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During the Civil War and for several decades that followed, criminals and vigilantes from various places around the United States would don Klan-like outfits and terrorize citizens. In many newspapers, they were commonly referred to as Night Riders. They were named after their preferred time to commit crimes while on horseback. The Night Riders, like the Home Guards, gangs, and Irregular units of the Confederate Army, frequently harried and preyed upon law-abiding citizen

In 1877, a one-story dogtrot-style home was built off of the old Dawsonville-Jasper Road (present-day Cove Road). Over the hill and south of the main east-west thoroughfare, the home sits in a field surrounded by woods. A dogtrot home has an open breezeway built between two sections of the enclosed house. This home was constructed of hewn logs, most likely oak. The dogtrot style of architecture was common in the late 19th Century and in many instances, these homes were u