On NE Broad Street, 0 miles south of Pearl Street, on the right when traveling north.
This was the Courthouse of Campbell County at the time it was merged with Fulton County Jan. 1, 1932. When the County was created by Acts of the Legislature Dec. 20 & 22, 1828, the Site was at Campbellton on the Chattahoochee but it was moved to . . . — — Map (db m32709) HM
On North Central Avenue (U.S. 19), on the right when traveling west.
Chick-fil-A™ Founder S. Truett Cathy opened the Dwarf Grill (later renamed the Dwarf House) at this site on May 23, 1946. After years of trial and error, it is here that Cathy invented what is widely considered the first-ever fried chicken breast . . . — — Map (db m205344) HM
On Woolman Place, 0.1 miles south of South Outer Loop Road, on the right when traveling south.
Delta Air Lines began in 1924 as a crop dusting company, based first in Macon, Georgia, and then Monroe, Louisiana. C.E. Woolman led a group of investors in buying the company in 1928 and renamed it Delta Air Service. Passenger service began between . . . — — Map (db m108974) HM
On North Fulton Avenue at King Arnold Street, on the left when traveling north on North Fulton Avenue.
Hapeville is situated on the Central Railroad of Georgia, eight miles from Atlanta, upon a water-shed extending from Atlanta to Macon. When chartered on September 16, 1891, Hapeville was considered the most attractive suburban town around Atlanta . . . — — Map (db m10906) HM
On South Central Avenue at Dogwood Drive, on the left when traveling west on South Central Avenue.
With the involvement of Hapeville’s first Mayor, Samuel Hape, the oldest standing church structure in the City of Hapeville, situated at Georgia Avenue and Chestnut Street, was consecrated in November 1895. From 1895 until 1906 the building . . . — — Map (db m57833) HM
On Medlock Bridge Road (Georgia Route 141) at Vista Bluff Drive, on the right when traveling south on Medlock Bridge Road.
Near here began the survey for the State R.R. (W&A), by Chief Engr. Stephen H. Long and Asst. Engr. Abbott H. Brisbane. Trial lines were run to the Etowah River, 38 mi, N, to determine if a Chattahoochee River crossing here would conform to levels . . . — — Map (db m21573) HM
On Birmingham Road, 0.2 miles west of Freemanville Road, on the right when traveling west.
In November 1837 fen original members chartered the Articles of Boiling Springs Primitive Baptist Church, the first church of its denomination in North Georgia. The original church was a log structure. The first pastor was John Wayne. Solomon Peek . . . — — Map (db m118170) HM
On Broadwell Road at Mayfield Road on Broadwell Road.
Circa 1902 Local cotton farmer, John Broadwell built this structure with brick manufactured nearby. John's half-brother, Newport H. Broadwell, Jr., operated the original dry goods store. Later the building served many uses: lodging for travelers, a . . . — — Map (db m118150) HM
On Redd Road, 0.1 miles east of Brittle Road, on the right when traveling east.
Circa 1890. This iconic barn was owned by Joe and Patsy Dinsmore who raised cotton, corn, and vegetables on 150 acres during the first half of the last century. Patsy maintained a telephone exchange in their nearby house to supplement their income. . . . — — Map (db m118162) HM
On Birmingham Road east of Freemanville Road, on the right when traveling east.
This structure served the Birmingham community as one of seven militia district courthouses in Milton County. Rolls were maintained of eligible males between the ages of 15 and 50 who could be called up in times of emergency. The Courthouse also . . . — — Map (db m118169) HM
On Bethany Way, 0.2 miles east of Cooper Sandy Cove, on the right when traveling east.
Charles B. Hagood, an entrepreneur in Milton County, built the Hagood Store at the turn of the 20th Century. This brick structure housed a millinery, run by Bunche Devore, and a post office from 1902-1905, where Hagood served as the Postmaster. This . . . — — Map (db m118165) HM
On Hopewell Road, 0.1 miles Westbrook Road, on the right when traveling west.
