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with his wife Lucy Miller Wood. The plantation, according to the family records, was given to Mrs. Wood by her father, John Miller.

At least a part of the house was standing at that time, although it was likely only the two-story log structure which made up the back left side of the present-day home.

The property got its name from the huge oak trees on the crest of the hill, the largest of which was 23 feet in circumference and estimated to be about 400 years old. Mrs. Johnson said her husband recalled it had been featured in National Geographic magazine some years ago as an oak tree with possibly the greatest spread of branches known any

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