By 1930 the mill was left abandoned and sold to the federal government where it became part of the Oconee National Forest.Įcologist state that it takes 1000 years to build an inch of topsoil in the forest. Poor farming practices brought alternating floods and droughts eventually destroying the economy and beauty of the area. After being outgunned and outmanned they were killed off and driven away. The Cherokee didn’t like their ancestral land being given away to the white man so they raged war. The newly founded American government decided to award the rich land and its abundant resources to veterans of the American Revolution. After wiping out their food supplies and most of the tribe through spreading smallpox and a myriad of other foreign diseases, soldiers of that war desecrated the land. In the 1700s The revolutionary war brought doom to the doorstep of these indigenous people. For at least 10,000 years, the Cherokee and their ancestors occupied the forest of Scull Scholes peacefully hunting and fishing the Oconee River. Scull Sholes Ghost Town is drenched with the blood of war, the sweat of slavery, as well as the tears of eradication and abandonment. Scull Shoals Ghost Townģ3.73365, -83.29006 Photo Credit: Dawson. The Horton house is listed on the national register of historic places and is one of the many famous landmarks known for hauntings and ghost activity, where folks check in but don’t check ou 3. Once rebuilt, generations of prominent families such as the Vanderbilts and Pulitzers visited and enjoyed Jekyll Island. Although alcohol was frowned upon by the colony at the time, Horton’s brewery took off when it became evident that his finely crafted beer was deemed safer for them to drink than the water on Jekyll island.Īttacking coastal ships of the Spanish burned the Horton house, barns, brewery, and other buildings down in 1742 leaving only the smoking, smoldering tabby walls behind. Over 10 acres were dedicated to the house and the first legal brewery on the island. It was a gift granted by the trustees of the colony of Georgia for his outstanding military loyalty. This tabby constructed on Jekyll island was built in the 1700s for William Horton. It remains a fascinating physical reminder hundreds of years later after all other structures of that time have disintegrated into dust. Like almost all buildings of the early 1800s, the sugar mill fell into disrepair but somehow withstood over 200 years of neglect. With a more than ample slave labor force, Mcintosh’s hefty fortune grew at the expense of at least two different races, native indigenous people and African slaves. McIntosh owned not one but two plantations of slaves to accomplish this extremely lucrative endeavor of large-scale sugar production. A place where sugar would be grown, picked, masticated, steamed, extrapolated, and dried to crystals all under one roof. It became the first multi-level oxen-powered “sugar works” in the state. The McIntosh sugar mill was created by John McIntosh’s labor force of two slave plantations in the 1820s. Of all the abandoned places in Georgia, the McIntosh Sugarmill Ruins is a combination of beautiful, fascinating, and disturbing all at the same time. McIntosh Sugarmill Ruinsģ9.2966, -76.6038 Photo Credit: Abroad – Below are 21 favorite abandoned locations across the state.Ībandoned Places In Georgia 1. On the hunt for abandoned places in Georgia? Look no further.
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