
early nineteenth-century residences.
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![]() With the removal of Native American tribes from Alabama lands, white settlers poured into the area to make their fortune in cotton. Born in Lincoln County, Georgia, Robert Jemison brought his family and slaves to Talladega County in 1837 and began acquiring property in the rich bottom lands bordering the Choccolocco and Cheaha Creeks. Joined in Alabama by six of his siblings, Jemison achieved great wealth and political infl uence (and Robert Jemison Jr., a descendent of the original Robert Jemison, became instrumental in the development of Birmingham). Th e house eventually was acquired by the Turner family, who established a mill nearby, and it remained in their ownership until the 1960s. Robert Jemison’s Talladega plantation remains significant for its unusual architecture and its exceptionally fine and intact Federal period interiors. Deteriorating due to abandonment and lack of funds, the Jemison-Turner Home offers a tremendous opportunity to restore one of our state’s truly exceptional
early nineteenth-century residences.
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Carolyn Gillette
4/9/2021 02:25:34 pm
looking for address of the house
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