Posted by kyhayman on July 27, 2010 at 13:34:32 from (75.105.0.38):
In Reply to: old farm stead ??? posted by northeast puller 1 on July 27, 2010 at 03:04:12:
I'd say water and geographic location. Around here almost all of the farm houses were on some type of hill. You can tell where the old plantation houses were as they were on the high ground. Elevation denoted status with the share croppers, tenant farmers, and slave quarters in lower and lower respective elevations. My house is a 1970's remodel around an 1850 farm house which was a remodel around an early 1700's cabin. Elevation back then was necessary for defense from Indian attack. Water isnt a consideration as there are few wells in this area fit to drink. Most water was spring or cistern.
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