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jacks Oh h/js^s
Buccaneer State Park-Waveland, Miss.
Built about tne time of tne Battle of New Orleans (1815) for General Andrew Jackson by J. J. Johnston, who came from Virginia for the job.	>
Tne structure was located at the noftn	corner	of	the	ppark
site in the trees that face the'Mississippi	Sound.
The	timber was taken from the area, with an adz and	saw used
to shape	the timber. No nails were used, as	wooden	pegs	held the
structure together. Tne flooring was 4x6. Bricks were made on the place* The foundations were put together with tar made from fat pine on the place.
Just as the house was fully completed,	it burned	to ?he ground.
At the time of the fire General Jackso	n was	in	New	Orleans.
He came over to Snieldsboro (Bay St. Louis) and paid Mr. Johnston for his work and ordered him to rebuil d tne house.
Timber for the second house came from a	little	mill	on Bayou
Gallere.	Pegs and square nails were used to	fasten	tne	timbbers
together.
General Jackso n never occupied the nouse, but was occupied for a1time by General Jackson's nephew.
Bibliography:
History of Hancock County, WPA writers.
Along tne Gulf, William ?. Meyers.
Researched by R. J. Caire,
Historian for the City of Waveland, Miss.
January, 1977.