From "Pine Log and Greek Revival - Houses and People of Three Counties in Georgia and Alabama" by William H. Davidson, 1964, pages 138-139:
When the Roper family bought the hill and bluff near the Chattahoochee River on which this house (Cherokee Hill) stands, it was covered with wild Cherokee roses, and they named it Cherokee Hill. Originally a one-story house, built about 1875-1880 by Phillip and Katie Anderson Lanier, it was remodeled by the Ropers in 1915-16 into a two-story house with wide front porch having square, fluted columns.
Cherokee Hill was graded into a park like estate, terraced, grassed and planted with elms, oaks, dogwood and crabapple trees. There was a herb garden, and it is recalled that flowers were everywhere, planted by Mrs. Roper, who was noted for her giant chrysanthemums and dahlias. Steps and walks led down the terraces to Third Avenue.
Mrs. Roper, who was Sarah Margaret Swanson of LaGrange, Georgia before her marriage, was born December 27, 1876, and died January 10, 1957. She was married to Joel Charles Roper, born March 3, 1873, died June 15, 1960. Their daughter, Mrs. Martha Roper Wood, now lives in LaFayette.
Cherokee Hill was furnished with many family antiques, and its living room, nearly 50 feet long by 20 feet wide, stretched across the entire front of the house, served by two fireplaces...
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1880 Jackson County, AL Census:
#H53
Joel C. Roper 51M Farmer Born SC
Mary G. Roper 35F Wife Keeping House Born GA
Clarance W. Roper 12M Son Attending School Born GA
JOEL C. ROPER 8M Son Born GA
Walter G. Roper 4M Son Born GA
Zac Augusta Roper 2F Daughter Born GA
Lular Frances Roper 11/12F Daughter Born AL
Zacharis Gordan 84M Father-in-law Minister of the Gospel B. Born NC
Sarah A. Gordon 73F Step-mother-in-law Born GA
Henry Latham 18M Servant Born GA
George Roper 12M (Black) Servant Born GA
Mandy Williams 30F (Black) Servant Born GA
Anah Stanton 10F (Black) Servant Born GA
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1900 Troup County, (LaGrange-Broad St.) GA Census:
#H226
J. Charlie Roper 28M Merchant Born March 1872 in GA
Margaret Roper 22F Wife Born Dec. 1875 in GA
Martha Roper 4F Daughter Born Feb. 1898 in GA
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1910 Troup County, (LaGrange-Broad St. GA Census:
#H160
Joel C. Roper 36M Proprietor Wholesale Grocery Store Born GA
Margaret S. Roper 34F Wife Born GA
Martha S. Roper 12F Daughter Born GA
Harry Marchman 21M Boarder Traveling Salesman-Segars Born GA
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When the Roper family bought the hill and bluff near the Chattahoochee River on which this house (Cherokee Hill) stands, it was covered with wild Cherokee roses, and they named it Cherokee Hill. Originally a one-story house, built about 1875-1880 by Phillip and Katie Anderson Lanier, it was remodeled by the Ropers in 1915-16 into a two-story house with wide front porch having square, fluted columns.
Cherokee Hill was graded into a park like estate, terraced, grassed and planted with elms, oaks, dogwood and crabapple trees. There was a herb garden, and it is recalled that flowers were everywhere, planted by Mrs. Roper, who was noted for her giant chrysanthemums and dahlias. Steps and walks led down the terraces to Third Avenue.
Mrs. Roper, who was Sarah Margaret Swanson of LaGrange, Georgia before her marriage, was born December 27, 1876, and died January 10, 1957. She was married to Joel Charles Roper, born March 3, 1873, died June 15, 1960. Their daughter, Mrs. Martha Roper Wood, now lives in LaFayette.
Cherokee Hill was furnished with many family antiques, and its living room, nearly 50 feet long by 20 feet wide, stretched across the entire front of the house, served by two fireplaces...
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1880 Jackson County, AL Census:
#H53
Joel C. Roper 51M Farmer Born SC
Mary G. Roper 35F Wife Keeping House Born GA
Clarance W. Roper 12M Son Attending School Born GA
JOEL C. ROPER 8M Son Born GA
Walter G. Roper 4M Son Born GA
Zac Augusta Roper 2F Daughter Born GA
Lular Frances Roper 11/12F Daughter Born AL
Zacharis Gordan 84M Father-in-law Minister of the Gospel B. Born NC
Sarah A. Gordon 73F Step-mother-in-law Born GA
Henry Latham 18M Servant Born GA
George Roper 12M (Black) Servant Born GA
Mandy Williams 30F (Black) Servant Born GA
Anah Stanton 10F (Black) Servant Born GA
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1900 Troup County, (LaGrange-Broad St.) GA Census:
#H226
J. Charlie Roper 28M Merchant Born March 1872 in GA
Margaret Roper 22F Wife Born Dec. 1875 in GA
Martha Roper 4F Daughter Born Feb. 1898 in GA
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1910 Troup County, (LaGrange-Broad St. GA Census:
#H160
Joel C. Roper 36M Proprietor Wholesale Grocery Store Born GA
Margaret S. Roper 34F Wife Born GA
Martha S. Roper 12F Daughter Born GA
Harry Marchman 21M Boarder Traveling Salesman-Segars Born GA
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From "Pine Log and Greek Revival - Houses and People of Three Counties in Georgia and Alabama" by William H. Davidson, 1964, pages 138-139:
When the Roper family bought the hill and bluff near the Chattahoochee River on which this house (Cherokee Hill) stands, it was covered with wild Cherokee roses, and they named it Cherokee Hill. Originally a one-story house, built about 1875-1880 by Phillip and Katie Anderson Lanier, it was remodeled by the Ropers in 1915-16 into a two-story house with wide front porch having square, fluted columns.
