A couple of people have reached out to me over the past few years suggesting that I photograph the home of Simmie King, in the Flat Creek community. I’m glad I finally made it. It’s a truly wonderful Folk Victorian farmhouse and appears to be in very good condition. I’m reminded again how grateful I am to property owners who recognize the importance of saving these places.
Simmie King (12 November 1880-4 August 1957) was the son of pioneer settlers John Hardy King (2 November 1839-1 February 1912) and Lucy Jane Pounds King (6 July 1844-5 November 1929) of Cecil, Georgia.
Though I don’t have a specific date for the house, it was probably built around the time Simmie and Lucy McMillan King (1 February 1883-27 October 1973) were married. I’m guessing that was between 1900-1903.
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Very Interested in this home. Please contact me. Joy Griffis Byers. 706-580-2378. Had my eye on it for a while!!!!!
Did alma. Henry Connelly live there in 60 s
One of Mr. King’s daughters was married to a Connell.
Yes Alma King married Henry Connell
I grew up going to visit them on Sunday afternoons. Henry was my dad’s stepdad. They were living there into the late 1980s and at least Alma into the 1990s Alma told us that her dad built that house in 1912-13.