Spiritual home to many of the area's first families, Hopewell Baptist was constituted on April 14, 1851, with 15 original members. The church joined the Hightower Baptist Association in June 1851. Members first met in the home of Rhoda Byrd Rogers . . . — — Map (db m118167) HM
On Mayfield Road east of Birmingham Highway (Georgia Route 372), on the right when traveling west.
John B. Broadwell was the great grandson of Jesse Broadwell, an early (1838) settler of the area. Jesse obtained four land lots (160 acres) in Crabapple. John was an agriculturalist who developed prize-winning Broadwell Big Boll cotton (aka . . . — — Map (db m118152) HM
On Arnold Mill Road (Georgia Route 140) 0.2 miles north of Chadwick Farm Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Circa late 1830s, homestead of Brigadier General and State Senator Eli McConnell and his wife Savilla Garrison. This house was one of the first in the original Cherokee County, established in December 1832. Governor Troup authorized McConnell to . . . — — Map (db m118146) HM
On Birmingham Road, 0.3 miles west of Freemanville Road, on the right when traveling west.
Circa 1896. Early in the 20th Century this house was owned by William Henry (Will) Nix (1886-1953) and Clara Maddox Nix. Clara was the daughter of Dr. Cicero Cincinnatus Maddox a prominent Alpharetta physician. In addition to farming, Nix raised . . . — — Map (db m118172) HM
On Freemanville Road, 0.1 miles north of Phillips Circle, on the left when traveling north.
Abner Phillips and wife Nancy Beck came to this area in the early 1830s, eventually acquiring 240 acres. She died in 1837 In 1841, he married Nancy Broadwell. The two unions produced 15 children. Five sons served in the Civil War. Only one survived. . . . — — Map (db m118161) HM
On Providence Road, 0.4 miles east of Birmingham Highway (Georgia Route 372), on the right when traveling east.
The original church building, a log cabin, was constructed by Abner Phillips and Joseph Walker. The first organized service took place on December 20, 1834. At the meeting, Solomon Peek and Peter Kuykendall were elected elders. Drucilla Walker and . . . — — Map (db m118156) HM
On Crabapple Road (Georgia Route 372) west of Birmingham Highway, on the right when traveling west.
The Cantrell and Nallie Reese House was built in 1912 by the Reese family. Cantrell was the son of Ervin and Ann Devore Reese. Nallie was the daughter of John Broadwell, a prominent cotton farmer and merchant. These were early settlers in the area. . . . — — Map (db m118147) HM
On Mayfield Road east of Birmingham Highway (Georgia Route 372), on the right when traveling west.
Joel Jackson (J.J.) Rucker (1880-1960) founded the Rucker Cotton Seed Company and subsequently built a cotton gin at this location, circa 1930. Farmers entered the rear of the gin with their wagonloads of cotton, where it was weighed, combed, washed . . . — — Map (db m118151) HM
On Summit Road, 0.3 miles east of Freemanville Road, on the right when traveling east.
Near this location stood the Summit School, one of the earliest public schools in rural Milton County. In 1895, A.S. Cantrell and John Cowart donated one acre each to the Trustees of the Summit School to erect a public school house. In 1908, The . . . — — Map (db m118160) HM
Formerly known as the Old Birmingham Hotel, the building was constructed by Thomas B. Newton, Jr. around 1865. It originally stood next to Hickory Flat Road, but was relocated here in 2007 to preserve it. The building served in numerous capacities . . . — — Map (db m118174) HM
In 1834, Thomas Byrd of Hall County purchased Land Lot 403, consisting of 40 acres, in Cherokee County for $400. Circuit riders often stayed in the two parsons rooms in the house. It also served as a stagecoach stop on the mail route to the gold . . . — — Map (db m118175) HM
On Brittle Road, 0.4 miles north of Bethany Road, on the right when traveling north.
Atlanta physician John Walker (1902-1977) purchased a 500 acre farm here in the 1930s. The barn was built in the late 19th century. Originally, the transverse frame barn, with several cribs, was joined together under one roof, separated by an aisle. . . . — — Map (db m118164) HM
On Freemanville Road at Phillips Circle, on the right when traveling south on Freemanville Road.
