On Georgia Route 41 at Churchill Road (County Route 123), on the left when traveling north on State Route 41.
This name was given to the large settlement here because of its many churches. Shiloh Baptist, still active, was constituted in 1835. Smyrna Presbyterian, constituted July 28, 1838, was active until 1925. Church Hill Methodist was here from 1838 . . . — — Map (db m56637) HM
On Georgia Route 41 0 miles north of Fort Perry Road (County Route 49), on the right when traveling north.
One half mile due east lies the site of Fort Perry, along the Old Federal Road. A stockade fort, defended by block houses, this post was ordered erected by General John Floyd, of Camden county, as he led a body of 400 Georgia Militiamen through this . . . — — Map (db m27255) HM
On Broad Street (Georgia Route 41) 0 miles south of 4th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Built in 1850 of locally made brick, this is one of two courthouses standing in Marion County. The other built in 1848 is at Tazewell. The first courthouse was at Horry. When the county seat was moved here the town was called Pea Ridge. Wishing a . . . — — Map (db m27234) HM
On Georgia Route 41 0 miles north of Fort Perry Road (County Route 49), on the left when traveling north.
The road crossing east and west here is the Old Federal Road, western Georgia’s first vehicular thoroughfare. Beginning at Fort Hawkins (now Macon) it led across the Creek Indian Country to the Alabama River above Mobile. Permission to open the . . . — — Map (db m27257) HM
On Dr. Deryl Hart Road (Georgia Route 137) at Ronnie Road (Georgia Route 240), on the left when traveling east on Dr. Deryl Hart Road.
This courthouse built in 1848 at a cost of $1,637 replaced one built in 1839 and was burned in 1845. The courthouse now in use was built at Buena Vista, then Pea Ridge, in 1850 when the county seat was moved. The first courthouse in Marion County . . . — — Map (db m38187) HM
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