Default on property taxes maybe? Lot 52 & 53 along with lot 54 are located in the upper part of Habersham along/near the Rabun County border. Lot 19 in the following deed is further North along the border with Rabun and the Stephen Shelton family has a connection with the Habersham County Dover family. Personal thought, this Hezekiah Dover deed reference may be a major piece of a puzzle and there's a retired postmaster in Arkansas who may have the answer in his DNA test that hasn't been ordered yet. 7 October 1837 Habersham County, Georgia ---Patrick S. McGee of neighboring Rabun County sold to Stephen Shelton of Habersham County for $85, 13th District, parto of lot # 19, 125 acres, adjoining Roper Creek and P. Phillips land. Source: Habersham County Deed Book O pp 415 -416. FHL Film #382558 The Soquee River is unique in that it begins and ends within Habersham County. The headwaters rise in the Chattahoochee Forest around Goshen Mountain and gather force from the many little streams and branches that flow down into it as it passes-Oakey Creek, Roper Creek, Goshen Creek, Baker Branch, Long Branch, Shoal Branch, Ben Tatum Branch, Porter Mill Branch, Glade Creek, Deep Creek, and Hazel Creek-to mention a few. By the time the Soquee reaches Clarkesville there is enough water to supply the town. Further downstream at a series of rapids, it once powered an iron mill and later the Habersham Mills. Eventually at the county line, the Soquee gives up her name to the Chattahoochee, and together they flow to help fill Lake Lanier and eventually supply, in a much filtered and recycled form, the drinking water for Atlanta.