This clapboard house was built in 1899 by Willis Cass Tucker, Jr., and his wife Dealphia Jane Wheeler on an original 40-acre land lot from the 1832 lottery of Cherokee Indian lands. It typifies turn of the century Georgia farmhouses. Tucker sold it . . . — — Map (db m118159) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 29) at Fayetteville Road, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
The Army of Tennessee [CS] abandoned Atlanta Sept. 2, 1864, moved to Lovejoy, then to Palmetto, Sept. 19. Most of the Army entrenched 3 miles N. Gen. John B. Hood had headquarters here from Sept. 19 to 29, 1864. Pres. Jefferson Davis visited here . . . — — Map (db m22044) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 29) at Fayetteville Road, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Palmetto was named by a member of the Palmetto Guards, a Regiment from South Carolina enroute to the Mexican War. This was in appreciation of the hospitality shown them by the community while encamped here in January, 1847 — — Map (db m26267) HM
On Ramah Drive, 0.1 miles south of Roosevelt Highway (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling east.
The first Baptist Church established in Campbell County in 1828, it became the mother church for many Western and Fairburn Baptist Association churches. James Rainwater (1795 - 1871) was the first known pastor, serving for 26 years, and is buried in . . . — — Map (db m61617) HM
On Main Street (Georgia Route 29) at Fayetteville Road, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Buried here are Willis P. Menefee and his mother Nancy Collier Menefee (Feb. 6, 1771 – Dec. 2, 1852).
Major Menefee donated his land for businesses, schools, parks and the Palmetto Methodist Church and gave all land necessary for the . . . — — Map (db m60990) HM
On Bethsaida Road, 0 miles west of Bethsaida Drive, on the left when traveling east.
Bethsaida Baptist Church, formed in 1829, was led by itinerant preachers traveling in the area. In April, 1843, John S. Dodd, was called to pastor the church on a permanent basis. He faithfully served the church for 50 years, retiring January 25, . . . — — Map (db m44063) HM
On Bethsaida Road, 0.1 miles west of Bethsaida Drive, on the left when traveling west.
Aug. 1864. Howard’s Army of the Tenn. [US], having abandoned siege operations on the W. side of Atlanta, moved S. in a flanking march to cut the West Point R.R. at & below Shadnor Ch. On the 30th, the army moved E. toward Jonesboro to seize and . . . — — Map (db m44414) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
Manufacturing textiles from raw cotton required many different processes. Each process required the use of specialized machinery.
The Roswell Manufacturing Company purchased local cotton that was hauled to the factory n wagons by area farmers. . . . — — Map (db m228197) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
After the Civil War, the 1839 factory was not rebuilt. According to a letter written by Barrington King to his son Ralph Browne King, it was decided that only the 1854 mill would be reconstructed. The foundation of the newer mill was good and the . . . — — Map (db m228108) HM
On South Atlanta Street (Georgia Route 9) 0.2 miles north of Riverside Road, on the right.
circa 1840, built of handmade brick. Originally home and office of the Lauren Woolen Mill; Near Allenbrook is historic site of Laurel Woolen Mill (burned by Sherman’s Forces); Lovers Rock, popular antebellum picnic spot. — — Map (db m108987) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street when traveling south.
In 1832, the State of Georgia held a lottery to distribute land located north of the Chattahoochee River. This land was formerly part of the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Indians were removed to land west of the Mississippi over the route, which . . . — — Map (db m227728) HM
Near Riverside Road, 0.4 miles east of Roswell Road (Georgia Route 9), on the right when traveling east.
July 3, 16, 1864, McPherson's Army of the Tenn. formed the right of the Federal forces operating south of Kennesaw Mountain.
After Johnston's forces withdrew S. of the Chattahoochee, July 9, Sherman shifted his forces to river crossings N. of . . . — — Map (db m171823) HM
On Marietta Road (Georgia Route 120) at Barrington Drive, on the right when traveling east on Marietta Road.
