Where is this cabin? Sounds Great! ---------- > From: MTomlin615@aol.com > To: NCUNION-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NCUNION-L] Re: Live in Union County > Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 8:27 AM > > > Just wondered if any of you Helms descendants would be interested in knowing > that there is a "Helms Haven" here in Union County. Mr. Helms, also a Laney > descendant, has made two cabins into museums. One cabin came from land owned > by Andrew Jackson, Sr. Some of the Laney family lived there at one time. The > family has done a GREAT job with this. They have one set up as it would have > been > back in the "olden" days, the other with everything imaginable displayed. > This has been one of the most interesting things we have seen since we moved > here from Tennessee in June of '98. The Helms family is very gracious. Mr. > Helms showed us around, telling the history of the buildings, how he and his > family restored them, they > made the feather bed on the old bedstead, some of the clothes displayed were > his > mothers, etc. There was more than could be seen and appreciated in the short > time we had to visit. We could have easily spent the day there. > > Hope this was of some interest to someone, it certainly was to us! >