The William Harris Homestead Plantation, consisting of 500 acres, was formed from the 1820 Land Lottery of Georgia. The log house and smokehouse were built about 1822-1825 by William Carr, who lived here with his family from 1822 until 1836. In 1836 the property was bought by John D. Harris and Willis Kilgore, son and son-in-law respectively of Milly Harris, widow of John Harris, a Revolutionary War veteran. Milly lived here with her son, William, and his wife, Harriet Amanda Davenport, and their family until her death in 1858. William and Harriet raised 11 children in this house. The construction of the log house followed the pattern of early Virginia plain-type architecture. Its foundation, constructed of local fieldstone and handmade bricks, provided cellar space beneath the elevated floor. The main and upper floors were built of oak timbers, sawn from locally felled trees and notched to fit together. Almost 200 years old, the house remains one of the few early plantations in Georgia sufficiently intact to depict the culture and lives of the early inhabitants of Walton County.