Near Flowery Branch in Hall County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Old Federal Road

Photographed by David Seibert, November 21, 2009

1. Old Federal Road Marker

Inscription. The route leading west from this point is the Old Federal Road, an early thoroughfare which linked Georgia and Tennessee across the Cherokee Nation. Rights to open the passage were granted informally by the Indians in 1803 and confirmed by treaty in 1805. Beginning 10 miles to the east, on the former Cherokee boundary, now the Hall-Jackson county line, the road crossed the Chattahoochee 4 miles to the west at Vann's Ferry and bore northwestward.

This highway was the first vehicular and emigrant route of northwest Georgia.

Andrew Jackson passed here in 1818 during the Seminole War.

Erected 2000 by Georgia Department of Natural Resources. (Marker Number 069-3.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Roads & Vehicles • War, US Revolutionary • Wars, US Indian • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #07 Andrew Jackson, and the Georgia Historical Society series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1803.

Location. 34° 11.803′ N, 83° 54.749′ W. Marker is near Flowery Branch, Georgia, in Hall County. It is at the intersection of Atlanta Highway (Georgia Route 13)

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and Radford Road on Atlanta Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Flowery Branch GA 30542, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont

and in Metro Atlanta.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gen. Andrew Jackson (approx. 1.1 miles away); Jackson at Young's Tavern (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Flowery Branch Depot (approx. 1.1 miles away); Historic Redwine (approx. 3.7 miles away); Two Georgia Governors (approx. 7.8 miles away); James Longstreet (approx. 8 miles away); The Historic Piedmont Hotel (approx. 8.3 miles away); Jesse Jewell (approx. 8.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Flowery Branch.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, July 28, 2009

2. Old Federal Road Marker

Photographed by David Seibert, November 21, 2009

3. Old Federal Road Marker

Looking northeast on Atlanta Highway, US 23, toward Oakwood and Gainesville

Photographed by David Seibert, November 21, 2009

4. Old Federal Road Marker

Looking west on the Old Federal Road toward the site of Vann's Ferry, now under the waters of Lake Sidney Lanier (created by the Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River).

Credits. This page was last revised on January 25, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,062 times since then and 51 times this year. Last updated on November 21, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. Photos: 1. submitted on November 21, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. 2. submitted on July 29, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. 3, 4. submitted on November 21, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.