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My name is Gary Hester. You showed a picture in 1981. I lived in the house in 1981 and 1982. I cleaned out the well so it was usable again.

I swear Dan could read the phone book and I'd still be on the edge of my seat.

Bittersweet to see this beautiful old place. Love hearing the history. Thank you Robert.

The old house looks so sad sitting there. But what a grand place the stories it could tell. Thanks Robert and Dan and owners

Yep , the BEST family homestead !! Wish it still was !

So Loved this old house, and sure hope that someone comes along and Really brings it back and takes care of it, the way Aaron was trying to. Thank you Robert and Dan for the history of this old home..

Awesome!!!! Thank-you Robert, Dan and Arron for the time spent while cherishing & documenting this living history!

I love that place. I hope someone rescues it. Imagine the history it could share. Truly a Harris County treasure. Thanks to you and Dan for sharing the Whatley House history.

Hi Robert. Kind of sad to see this house without Aaron and all his menagerie of animals. Maybe someone will buy it and bring it to life the way he invisioned. On a lighter note I saw where the peacocks had been captured and are now with Aaron at the mountain farm 😊

I hope this home will be preserved & maintained. A home with that much history deserves some tlc.

Dan, you are a living library! I hope you've written down all your knowledge. It would be a shame to lose it forever. Thank you for sharing

So strange not seeing Aaron there

This old house has so much history. It definitely needs to be in the hands of someone who will restore and preserve it. It is a true treasure of the county. Thanks for all the info shared from Dan too.

Robert,thanks for showing this beautiful old house. I.m originally from Washington State. My family were pioneers in what is now know as Issaquah. I remember the old farm house,when I see this house it makes me sad that it was not saved. thanks bunches and thanks to Mr. Dan

This house is so beautiful to see, luv the history back in the day and to learn about it today in this age. Thank u for sharing

It will take a lot of labor and money to get this home in shape, I hope someone does it before it gets too far gone, great potential and should be preserved.

Relaxing and enjoyable to hear southern history told by Mr. Dan.

I have driven by this home a millions times ...I wish I had the money to restore it. Beautiful home thank you for allowing the world to view its beauty , such a joy to see .

Aarons old house just beautiful

Thank you, Robert, for visiting this homey well-built beautifully designed house from history. The thought, care, and preservation of this one structure shows the resilience present throughout the American south-east. Homes were made to last for generations.💕

The Whatley house is a treasure. Your insight and Mr. Dan's history of the cabin makes it easy for me to picture early people in it. Dan's story of the well made me smile. His daddy taught him an excellent lesson. How nice of the family to welcome travelers to drink from the well. I envy you, Robert, for taking a sip and seeing how good it tastes. My husband has family still in the Ozarks, and when we've visited various kin, we were always offered some beverage. My choice was always well water. It is so tasty. Thanks both of you for sharing this wonderful old cabin with us.

Thank you Robert for what you do. I enjoy your videos and stories so much. Dan, your Daddy taught you a valuable lesson that day and you still remember it.

What a beautiful old house and the history was truly amazing.

Thank you for documenting this grand old house & telling it's story! Nice to see you Mr. Dan

Dan is a wealth of knowledge and loving the personal memories shared. This house should be on the registry of historic homes. My family has a home in WV that was built before Civil War so I guess that would've been still VA back then but the house has always been in our family and still is. It has gone thru lots of renovations but it still has the big stone chimneys on each end of the house and I have wonderful memories of spending my summer vacations there.

Hopefully the house will sell quickly. I hope whoever does buy it puts the money into it to finish all of the things Aaron dreamed of doing before Life got in the way. He tried. He really did. Things have a funny way of working out, though. I think he's where he needs to be, helping his Mom and Dad out. Papa Hugh certainly can use a couple of extra hands.

I love this house. Could see me living in it. So cozy and comfortable looking.

This was great Robert 👍. I was hoping Aaron was going to show up to say "hi". He had so many plans for this house. I hope the new owners will restore it and keep the character. Thank you to Dan for the history. I noticed you added "in history " to the channel name 👍

G'day Robert and Dan, thank you for telling the interesting History of this beautiful old home. It was bittersweet though. Sending greetings from Melbourne Australia🇦🇺

How absolutely fascinating, thank you both for this Georgia History Moment.

Lot of history in that old place . I hope they can save it as an historical landmark. certainly would be nice if the family took it over but that is probably wish full thinking . Thanks for showing us around . Keep Safe ❤Keep Well❤

beautiful place Robert and i love to listen to Dan tell the history i could sit on that front porch have some of that cold well water and just listen for hours about your local history

I knew I reconized this home...Aaron's for a time...

