Jarrell Plantation

Jarrell Plantation is a farm complex in Jones County, Georgia, about 6 miles east of East Juliette and surrounded by the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge. Its buildings run from a farmhouse of about 1847, built by John Jarrell, through structures raised by his son Benjamin Richard Jarrell and his sons up to the World War I era. All are simple wooden buildings made from timber grown, sawn and planed on the farm. A mill complex of gin house, saw mill, engine house and boiler house runs from a single steam engine, and a blacksmith shop, barn, syrup evaporator and implement house hold a large collection of tools and machinery. The nomination describes this as the most complete such collection known in Georgia. The farm operated until about World War II, and the family offered seven acres to the State to be kept near operating condition so that early agrarian methods would not be lost. The 1914-16 family residence is included as part of the property.