Circa 1850

We love antiques so much that we moved into one.

Our home in Fayette County, Tennessee. National Register of Historic Places. John Howe Mebane built this house. This was on a piece of roof metal. Yancey Mebane, grandson of Wm. G. Mebane, and great-grandson of JHM. 10/21/04 Bill McKelvy and his Mebane ancestors. 10/21/04 Nathan Blain bought the place after the war for his daughter, Maggie Nuckolls. Nuckolls ladies out by the old cistern. Crib built with logs from Starkey Hare's original cabin. He died in 1850. We had to restore the front porch foundation and column bases. New beam, white oak, 38' long, 14" thick, mortise-and-tenon joined & pegged. The column bases had to be rebuilt. Lead sheets go down first. Ghost imprints on the brick showed us what the original moldings looked like. Looking good! This custom millwork is EXPENSIVE, but worth it. Newly constructed porch and steps The north side of the house, showing the older single-storey rear building wi... Botched-up connector caused all sorts of water problems, and had to be rebuilt. New connector, now set back, with gabled copper roof. Front cantilevered stair Stair detail Parlor entrance Parlor Parlor Front bedroom. Mantles are original. The rear servants' stair connects with the main stairway about halfway up. A dogtrot, as "Southern" as you can get. Dining Room Dining Room Walnut dining room mantle The kitchen has a central fireplace with its original crane. master bedroom Master bedroom mantle There are two family cemeteries in the back yard. John Howe Mebane came from N.C. and built this into a 3,000 acre plantation. Detail of JHB stone Henrietta, wife of John Howe Mebane Captain John Mebane, CSA, was killed outside of Atlanta, GA. W. G. Mebane was captured in the same battle, and spent time as a POW. John and Henrietta's daughter, also named Henrietta. John's cousin, Lemuel, and three of his children died of yellow fever. Lemuel's wife eventually remarried, but was buried with her first husband. Two infants and a teenage sister all died the same year as their father. William G., brother of John Howe Mebane. Eliza was John Howe Mebane's sister. She married Green D. Jordan. Fanny Walker Starkey Hare owned this property before Mebane. His family is also buried here. Elizabeth Gordon, Starkey Hare's aunt, was born in 1766. We found the old African cemetery out in the woods. Some had been slaves. Workshop we built, Joey's truck Cicadas swarmed in May 2003. It sounded like a train running for over a week. July 22, 3003. Hurricane Elvis knocked down at least 150 of our trees.