On U.S. 80 at Balls Ferry Road (Georgia Route 112), on the left when traveling east on U.S. 80.
Traditional Indian village site and burial grounds.
Early white settlement and haven for refugee families in 1812 Indian alarms. — — Map (db m39113) HM
On Jackson Street at Macon Road, on the right when traveling west on Jackson Street.
Station Number 17 on the Central Railroad of Georgia, Gordon was named for. William W. Gordon, first president of the Central Railroad (and grandfather of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA). It was a strategic point . . . — — Map (db m103218) HM
Near Jackson Street just south of Milledgeville Road (Georgia Route 243), on the left when traveling east.
Central of Georgia Railway, laid 1st tracks through Gordon in 1840. 1st passenger train through 1846. Regular stop for Nancy Hanks. May have been the site of a wayside hospital in 1862 operated by women of Gordon. Depot burned in 1864 — . . . — — Map (db m164683) HM
On Macon Road at Jackson Street, on the left when traveling north on Macon Road.
J. Rufus Kelly, 18, was a member of Co. B, 14th Ga. Infantry, Confederate Army. At Jericho Ford, Va. when the 14th had orders to fall back, young Kelly kept advancing, waving his hat and rifle and urging his comrades to come on. When the retreat . . . — — Map (db m41743) HM
On Gordon Highway (Georgia Route 57) 0.2 miles east of Gray Highway (Georgia Route 18), on the right when traveling east.
Ramah Primitive Baptist Church on the South Fork of Commissioner’s Creek was constituted June 10, 1809 by the Brethren Gaylord and McGinty with ten members. Educational, social, and cultural affairs of the community centered around affairs of the . . . — — Map (db m41697) HM
On Macon Road at Jackson Street, on the left when traveling north on Macon Road.
On Nov. 20, 1864, Maj. Gen. H. C. Wayne, Adjutant General of Georgia, found that telegraphic communications with Macon had been cut by the Right Wing of Gen. Sherman’s Army [US], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to the . . . — — Map (db m41747) HM
On Macon Road at Jackson Street, on the left when traveling north on Macon Road.
On Nov. 21, 1864, with the arrival of Smith’s Division, 17th Corps, preceded by the 1st Alabama Cavalry [US] which met with only sporadic resistance, the Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of General Sherman’s army, which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th . . . — — Map (db m41746) HM
On Macon Road at Jackson Street, on the left when traveling north on Macon Road.
In July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman’s army [US] closed in on Atlanta. Finding its fortifications “too strong to assault and too extensive to invest,” he sought to force its fall by sending Maj. Gen George Stoneman, with three cavalry . . . — — Map (db m41745) HM
On West Main Street (Georgia Route 57) at Bacon Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
Graduate Mercer University
Member General Assembly, House and Senate
President Senate
Trustee Georgia School Technology
Author of Elders-Carswell School Law
Champion of Eleemosynary Institutions
Benefactor of Confederate Veterans and . . . — — Map (db m41910) HM
On West Main Street (Georgia Route 57) at Macon Road, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
On the night of Nov. 23, 1864, Hq. 17th Corps [US], Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair, USA, was established at McIntyre (old Station No. 16, CRR), 2 miles NE, after moving forward from Gordon (old No. 17) where the Left Wing of Gen. Sherman’s Army had . . . — — Map (db m41811) HM
On East Main Street (Georgia Route 57) 0 miles east of Bacon Street, on the left.
On Nov. 15th, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA, began his March to the Sea. His army [US] moved in two wings. The Left Wing marched east from Atlanta in two columns, to feint at . . . — — Map (db m41863) HM
On Kenneth W. Birdsong Highway (Georgia Route 57) at Bacon Street (Old U.S. 441), on the right when traveling east on Kenneth W. Birdsong Highway.
This County was created by Acts of the Legislature May 11, 1803 and Dec. 7, 1805. It is named for James Wilkinson, Revolutionary General, and formed from part of the lands acquired from the Creeks by the Treaty of Fort Wilkinson (on the Oconee) at . . . — — Map (db m41869) HM
Near Balls Ferry Road, 0.4 miles east of Georgia Route 57.
An Ancient Ford Four Hundred Yards
Below This Point Was A Crossing Of
The Upper Uchee Indian Trail, Along
Which Marched Early Traders And
Military Expeditions. A Ferry Was Built
And Maintained There By John Ball
Prior To . . . — — Map (db m127230) HM
On Irwinton Road (Georgia Route 57) at Old Balls Ferry Road, on the right when traveling west on Irwinton Road.
On Nov. 24, 1864, the 1st Alabama Cavalry [Union] reached Ball’s Ferry (1/4 mile N) to secure it for the passage of the Left Wing (15th and 17th Corps) of Gen. Sherman’s army [Union], which had left Atlanta on Nov. 15th on its destructive March to . . . — — Map (db m107231) HM
On Court Lord Highway (State Highway 112) 1 mile south of Liberty Church Road, on the right when traveling north.
Near this site is the plantation and grave site of John Hatcher, Georgia patriot, Revolutionary War soldier and statesman. From 1780 to 1800 he served in Candler’s Refugee Regiment of Richmond County, the Georgia Militia, Carr’s Rangers of Burke . . . — — Map (db m13080) HM
On Georgia Route 112, 0 miles north of Pineview Street, on the right when traveling north.
To honor the memory of
Robert Toombs
July 2, 1810 – Dec. 15, 1885
United States Senator
Secretary of State, C.S.A.
Patriot and Statesman
For whom the town of Toombsboro is named — — Map (db m41908) HM
Near Balls Ferry Road, 0.4 miles east of Georgia Route 57.
Ball's Ferry, named for John Ball, a Revolutionary War soldier, operated on the Oconee River from about 1806 until 1939. The quiet ferry crossing became a battleground in November 1864.
Henry C. Wayne, Georgia's Inspector and Adjutant General, . . . — — Map (db m127161) HM
On Irwinton Road (Georgia Route 57) at Main Street (County Route 112) on Irwinton Road.
Toomsboro on November 22nd 1864 the left wing (15th and 17th corps of Major O.O. Howard. USA) of the General Sherman's army which had left Atlanta on November 15th on its destructive march to the sea began moving from Gordon to the Oconee River the . . . — — Map (db m208060) HM