Barrington King, co-founder of Roswell with his father, Roswell King, for whom the town is named, selected this spot for his home, which is in the Greek Revival style of architecture. Willis Ball, a carpenter from Connecticut, was the builder. After . . . — — Map (db m16647) HM
On Mimosa Boulevard at Pratt Street, on the right when traveling south on Mimosa Boulevard.
Built for D.H. Bradley by noted Atlanta architect Neel Reid, a Roswell resident from 1917-1926. The home exhibits Reid’s sense of scale and proportion. A later occupant was Charles Newton, a teacher at Roswell High School for 28 years and the . . . — — Map (db m109193) HM
On Mimosa Boulevard at Bulloch Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Mimosa Boulevard.
Built in the early 1840's by Major James Stephen Bulloch. His second wife, married in 1832, was Martha Elliott. Their second daughter, Martha (Mittie) Bulloch and Theodore Roosevelt married here in 1853. Their son Theodore Roosevelt was the 25th . . . — — Map (db m55963) HM
On Canton Street at Woodstock Road, on the right on Canton Street.
Home of Charles Jefferson Perry who organized the Citizens Bank of Roswell and developed the north Roswell business district along present-day Canton Street in the late 19th Century. — — Map (db m109118) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
During the Civil War, the Roswell Manufacturing Company produced supplies for the Confederate States of America. The cotton mills were filling orders for muslin, rope, and cotton duck cloth for tents. Further downstream, Ivy Mills, owned by James . . . — — Map (db m228111) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
Henry Merrell, assistant agent for the Roswell Manufacturing Company, kept a journal describing his experiences in the town of Roswell from 1839 through 1845. In 1839, he made the following remark about the foundation of the mill:
Upon my . . . — — Map (db m228110) HM
On Sloan Street, 0.6 miles east of Walnut Street, on the left when traveling east.
This cemetery, the first in Roswell, was burying ground of the village from 1840 to 1860. Among the distinguished dead who rest here are Roswell’s founder, Roswell King; Major James Stephens Bulloch, grandfather of president Theodore Roosevelt and . . . — — Map (db m21712) HM
On Goulding Place, 0.1 miles west of Canton Street, on the left when traveling west.
Francis Robert Goulding, author, clergyman, inventor, lived in this house at the time of his death, August 22, 1881, and is buried in the Roswell Presbyterian Cemetery. The son of Rev. Thomas Goulding, founder and first president of the Presbyterian . . . — — Map (db m10860) HM
On Azalea Drive, 0.1 miles west of Roswell Road (Georgia Route 9), on the right when traveling east.
July 9, 1864. Roswell bridge, having been destroyed by the retreating Confederates, Garrard’s cav. [US] waded the river at Shallow Ford in face of opposition from the south side.
Wilder’s brigade (Miller, commanding) led off ~ its 4 regiments . . . — — Map (db m33557) HM
On Mimosa Boulevard, 0.2 miles north of Marietta Highway (Georgia Route 120), on the left when traveling north.
The Reverend Nathaniel A. Pratt, first minister of the Roswell Presbyterian Church. During the Civil War, Union troops camped here in 1864 while occupying Roswell on their way to Atlanta. — — Map (db m109145) HM
On Hembree Road, 0.1 miles west of Upper Hembree Road, on the left when traveling west.
In the 1830s, Amariah Hembree brought his family here from South Carolina to farm the former Cherokee lands. His son, James, a carpenter, built this house. James’ brother Elihu and his descendants lived on this land for 8 generations. They raised . . . — — Map (db m109380) HM
On Azalea Drive at Club Drive, on the right when traveling west on Azalea Drive.
At this point the noted Hightower (Etowah) Indian Trail crossed today’s Azalea Drive. With connections from Charleston, via Augusta, the old thoroughfare ran through this section to reach the Indian towns of present - day northwest Georgia. The . . . — — Map (db m33436) HM
On Atlanta Street (Georgia Route 9) at Park Square Court, on the right when traveling south on Atlanta Street. Reported permanently removed.
