your videos. I look forward to each and every one.
Sound nice,
Same here,
How are you
Doing with your
Family Gayle I hope
You’re safe from the virus?
Thanks for the tour, Robert. Was the area closed for renovations the slave quarters? I've toured plantations in Louisiana and the two I saw were cane plantations that had great houses that were quite spectacular. The slave houses were quite dismal in comparison...
Thanks Robert
Loved the old plantation
Definitely a worthwhile stop. Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful 🙌🏼 Thank u for takin me along in ur journeys. Always so fascinating and I really truly admire ur respect for all things, living & non 🙏🏼🌹🌻
Can we all just appreciate all the cool stuff this channel allows us to see!
Another Awesome Adventure thank you so much for taking us along always love your videos
Thanks for this great adventure. Amazing to see the field stones used for the foundations.
WOW! You have out done yourself Robert! What a great video. So much history. Great pictures. All the way to the out house! Amazing story!
Love the history and the farm place is beautiful and peaceful. Thank you for sharing
Just found this channel and have to say....this made my day! I am an avid history nut and thrive on seeing history like this!!! I like how you describe the smell.....the smell of old...I know that smell too...my favorite! Keep up the great work and thank you for your videos!! I would never get to experience these wonderful pieces of history without you...👏👏👍
Thanks so much for the tour. I visited the Jarrell Plantation many years ago. Would love to go back someday.
Thank you so much for taking us along on your adventures, to places most of us would never know about. I thoroughly enjoyed every second.
This video was so great I loved seeing all the old buildings, so interesting to see how we used to love before. Thank you for sharing.
What a fascinating place, all those children in that tiny house, the history is amazing 125 years of one family wow Thank you so much for sharing, loved your video, especially the commentary, just love that accent.
Awesome. Definitely go back for the rest. Thank you!
Thanks Robert that was fantastic. Just love history. Those buildings were awesome. What you call out house in Australia we call a dunny. I so enjoyed that. Thanks so much for taking me along and please stay safe
Great video. Thank you for your help with history. God blessing to you and Cody.
Very nice! I have driven by there several times and thought about visiting. So glad I saw your tour.
Fascinating tour. Thank you so much!
Always amazing how a couple ever had romantic time in those small homes with all those youngns!!! And the original mud room aka breezeway. Love your Adventures. Have a Great Week You Guys! 👋
Very old plantation. Nice to see it still standing and being kept. Great video.
I am all about history and preserving it, and this was awesome. Thank you for sharing..
Thank you so much for the awesome tour of this beautiful plantation! I love the smell of old, old buildings; like to think this smell is a connection to the past! There is something about connecting with the past by smell & sight, not to mention the written history!
Your filming is very nice. A beautiful place. Thank you ❤️
Great tour, very interesting.
I will be looking forward to it very much. Thank you it was a beautiful place to see .
Thanks for the trip!
I enjoyed it very much.
Fascinating! Thank you for filming.
My first thought was where is the family cemetery and was there an area were there were slave quarters? I was wondering if those houses they are renovating was part of the slave quarters turned to tenant farmer quarters?
Thank you so much for the fascinating tour of the Jarrell Plantation. Very interesting.
Thank you Robert for this awesome video and history lesson.
God bless ❤
Very interesting. I love history and looking into how people used to do things the old way. It's all just beautiful!! Thank you for sharing with us.
Love it! So much history and the resources used to live. Keep filming thanks for sharing.
Thanks Robert 👍 theses old homes are fantastic and you are a God send for people who can't travel. BLESS you 🙏🙏🙏💙
Awesome video, thank you for sharing . It makes you think how well we have it now 👏👏👏👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
What a fascinating look into the reality of buildings from the past.
So interesting to see, fantastic!!! 👍
Thank you for showing this it was great
Thank you so much for sharing this, so beautiful