Dempsey House Heirloom

In he office of the Dempsey House is an heirloom, which perhaps is the oldest of its kind in this county.  It is an old pair of fire tongs, which were made in 1822 by an old colored blacksmith, in the first blacksmith shop built in Butts county.   The tongs have been in Mr. Jester's family ever since they left the anvil, and today are as good a new.

Jackson Argus - Week of March 8, 1895

Submitted by Don Bankston