For years called “The Park,” this area was set aside by Roswell’s founders. Present walks duplicate original paths. President Theodore Roosevelt spoke here from a bandstand in 1905. Historic Roswell Square Bicentennial Restoration . . . — — Map (db m112081) HM
On Mimosa Boulevard near Park Square Court, on the right when traveling south.
Greek Revival raised-cottage-style home of Savannah cotton broker Robert Adams Lewis. His wife was Catharine Barrington, as niece of town founder Roswell King. A later resident was noted author Evelyn Hanna, whose 1938 novel Blackberry Winter . . . — — Map (db m109119) HM
Near Riverside Road, 0.5 miles east of Roswell Road, on the right when traveling east.
Lynching in America
Racial terror lynching claimed the lives of thousands of African
Americans and created a legacy of injustice that can still be felt
today. After slavery ended, many white people remained committed
to racial hierarchy . . . — — Map (db m171842) HM
On Azalea Drive, 0.1 miles west of Roswell Road (Georgia Route 9), on the right when traveling east.
Here, in 1824, Jacob R. Brooks established a ferry at Shallow Ford where the old Hightower Trail crossed the Chattahoochee.
July 10, 1864. Dodge’s 16th A.C., after a forced march of 27 mi. from the Sandtown Rd. (near Mableton), via Marietta, . . . — — Map (db m33560) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
The machinery in the turbine housing, the wheel pit, and the tailrace are still visible in front of this panel. These items record the growth and development of the Roswell Manufacturing Company from the 1850s until the last generator was silenced . . . — — Map (db m228277) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
Mills were located along rivers or creeks that were typically shallow with rapids providing swift flowing waterpower to the machinery in the mill. A dam was used to concentrate the flow of water in a reservoir or mill pond.
Construction of a . . . — — Map (db m228278) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
Mill workers were generally poor white tenant farmers who sought to better their condition. They desired the stable employment and steady wages that resulted from working in a mill.
It was not uncommon for entire families, including children, . . . — — Map (db m228199) HM
On Canton Street at Thompson Place, on the right when traveling north on Canton Street.
Two sisters, Miss Sallie Kimball and Mrs. V.L. Williams lived in this house which operated as the first boarding house in Roswell for a period of time. It had six bedrooms, each with a coal burning fireplace. Visiting ministers were welcome to come . . . — — Map (db m109213) HM
On Canton Street, 0.1 miles south of Woodstock Road, on the left when traveling south.
Built by Barrington King for Roswell Manufacturing Company textile mills manager H.W. Proudfoot. The columned portico and porte-cochere were added and the house enlarged in the 1920s by Harrison Broadwell. The house is named for his mother’s family. — — Map (db m109009) HM
On Woodstock Road at Alpharetta Highway (Georgia Route 9), on the right when traveling west on Woodstock Road.
This cemetery is located on the site of the Mt. Carmel Methodist Church which was established in 1836.
The church was a log cabin built on the highest point of these cemetery grounds. It no longer stands. Many early settlers of the Roswell area . . . — — Map (db m109593) HM
On Mill Street, 0.1 miles south of Sloan Street, in the median.
Original mill destroyed by General Sherman’s forces in 1864. Mill rebuilt on present site in 1882. Destroyed by lightning in 1929. Rebuilt and continued operation until July, 1975. — — Map (db m109236) HM
On Pleasant Hill Street at Pleasant Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Pleasant Hill Street.
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church traces its roots to as early as 1836 when Amariah Hembree organized Lebanon Baptist Church in his home near the town of Lebanon, Georgia. Church records show that Burl Hembree, a negro slave, was ordained to preach and . . . — — Map (db m109271) HM
On Old Roswell Place, 0.1 miles north of Old Roswell Road, on the right when traveling north.
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church traces its roots to as early as 1836 in the Lebanon Baptist Church. Sometime after 1847 the Black congregation of that church organized the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church on a site near this cemetery. The church building . . . — — Map (db m109255) HM
On Mimosa Boulevard, 0.1 miles Marietta Highway (Georgia Route 120), on the left when traveling north.
