Built in 1885, this adobe home is still standing. The bricks were made by sixteen year old John Furney Morrey, who was taught by a neighbor, the process of making the adobe, a mixture of clay and sand, mixed in a "pug mill." Together with his two younger brothers, Henry and Will, who were twelve and thirteen years of age, he constructed this home for their widowed mother, Polly Lucina Sheffield Tindale Morrey. It would replace the log cabin in which they had lived for twenty years, and the dug-out in which they had lived two years prior to that. Even without the conveniences of indoor plumbing and central heating, she must have thought she was living in a grand style. Polly Lucina lived the remainder of her life, or twenty-three years, in this home.
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This home has remained in our family for five generations. It has been occupied by Polly Lucina, her daughter, Furney Frances Tindale Hatton Robison, a grandson William Charles Hatton, a great-grandson, Lorin O. Hatton, a great-great granddaughter Yvonne Hatton Eustachy and is now owned by a great-great granddaughter, Linda Hatton Boothe. It is known as the "Hatton Heritage House," and is being preserved as a guest house for family members and friends. Donations welcome.
2001