Cherokee Hill was graded into a park like estate, terraced, grassed and planted with elms, oaks, dogwood and crabapple trees. There was a herb garden, and it is recalled that flowers were everywhere, planted by Mrs. Roper, who was noted for her giant chrysanthemums and dahlias. Steps and walks led down the terraces to Third Avenue.
Mrs. Roper, who was Sarah Margaret Swanson of LaGrange, Georgia before her marriage, was born December 27, 1876, and died January 10, 1957. She was married to Joel Charles Roper, born March 3, 1873, died June 15, 1960. Their daughter, Mrs. Martha Roper Wood, now lives in LaFayette.
Cherokee Hill was furnished with many family antiques, and its living room, nearly 50 feet long by 20 feet wide, stretched across the entire front of the house, served by two fireplaces...
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1880 Jackson County, AL Census:
#H53
Joel C. Roper 51M Farmer Born SC
Mary G. Roper 35F Wife Keeping House Born GA
Clarance W. Roper 12M Son Attending School Born GA
JOEL C. ROPER 8M Son Born GA
Walter G. Roper 4M Son Born GA
Zac Augusta Roper 2F Daughter Born GA
Lular Frances Roper 11/12F Daughter Born AL
Zacharis Gordan 84M Father-in-law Minister of the Gospel B. Born NC
Sarah A. Gordon 73F Step-mother-in-law Born GA
Henry Latham 18M Servant Born GA
George Roper 12M (Black) Servant Born GA
Mandy Williams 30F (Black) Servant Born GA
Anah Stanton 10F (Black) Servant Born GA
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1900 Troup County, (LaGrange-Broad St.) GA Census:
#H226
J. Charlie Roper 28M Merchant Born March 1872 in GA
Margaret Roper 22F Wife Born Dec. 1875 in GA
Martha Roper 4F Daughter Born Feb. 1898 in GA
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1910 Troup County, (LaGrange-Broad St. GA Census:
#H160
Joel C. Roper 36M Proprietor Wholesale Grocery Store Born GA
Margaret S. Roper 34F Wife Born GA
Martha S. Roper 12F Daughter Born GA
Harry Marchman 21M Boarder Traveling Salesman-Segars Born GA
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When the Roper family bought the hill and bluff near the Chattahoochee River on which this house (Cherokee Hill) stands, it was covered with wild Cherokee roses, and they named it Cherokee Hill. Originally a one-story house, built about 1875-1880 by Phillip and Katie Anderson Lanier, it was remodeled by the Ropers in 1915-16 into a two-story house with wide front porch having square, fluted columns.
Cherokee Hill was graded into a park like estate, terraced, grassed and planted with elms, oaks, dogwood and crabapple trees. There was a herb garden, and it is recalled that flowers were everywhere, planted by Mrs. Roper, who was noted for her giant chrysanthemums and dahlias. Steps and walks led down the terraces to Third Avenue.
Mrs. Roper, who was Sarah Margaret Swanson of LaGrange, Georgia before her marriage, was born December 27, 1876, and died January 10, 1957. She was married to Joel Charles Roper, born March 3, 1873, died June 15, 1960. Their daughter, Mrs. Martha Roper Wood, now lives in LaFayette.
Cherokee Hill was furnished with many family antiques, and its living room, nearly 50 feet long by 20 feet wide, stretched across the entire front of the house, served by two fireplaces...
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1880 Jackson County, AL Census:
#H53
Joel C. Roper 51M Farmer Born SC
Mary G. Roper 35F Wife Keeping House Born GA
Clarance W. Roper 12M Son Attending School Born GA
JOEL C. ROPER 8M Son Born GA
Walter G. Roper 4M Son Born GA
Zac Augusta Roper 2F Daughter Born GA
Lular Frances Roper 11/12F Daughter Born AL
Zacharis Gordan 84M Father-in-law Minister of the Gospel B. Born NC
Sarah A. Gordon 73F Step-mother-in-law Born GA
Henry Latham 18M Servant Born GA
George Roper 12M (Black) Servant Born GA
Mandy Williams 30F (Black) Servant Born GA
Anah Stanton 10F (Black) Servant Born GA
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1900 Troup County, (LaGrange-Broad St.) GA Census:
#H226
J. Charlie Roper 28M Merchant Born March 1872 in GA
Margaret Roper 22F Wife Born Dec. 1875 in GA
Martha Roper 4F Daughter Born Feb. 1898 in GA
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1910 Troup County, (LaGrange-Broad St. GA Census:
#H160
Joel C. Roper 36M Proprietor Wholesale Grocery Store Born GA
Margaret S. Roper 34F Wife Born GA
Martha S. Roper 12F Daughter Born GA
Harry Marchman 21M Boarder Traveling Salesman-Segars Born GA
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