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Log cabin to be reassembled at park

Parts of the log cabin home are loaded on a truck bound for storage. - photo by DOUG SMITH

0726home3 — Parts of the log cabin home are loaded on a truck bound for storage. - photo by DOUG SMITH

Joshua Silavent

Updated: Jul 28, 2014, 5:23 AM

Published: Jul 28, 2014, 5:29 AM

The log cabin home of Revolutionary War veteran Col. James Roberts might soon be resurrected to its former glory. The home, dating from at least the 1840s, was carefully dismantled a few years ago, the logs and chimney stones and other parts stored in the trailer of an 18-wheeler. Now, the Hall County Historical Society is hoping to give the home a new life and purpose.

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