Primrose Cottage was the first permanent residence constructed in Roswell. Built for Eliza King Hand, a daughter of town founder Roswell King, the home features a hand-turned fence executed by an English craftsman. The house was designed by . . . — — Map (db m109142) HM
On Sloan Street at Mill Street, on the right when traveling east on Sloan Street.
Chattahoochee River water power caused Roswell King to establish a town here in 1837. He had a cotton mill in operation by 1839. By 1853 two cotton mills, a woolen mill, flour mill, and tannery were in operation, employing two hundred and fifty . . . — — Map (db m21713) HM
Near Marietta Highway (Georgia Route 120) at South Atlanta Street (Georgia Route 9).
1839 “He was founder of the village which bears his name. 1939
A man of great energy, industry and perseverance; of rigid
Integrity, truth and justice. He early earned and long enjoyed the esteem and confidence of his fellow men.” . . . — — Map (db m111633) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
During the Civil War, the cotton mills produced sheeting, tenting, yarn, and rope for the Confederate War effort. Barrington King invested heavily in Confederate bonds on behalf of the Roswell Manufacturing Company.
On the 5th of July 1864, . . . — — Map (db m228279) HM
On Mimosa Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
In 1839, 15 Presbyterian men and women, 'members of the colony' of Roswell, invited the Rev. Nathaniel A. Pratt, D.D., of Darien, to organize the first Presbyterian church of Roswell. These charter members included the Bulloch, Dunwody, Hand, King, . . . — — Map (db m9174) HM
On Mimosa Boulevard at Bulloch Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Mimosa Boulevard.
The Square was part of town founder Roswell King’s original town plan and is the center of the Roswell Historic District. The District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. President Theodore Roosevelt visited Roswell, his . . . — — Map (db m112003) HM
On North Atlanta Street (Georgia Route 9) at Oak Street, on the right when traveling north on North Atlanta Street.
In this cemetery lie some of Roswell’s leading early citizens, most of whom came here from Georgia’s coastal counties: Francis Robert Goulding (1810-1881), clergyman, inventor, author of The Young Marooners and other juvenile classics; . . . — — Map (db m70425) HM
On Pleasant Hill Street south of Oak Street, on the right when traveling south.
By 1841, the Roswell Presbyterian Church established this cemetery some 300 feet behind their sanctuary. At that time, Atlanta Street did not exist. Its first internment occurred in 1841, and the cemetery has been owned and maintained by the Roswell . . . — — Map (db m227698) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
1839 Mill - The 1839 Mill was a three-story brick structure, measuring 88 feet by 48 feet. It was destroyed by Union soldiers in 1864 and was never rebuilt. All that remains are portions of a rock wall that served as part of the tailrace and . . . — — Map (db m227974) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
Roswell King’s primary objective from the very beginning was to establish a textile industry in the area.
In 1835, Roswell King purchased Land Lot #416 in the 1st District, 2nd Section, the location of the first cotton mill. Site preparations . . . — — Map (db m227978) HM
In 1838, Archibald and Anne Smith left their home in coastal Georgia and, along with five other families, became founding citizens of the tiny community of Roswell, located on what was then the Georgia frontier. In 1845 they constructed their . . . — — Map (db m70057) HM
On Magnolia Street at Mimosa Boulevard, on the right on Magnolia Street.
Site of the home of Roswell King, the founder of Roswell, Georgia. A now-vanished large log dwelling sheltered King, his family, and friends until their own homes could be built in the new village. He died in 1844 before building a permanent home . . . — — Map (db m109192) HM
On Canton Street, 0.1 miles south of Woodstock Road, on the right when traveling north.
Originally constructed by a Cherokee Indian as a one room cottage with a fireplace. It was enlarged and the front entrance turned to face Canton Street in the early 1900s. The house was occupied for many years by Mr. & Mrs. Charles C. Fowler, . . . — — Map (db m109212) HM
On Goulding Place, 0.1 miles west of Canton Street, on the right when traveling west.