My uncle was a Whatley, name was Euell Whatley, lived outside metro Atlanta in the latter years of his life, if anyone knows that name. My husband is a Bacon, one of the founding families of Georgia, came here in the 1600's from England and has quite a knowledge of the old churches and family homes, in and around Riceboro and Savannah, played around them when he was a child (he's turning 70 in a few days) and they're burned in his memory. It's amazing to see these historical places still standing. It's also nice to see people who truly care about them. So few have any affinity for such anymore, sadly. ~Cynthia

Strange to see it empty... really hope a new owner who will be a good steward for this historic house 👍👍👍

Robert and Dan and company, This was a great one, I hope it can be saved. Dan always brings the past to life, including His, in an entertaining and nostalgic way. Thank you'all, Rik Spector

What a great video. Hi Mr Dan, boy did I ever get a good laugh over the lid/top for that jar :) I sure hope someone saves that house, I just totally love it.

Sitting by the fire must have been an amazing experience, Robert!

As I was listening to Dan I kept says that’s Aaron house n sure enough it was. Great video Robert. So happy you did this. I have to agree with Mr. Dan that it is a old southern house the way it is built n styled. So interesting listening to the history. If I was 20ty yrs. younger I’d move to Georgia n buy this beautiful old house n finish restoring it. I do hope someone does come along n will do that. It definitely needs to be saved. ♥️😊👍👍👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🐶

Wonderful when our old architecture survives, thanks for the story and the vid

Fascinating history! "Tastes like a bucket!" LOL!!🤣

Loved the tour of the house. God bless Aaron. Hope new owners will restore and preserve this old home.

Very nice of you to showcase 'Aaron's house. Great to know more history about the area.

I'm at the point right now where Dan is talking about the wooden shingles on the porch roof. Here in South Jersey, and surrounding areas, wooden roof shingles are Atlantic White Cedar, which is a native tree here, and very plentiful. I think it's rare in Georgia. Atlantic White Cedar wood doesn't rot. So it's the best wood for roof shingles. I believe the wooden roof shingles on Independence Hall in Philadelphia are Atlantic White Cedar from New Jersey. I'm pretty sure. Oh, that kitchen sink in that house reminds me of the kitchen sink in my grandfather's farm house. Unfortunately his house was torn down, way back around 1989 or so, because when it got sold, the buyers were only interested in the land. That house is really cool! Very interesting tour and history. The oldest house in this county is actually much older than our county, because our county is a result of the original county being split in 1837. The oldest house in our county is from the 1720s. They were never able to pinpoint an exact year. It's a brick house, and it's a State historic site. I went to see it once, several years ago, and got a private tour.

Beautiful old place!!

What a lovely house. It shows the progress in they family's life so clear, hard work and save bit by bit to build it out.

I love how they remodeled that house. With lots of loving care. It would be a neat house to live in.

It's marvellous how these wooden houses survive then again you got huge forests in America wood is what make the early settlers to get a foot hold and farming hi Robert and Dan keep safe Andrew south wales uk 👍 👌 😀 🇬🇧

I ❤️ this! My grandmother lived in a house near Greensboro Alabama when she was a child that was a log cabin that was covered in clapboard like this one. She said they could sit in the windows as the logs were so wide.

So glad you showcased Aaron's house. I loved his old house. I just wish he could have finished what he started.

Loved this video, this is a great piece of local history. I loved it when Aaron lived here and started some restoration. Thank you Robert and Dan, a nice piece work.

Wow what an interesting old house made of log,s ,,and the original flooring ,,,I hope someone will buy it and finish restoring it as it's a beautiful place I always loved historic homes my cousin bought a 200 year old house up in Washington and had it restored and they are living in to this day ,,

What an awesome video! I could listen to Mr. Dan all day long.😀

Wonderful story, beautiful home, what history!

Such a Beauitful Cabin. It is nice to see something like this Cabin still in existence today. Now days most Historic places are just tore down for the New. When you talked about how many former acres this place use to have reminds me of my Husband's Grandfather as they use to own over 600 acres. They were big Dairy Farmers, an raised Horses too. Now the little town they live in needed to build a new road to get to the next big town an worked a deal with him and paid him so much money plus put in a huge Culvert so his Animals could get back an forth. I'm told he eventually sold the Acrage accross the Highway but kept the rest to the south. I was told that he was quite the Man to go to. As he was involved in the running of the town an the Politics of it weird but its all true an the Old Orginal house that he build out on all the land is still standing today. Thank you Robert an Dan for sharing this.

What a wonderful story, loved the log style, they don't make houses like that anymore they last forever. The inside is amazing as well thumbs up I enjoy these videos.

