Cooper-Conner House, Montgomery County, Georgia

Built for Richard Cooper c.1779,  who served in the Revolutionary War. Cooper died about 1821 and was buried  in Dead River Cemetery.

Built by slave labor, the house is located on Old River Road near Dead River, a short distance from the fork of the Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers. It is considered to be the oldest house in Montgomery County.

Landscape/ photo -  In "History of Montgomery County, Georgia to 1918." by Robert Scott Davis, Jr., Roswell, GA 1992 p.11

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