Callaway House
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The following information Concerning the history of the Callaway house was submitted by Ethan Geer and Sara Reed Tate, their contribution is greatly appreciated. Callaway Place--- Jessie Callaway, Solider of 1812 and son of Joseph Callaway, Solider of 1776. Lived in this house from 1852 to 1867. The house was built with bricks made on the place, remained in the family until after 1900. It is said to have been built about 1814. Callaway was born in Wilkes county in 1796 was a sergeant in Capt. Jones Co., Col. Booth's Regiment, Ga. militia, 1814-15. He was married 4 times and had 18 children, most of them having living descendants in Ga. Deeding this house to his son John in 1867 he moved 2 miles north, where he died and is buried in a family cemetery. Some notes, This house, if built when marker says, could only be the house of Cherokee chief Jim Fields and if so would be only one of two brick houses in the nation of Cherokee at that time. The other being Chief Vann's in present day Chatsworth Ga. James H. Gordon brother of Rev. Zachariah Gordon, sold the house to Jessie Callaway who's family then sold it to Robert Neal, who then sold it to W.C. Pangle who willed it to John Self his nephew. Being partially destroyed by a tornado in 1980, my father Luther Geer under the direction of John Self, leveled the remaining structure and rebuilt the current house out of salvageable material, using the original exterior doors, brick and wood where possible. I can remember the smell of turpentine that came from the 160 year old rafters as they were cut to fit the one story house. Sadly the house lost much of it's beauty in this transition. Driving direction to the Callaway Home Take I-75 to exit 336, Travel north on Hwy. 41 2 miles, Turn left on Hwy 201 South, Travel 5 miles to the corner of Gordon Springs Rd. House and Historical Marker will be on the right
The house as it stands now, photo courtesy of Ethan Geer.
Photo courtesy of Eddie Douthitt
Text: Jesse Callaway, soldier of 1812, son of Joseph Callaway, soldier of '76, lived in this house from 1852 to 1867. The house, built with bricks made on the place, remained in the family until after 1900. It is said to have been built about 1814. Callaway, born in Wilkes County in 1796, was a Sergeant in Capt Jones Co, Col Booth's Regiment GA Militia 1814-15. He was married 4 times and had 18 children, most of them having living descendants in GA. Deeding this house to his son John in 1867, he moved to another house on his land 2 miles north, where he died in 1875 and is buried in a family cemetery.
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