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The Byrd Brown House is located in the Lamar community. The home was built in 1839. Byrd Brown was the grandson of Jacob Brown, Sr., one of the earliest settlers on the Nolichucky River.

Thanks to Jennifer Moore for this photograph of Washington College Academy, 2021. Founded in 1780, this is the oldest school in Washington County.

Fall Branch Falls–property owners no longer allow access to the seventy-five feet waterfall. The Morgan family had a mill at the top of the falls.

Jackson School off A. A. Deakins Road, near Bethany Church, Gray. The school was closed in 1933 due to declining enrollment.

The Johnson Lodge, No. 274, F. & A.M. was organized in 1858. This building was completed in 1869 and the Lodge is still active.
THEN AND NOW

On the left, the Squibb’s Jubilee Farms around 1945. Corby Ward lived in the house at the time. We found the photo in our files, as exhibits in a case, probably an auto accident. The photo on the right is the same area and the scene is largely unchanged!
The photos above show the Fall Branch Falls, located between US-93 and the Old Horton Highway (also called Baileyton Road) in Fall Branch. The Morgan Mill was built by Gabriel Morgan in the early 1800’s and was in operation for over a hundred years. It was torn down in the 1940’s. The photo on the right shows the falls in 2008.