CORNER CUPBOARD

This corner cupboard was part of the original furnishings of White Oak Plantation, built c. 1840 for the planter Augustus Dozier (1807-1902). Dozier's grandfather migrated to Georgia from Virginia along the Great Wagon Road in the eighteenth century.  Augustus was born in Columbia County, Georgia, but married and settled in nearby Oglethorpe County.  Primarily a farmer, he was also a surveyor.  By the Civil War Dozier owned 750 acres of land and eighteen slaves, placing him well within Georgia’s upper middling class.  

The corner cupboard remained at White Oak until the late 1970s.  Recent research by Linda Crowe Chestnut and preservation consultant Maryellen Higgenbotham reveals that the corner cupboard’s faux finish was far from unique at White Oak.  The house’s doors, mantels, and wainscot all retain evidence of original decorative faux finishes.