I often drive by this historic farmstead when I’m home and it is always well-kept and preserved. The historic farmhouse is one of the oldest in Irwin County and per historic photographs was originally a dogtrot. Derek Veal writes that it was the home of Daniel Thomas Paulk (1864-1924) and Missouri Merritt Paulk (1871-1960). Daniel Thomas Paulk was the great-grandson of Irwin County pioneer Micajah Paulk, Jr., (1772-1847), who came to Irwin County from Jefferson County, via Wilkinson and Coffee Counties. The Paulks eventually became large landowners and slaveholders.
The syrup shed is a nice survivor, as well.
This barn, adorned with old license plates, is one of my favorites.
Thanks to Jerry Youghn for the initial identification.
https://deveil34.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=deveil34&view=50&pid=4869&ver=24221 this was the home of Daniel Thomas Paulk and Missouri Merritt, he was the son of Micajah W. Paulk and Martha Van Whiddon.
Are there any remnants of the slave quarters still standing? My family was born on that plantation.
I honesty don’t know, but like most they are probably long gone, which is sad.
My family slaved on a Paulk Plantation
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I do believe these are pictures of my grandfather’s farm. (J. B. Paulk) My mother will be tickled to see these.
I remember going to the Paulk farm as a little girl many years ago. Daddy said that’s where we were when Pearl Harbor was announced on the radio. But I thought it was near Brunswick, in Glynn County. Did your grandfather have more than one farm? And are you Jimbo Paulk’s daughter….or Dorothy’s?