Awesome historical place

Great episode Robert....I could listen to Dan talk all day.

Love the old house. I too hope someone restores it. Thank you for taking us along for this piece of history.

Wow I didn't realize how much seeing it empty would bother me. But it brought tears to my eyes.

Mr. Dan and Robert , you guys are an absolute treasure chest of interesting history and knowledge. And I thought this was Aaron's home. Not interested in his personal life, prayers for a blessed outcome. So funny I was watching while Dan was talking next to that amazing hearth, I thought about Mr. Whatley having just finished his cabin, maybe cooking a fresh kill right there, thinking about his new home and his plans......then you said you had sat there by that hearth with a fire going the night before! Robert, could you feel him telling about his old home place? So very cool !

Thank you for producing this video. Maybe it can be used to help market the place for sale or pursue grants for its' restoration. The house has such a lovely feel to it.♡♡♡

Outstanding---- much better made than 85% of the homes now. Incredible

From the outside I thought the house was bigger..but the place is still beautiful

Amazing place just if that house could talk it could tell us a lot of cool stuff about the history of the area

Loved this one. There's a cabin similar to this up in Cave Spring, GA (Floyd County). 2 story and built during the time the Cherokee were in this area. Come visit Rome/Floyd County for lots of history like this.

Love this old house The floors look like the house I lived in when growing up. Also the one old door

I'm so glad people are redoing old houses, my mom and lived in one in Oxford al, I just loved the big rooms and porches, I wish I lived in one now,2-4-2023

If I had the money yes sir I would love to have this. It's amazing and it's so beautiful thank you both God bless you both 🙏❤️

Ripping off the porch siding boards to expose the beautiful logs was a real travesty. THE reason those logs were still in good shape was because they had been covered. Then siding was torn off the end wall also and it was left wide open to the elements.

Wow ! Interesting house ! I was thinking Mr. Dan should start his own channel -- The Georgia Historian. He's just so knowledgeable and easy going. Thanks for sharing !

Well done Robert wow amazing history how cool

Oh i sure hope someone saves this historic house. Thanks for sharing another part of our history in Georgia.

I could listen to Mr Dan all day long .

I absolutely loved this video. Historical homes are my obsession. I swear I heard some male voices when you guys were talking about the fireplace (aside from yours!)

I find this fascinating, my ancestors were early settlers in New Jersey and eastern pennylvania in 1725

Another great video. Thanks for showiing something that has survived the modern takeover of the land

I have been waiting for this video. I remember Aaron showing Robert and Dan being there while he was finishing up the packing and moving. It looks so bare and lonely without the family and critters there. I hope the Homestead survives for many more generations.

Beautiful old home! Love the fireplaces! The only thing that needs attention is that kitchen. Those cabinets should be removed and old cabinets installed. A farm sink also would look much better. Nice tour! ♥️

Thanks for the tour today. See you on the next! 😊

Both Of you guys are Legends ! TY from West Central Georgia!

Nice place! Always enjoy seeing you and Dan exploring history together💚💛💜

I feel Aaron did this house a injustice by taking off the siding and not fixing it back right away One of his many unfinished projects

I'd put a lid on the home so it doesn't go into disrepair. Wonderful inside 😊

Thank you for this adventure, so much history can be found only if you are willing and able to go find it. We live ina little community on Vancouver Island B C Canada, we have a well and I have never tasted water so sweet, it tastes liekit just came from the river

Place looks so peaceful. Sit on the porch with a jar of water . The view is breathtaking

Arr yes Aaron Bests house nice to hear some more of its history

Beautiful place and beautiful logs! I cannot believe that it had never been chinked. Originally they would have filled spaces like that with wood chips and shavings and a "cement" made of earth, clay and silt. If I recall they would have to repeat the chinking every few years. I loved the Foxfire books! LOL

OMG! I’ve been to this house as well! I went there about a year and a half ago and bought a metal brake off the man that was living there at the time, I think he was moving out. I took a picture of the house at the same angle as the beginning of your video. Love the house!

A stellar video History. *The house has great potential, it could easily be a Cover Picture for Country Living Magazine, with some tending, landscaping, and Porch Flower Pots.* Excellent share gentlemen.

Great adventure! Thank you 😊

It's a shame life got into Aaron way. I hope someone protect them open logs before rain and weather gets inside.

Wow

Looks like my house in SC but mine is restored and beautiful.

This is SOOO Beautiful!! My dream home💕🙏🙏

So sad to see this house empty. Hopefully there will be another family soon.

I would love to save it. It is beautiful.

That was awesome. Thank you Robert and Dan for the tour and info about this historic home. Donna Northern Michigan

Thank you I love that house