Fishing Ford Road might not have seen so many people on it since Andrew Jackson’s militia passed through on their way to fight the Creek. It was hard to find a place to park in the town of Belfast over the weekend as collectors, history buffs, and the curious converged for the two day estate auction of the Sarah “Kip” Orr estate...
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Fishing Ford Road might not have seen so many people on it since Andrew Jackson’s militia passed through on their way to fight the Creek.
It was hard to find a place to park in the town of Belfast over the weekend as collectors, history buffs, and the curious converged for the two day estate auction of the Sarah “Kip” Orr estate.
Orr, who passed away in May, and her forebears left generations of historical items and documents, some predating the founding of Marshall County, that crossed the block over the weekend.
From 200-year-old land grants when the families settled in the area, a collection of Civil War and World War I memorabilia, Confederate currency, antique furniture, and items from the old Tate Store offered almost too much for bidders to take in.