Once called Colonial Place this became the home of author, inventor, naturalist, and retired Presbyterian minister Dr. Francis R. Goulding (1810-1881) of Liberty County. In 1842 he built the first practical sewing machine, but never secured a patent . . . — — Map (db m113942) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
Vickery Creek (also known as Big Creek) is a 26.5 mile-long stream in Forsyth and Fulton Counties. It is named after Charlotte Vickery, a Cherokee, who owned extensive property near its headwaters in Forsyth County in the nineteenth century. The . . . — — Map (db m228113) HM
Near Mill Street, 0.3 miles east of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling south.
Now named Big Creek, this waterway was historically known as Vickery Creek. The creek was named for Charlotte Vickery, a Cherokee woman, who owned a farm along the creek’s headwaters in Forsyth County during the 1830s.
For over 140 years, the . . . — — Map (db m227973) HM
On Sloan Street at Mill Street, on the right when traveling east on Sloan Street.
Erected in 1839 for workers in the Roswell Cotton Mill, these apartments were the first built in the South and are believed to be the oldest in the United States. They served briefly as a hospital for wounded Federal soldiers in 1864. The Roswell . . . — — Map (db m21730) HM
Near Riverside Road, 0.4 miles east of Roswell Road.
General Winfield Scott put the Cherokee removal into action in 1838. The Cherokee remained in their homes despite continuous warnings and directives to gather at the forts. “Cherokees! The President of the United States has sent me with a . . . — — Map (db m171956) HM
Near Riverside Road, 0.4 miles east of Roswell Road.
In 1838, the majority of the Cherokees, approximately 12,000, were forced onto the “Trail of Tears”. Only about 8,000 made it to the new Cherokee Nation – what is now called Tehlequah, Oklahoma. After being imprisoned for several . . . — — Map (db m171953) HM
Near Riverside Road, 0.4 miles east of Roswell Road.
This monument is a memorial to the Cherokees who were driven from their land and their homes against their will in 1838. Thousands died on the Nunna-da-ul-tsun-yi, commonly translated as “The Trail of Tears”. Roswell honors the Cherokee . . . — — Map (db m171958) HM
On Oak Street, 0.1 miles east of Myrtle Street, on the left when traveling east.
Land for Waller Park was given to fulton County in 1946 by James Isaac Wright in memory of his uncle, J.H. Wright, who had founded and operated (1896-1913) a water-powered pants factory on this site under the name of the Oxbow Falls Manufacturing . . . — — Map (db m113046) HM
On Oak Street, 0.1 miles east of Myrtle Street, on the right when traveling east.
In 1946, James Isaac Wright donated and deeded 16.1 acres of land to Fulton County for a public swimming pool and park. This site was named Waller Park in memory of his uncle, J. H. “Pony “ Waller, founder of Oxbow Falls Manufacturing . . . — — Map (db m113148) HM
On Willeo Road, 0.2 miles west of Coleman Road, on the left when traveling west.
Named after a well known local Native American, Willeo, who lived along present-day Willeo Creek in the early 1800s. According to legend, he may have been an original church member. Willeo Baptist has played an important role in the Christian life . . . — — Map (db m109387) HM
On Zion Circle, 0.1 miles Myrtle Street, on the right when traveling north.
Organized in 1871, by a group of dedicated African-American Christians, on land donated by white members of Lebanon Baptist Church was established at 929 Zion Circle, Roswell, Georgia as a one-story structure that also housed a school.
Zion . . . — — Map (db m108801) HM
On Mount Vernon Highway at Long Island Drive NW, on the right when traveling east on Mount Vernon Highway.
July 17, 1864. Schofield’s 23d A.C. left its river positions near Isom’s ferry on a march designed to gain the N.E. sector of the final approach to Atlanta by Federal forces. Cox’s (3d) div continued to Sandy Springs on this road where a rt. turn . . . — — Map (db m22964) HM
