Spoke with the current owner and He confirmed that he had purchased two adjoining properties, and was told that both used to have old homes on them. He was told that both were owned by a man that also owned hundreds of acres behind the home, planted in peach orchards. He stated that this property was indeed in Brewers District, (please look at the 1880 Federal Census Record) and that it was the only "deeded" properties in the area. He explained that he was told that the larger old home (surely Archibald and Kizziah's) was burned after a family quarrel over the inheritance of land and property. He went on to describe that he was told that bums had been sleeping in the remains of the larger home for some time, and that teens also partied there on weekends. He purchased both properties, however, they were just the land where the homes once stood, and the hundreds of acres behind them had been flooded when the river was dammed up and Lake Jackson formed. He stated that a very large bulldozer had been used to remove one "monster" Oak tree and the larger old home. (see the photo I took in which one Oak tree on the opposite side of Polk road will give you an idea as to the size of the two other trees removed) He stated that before he purchased the properties, that the remains of the old home were pushed back into the forest behind his new built home. Both properties had stone walls and stone steps up to the leveled area where the old home once stood.

1823-1824 listed on tax lists Mecklenburg County, NC had no taxable property
Married 1824 and by 1830 has moved to Newton County, Ga
1830 Newton County census
Archibald Polke--30-39,wife 20-29,her sister 20-29, son 0-5, daughter 0-5

The Bible of Archibald L. Polk was included in Georgia Bible Records (975.8 D2a):
Archibald L. Polk, b.5/2/1799; md 11/9/1824 to Kizziah Morgan, b. 8/19/1806.
CHILDREN:
Elizabeth Malinda Polk, b.3/4/1826.
Charley Ellison Polk b. 9/13/1828.
John Edmuns Polk, b.12/19/1830.
Jemima Catherine Polk, b.12/27/1832.
Leah Ellender Polk, b. 9/30/1834.
Sarah Ann Polk, b. 4/30/1839.
Georgia Ann Elizur Manerva Polk, b.12/13/1842.
James Knox Polk, 9/3/1845.
Frances Jane Polk, b. 12/11/1848.
Berry Franklin Polk, b. 3/20/1850.
Joshua Alexander Polk, b.2/24/1852.

1832 Cherokee County Land Lottery, Ga
10th district, 1st section, lot 145 to Archibald Polk, Hargrove's, Newton County
23rd district, 2nd section, lot 61 to Archibald Polk, Hargrove's, Newton County
both granted Jan 1, 1838

Land deeds
Archibald Polk from Thurmond Walthall part of 9th district lot #77, Aug 24, 1836, Book C-page 91
Archibald Polk from Badbury Teal $200, 19th district, 80 A, part of lot 86, Jan 7, 1838--Book C, page 251
Archibald Polk from John S. Weaver of Newton County, $450 - 9th district--Book E-page 128
#80 originally Henry now Jasper County Feb 13, 1854
Archible L. Polk of Jasper County gives lot 80, 202-1/2 acres to son Joshua, Sept 28, 1875 Book G--page 297
Archibald L.Polk deeds land in Newton County to son Berry F. Polk 1875, Book T-page 443
Archibald L. Polk deeds land in Newton County to daughters Leah Ellender and Georgia AME Polk, 1882, Book U, page 225

1830 Newton County Census record-page 45
Archabald L. Polk-30-39, son 0-4, wife 20-29, sister 20-29, daughter 0-4 --------------
1840 Jasper County, Ga Census record -page 79
Archible L. Polk 40-49, son 10-14, son 5-9, son 0-4, wife 30-39, sister 30-39, daughter 10-14, 2 daughters 5-9, dau 0-4
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1850 Jasper County census District 46, family #340 Archibald L. Polk-50-real estate value 1500-born NC -owes 3 slaves 2 black females aged 13-14, 1 male 13 in age Kizziah-40-born NC Charles-22-farmer, Elizabeth-23, John-19, Catherine-17, Ellenor-15, Thomas-13, Sarah-11, Eliza-9, James K-6, Francis-2, Franklin-9/12 Sarah Morgan-84-NC, Jemima Morgan -44--NC (Kizziah's mother and sister) --------------
1860 Jasper County census record Monticello, page 249, family #107 Archibald L. Polk-61-farmer-real estate $2460,personal $5600-born NC Kizziah-53-wife-born NC-cannot read or write Mary E-25-domestic worker, Thomas W.O.-23-farmer, Sarah A-21, Elizar A-17, James K-12, Francis J-11, Berry F-10, Joshua A-7, Jemima Morgan-55-farming-born NC
Archibald has 8 slaves page 6 -20 year old black male & female, two 18 yr old black females, 12 year old black male, 2 year old black male, 1 year old black male, and 1 male 10/12 of age --------------
1870 Jasper County Census record-western district Monticello, page 231, family #1869 A.L. Polk-78-farmer-real estate $1700, personal $1000-born NC Kizziah-64-keeps house, born NC Leah E-30-at home, Georgia A-26, Berry F-20-works on farm, Francis J-24, Joshua A-17 Jemima Morgan-66-NC (sister-in-law) --------------
1880 Newton County census record Brewer's 464 district,written page 22, printed page 49B, family #83
Archibald L. Polk-81-head-at home, blind, born NC, parents born NC Kizziah-73-wife, at home, born NC, parents born NC Jemima Morgan-75-sister-in-law at home, born NC Leah Ellender Polk-38-single, Georgiana M.-28-single
Living next door to youngest son Joshua A. Polk ---------------
Newton Cty, deed book U, page 225--A.L. Polk sells land to L.E. Polk & G.A.M.E.Polk 1882

Birth and marriage records from Archibald Polk family bible records owned by Ms.M.C. Johnson and printed in Georgia Bible records book.
Owned property on old Alex Polk Road in Brewer's DIstrict at tip of Newton County, Ga. There were 2 deeded, elevated and stone walled properties that had orchards and land that stretched out behind 2 homes which was of hundreds of acres. There was a dispute per family records that the old larger Polk home was sold to non-family instead of being an inheritance, and this old home mysteriously burned shortly afterwards. His youngest son Joshua A. Polk stated that the remains of the old home were pushed off of it's location into the woods behind where he had constructed his new home.
Many graves of the family are missing as they were in a small graveyard called Polk Cemetery where became a victim of progress shortly after the Lloyd Shoals Dam was built in 1910 and Archibald Polk's hugh plantation extending down into Jasper County was flooded. Now land and graves were turned into Jackson Lake