This 1876 plat related to the division of land owned jointly by Thomas J. Echols and Joel Branham, Jr. shows a "church and schoolhouse" in the southeast corner of lot 49. (Floyd County, GA Deed Book W, page 81, Aug. 15, 1876).
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A March 6, 1923 deed from O.P. Willingham to Thomas Berry for part of lots 25, 26, 47, 48 and 49 describes the process by which Willingham came into possession of the land. "On December 15th, 1921, Irvin Spruce made and executed his warranty deed to secure debt, in favor of Mrs. Jennie Arthurs O'Keefe, and by said deed conveyed the land and real estate herinafter described, for the purpose of securing payment of a debt of Two Thousand Dollars ... " On January 30, 1923, O'Keefe conveyed conveyed Spruce's warranty deed to O.P. Willingham. "A certain installment of said debt and interest ... having become due and remaining unpaid," Willingham advertised the property, which was sold to Berry "before the court house door."
On March 29, 1932, Thomas Berry conveyed his property in lots 25, 26, 47, 48, 49, 58, 59, 60, 61, 82, 84, and 87 to the Berry Schools.
When James M. Spullock (or Spurlock) died on 4 December 1883, he was survived by his wife, Elizabeth Amanda Hardin Spullock. These deeds show the disposition of the land known as the Spullock Farm after Elizabeth's death on May 18, 1892. The Spullock's daughter California "Callie" Spullock, a Rome schoolteacher, and son James H. Spullock, a Rome attorney, were executors of their mother's estate. Albert L. Richardson purchased the land on January 9, 1893. On December 12, 1903, Richardson would sell this land to Irwin Spruce. (Floyd County deed book U, page 517-520)
Lot 49 was drawn by John Shermond of Stewart County in the 1832 Georgia land lottery. Lot 48 was drawn by William C. Hill of Muscogee County.
Subsequent owners of part or all of lots 48 and 49 include James M. Spullock, Elizabeth A. Spullock, Randolph Partlow, Joel Branham, Jr., and members of the McEntee family. In 1886 R.B. McArver bought part of lots 48 and 49 from Emma Watson Lankford, who had acquired the land from Elizabeth Spullock and Thomas J. Echols.
McArver sold parts of lots 48 and 49 to Hardy and Mary Shelton's son-in-laws Peter Powell and Irvin Spruce in 1901 and 1902.