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Ink</a>Chief James Vann built the Chief Vann House in Spring Place in Murray County, Georgia, in 1804.
The Vann House property included a brick house, 800 acres of land, 42 cabins, 6 barns, 5 smokehouses, a grist mill, a blacksmith shop, 8 corn cribs, a trading post, a peach kiln, a still, and 733 peach trees.
The Chief Vann House is called "The Showplace of the Cherokee Nation." It was the first brick home in the Cherokee Nation.
After the death of his father, Joseph Vann inherited the home and went on to become a Cherokee Statesman. He expanded the family wealth in property. After the Georgia Gold Rush Joseph Vann hired a white man to run the plantation. Joseph Vann then settled in the Indian territory in Oklahoma and lived there until his death from a steamboat explosion in 1844.
After the Vann's were finally forced out of the house in March,1835, the house passed through many hands and by the 1950's the roof had come off and the house was in despair. A restoration project was begun in 1951 and completed 12 years later.More people visit the Vann House today.I encourage you to go.On Christmas they have a big party at the Vann House.