South of Savannah 10 miles are the ruins of the Noble Jones' estate called Wormsloe. The fortified residence was built with "tabby." It's a material that is made of local shells, lime, and sand. The water mix is poured -- well, it WAS poured -- to build walls.
There is an interesting story of the carpenter and physician Noble Jones who was fired as an incompetent supervisor of the Savannah property the British development company sent him to America to survey and organize. He was in support of Britain. But his son got himself elected to leadership, including joining the Second Continental Congress. He was thereby an important contributor to the development of our independent Colonies.
This house, Wormsloe, was built as a fort -- but just for one family and it's slaves.
The modest house, by our current standards, was dressed up by a half-mile long drive approaching from the north that was lined with live oak.
At first settlement, slaves were not legal; neither was rum. But the Savannah area grew rapidly when slaves and rum were made legal.
On the south, the Isle of Hope River was used for transportation, but was mostly a marsh.
Today, we got to make our visit in the sun. That meant a lot to us 'cause we have had rain and gray skies for the last 5 cold days.
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