Built in 1830. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
“The Felton House, also known as Billy Place, is a historic residence in Marshallville, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 25, 1980.”
Wikipedia article Billy Place, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 17 National Register listings published here for Macon County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1830.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Billy Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 454 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MACON-005 |
| 28 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MACON-010 |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 36 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MACON-006 |
| 11 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MACON-005 |
| 8 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021MACON002 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marshallville, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Tornado (EF2) | Marshallville | 2 hurt | The tornado first touched down west of Bryant Hill Road and moved|through a large pecan orchard snapping and uprooting numerous|trees. The tornado moved across Bryant Hill Road and very rapidly reached max intensity as it approached Sleepy Hollow Road. JGX radar data also confirms the presence of very strong velocities in the area near Sleepy Hollow Road as well. The|tornado struck a mobile home community on the west side of Sleepy Hollow Road destroying 4 mobile homes, overturning a home and damaging several others. One of the residents of a home was thrown approximately 40 feet from one of the destroyed homes. In another home, there were 2 injuries as a result of the home being|flipped over and destroyed. The overturned mobile home remained intact, however the anchors which were concreted into the ground were pulled out of the ground and hanging from the frame. Numerous trees nearby the community and across the street were snapped. The combination of the damage to the mobile homes and the scope of the tree damage nearby are consistent with high end EF1 to low end EF2 and the basis of the low end EF2 rating for this storm. The tornado continued east toward Hwy 49 snapping and uprooting trees. Two large silos had their tops ripped off with bricks and debris strewn all around the area near the silos. The tornado crossed Hwy 49 snapping and uprooting trees in a pecan orchard and flipping 3 sections of a center pivot. As|the storm continued east, a weakening trend was noted both on radar and the corresponding damage on the ground with mostly sporadic tree damage across Vegetable Road, County Rd 123 and County road 116. The tornado lifted north of Juice plant road just east of County Road 116. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshallville | $275,000 | A deputy with the Macon County Sheriff's Office reported that from 50 to 75 trees were down and hundreds more tree limbs in and around Marshallville. Dozens of power lines were also down in the area. At least 10 homes sustained damage from downed trees. |
| March 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Marshallville | $45,000 | A National Weather Service survey found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 mph and a maximum path width of 300 yards touched down east of Marshallville along Juice Plant Road. A few trees were snapped along Juice Plant Road as the storm moved east northeast south of the roadway. A few trees were downed along Finch Lane where one tree fell across the corner of a home and several other trees were snapped in the tree line behind the home. The tornado crossed Camp John Hope Road downing several more trees before crossing Big Indian Creek into Southern Peach County. No injuries were reported. [03/03/19: Tornado #12, County #1/2, EF0, Macon, 2019:017]. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshallville | $4,000 | The Macon County Emergency Manager reported several small trees blown down near the intersection of Sleepy Hollow Road and Camellia Road. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshallville | $2,000 | The Macon County 911 Center reported that several trees were down along Georgia Highways 224 and 49 and in the city of Montezuma. One tree was also down in Oglethorpe. |
| December 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshallville | $1,000 | The Macon County 911 center reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Highway 127 and Orchard Road. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshallville | $1,000 | The Macon County Sheriff reported that up to six trees were down along Georgia Highway 49 just north of Marshallville. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshallville | $1,000 | The Marshallville Police Department reported that a few trees were blown down. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marshallville | $200 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down three trees west of town on highway 127. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Marshallville | - | The Emergency Manager reported a portion of Highway 127, east of Marshallville, was inundated with flowing water and impassable. Radar estimates indicate that 6 to 8 inches of rain occurred in the area, with locally higher amounts up to 10 inches, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Marshallville | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Hamilton Felton House | 2.1 miles | 1980 | |
| Lamson-Richardson School | 2.2 miles | 1981 | |
| West Main Street Residential District | 2.5 miles | 1980 | |
| Alma Fruit Farm | 2.7 miles | 1980 | |
| East Main Street Residential District | 2.9 miles | 1980 | |
| Thronateeska | 3.0 miles | 1980 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 80004444 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Macon County | All 17 listed properties in this county. |
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