On Veterans Memorial Boulevard (Georgia Route 9) south of Main Street (Georgia Route 20), on the right when traveling south.
The town of Cumming (incorporated 1834) is named in honor of Col. William Cumming, distinguished Georgian, born July 27, 1788, son of Thomas Cumming and Ann Clay, daughter of Joseph Clay, of Savannah. William Cumming graduated from the College of . . . — — Map (db m33581) HM
On Resthaven Street west of Atlanta Highway (Georgia Route 9), on the left when traveling east.
In 1834, Moses Whitsett was the first person buried on the property which in 1840 became the cemetery for the Baptist Church and the Presbyterian Church. In 1856, the Presbyterian Church disbanded. When the Baptist Church relocated, the cemetery . . . — — Map (db m14382) HM
On School Street west of Pilgrim Mill Road, on the left when traveling east.
Cumming School, erected in 1923 by J. W. Fleming and Jim Hughes to house students in grades 1 through 11, burned in 1927. The same contractors rebuilt the structure.
The school served all grades until 1955, when high school students . . . — — Map (db m55980) HM
On Veterans Memorial Boulevard (Georgia Route 9) south of Main Street (Georgia Route 20), on the right when traveling south.
Forsyth County was created by Act of Dec. 3, 1832 from Cherokee County. It was named for Gov. John Forsyth (1780-1841), a native of Frederick Co., Va., a graduate of Princeton, and gifted Georgia lawyer. He was Attorney-General of Ga., Congressman, . . . — — Map (db m33575) HM
On Veterans Memorial Boulevard (Georgia Route 9) at West Maple Street (Georgia Route 20), on the right when traveling south on Veterans Memorial Boulevard.
Cornerstone removed from Courthouse built in 1905 and destroyed by fire in November, 1973 — — Map (db m172189) HM
On Veterans Memorial Boulevard (Georgia Route 9) at West Maple Street (Georgia Route 20), on the right when traveling south on Veterans Memorial Boulevard.
Honoring all who served and in Memory of those from Forsyth County who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the Defense of our Country — — Map (db m172188) WM
On Atlanta Highway (Georgia Route 9), on the right when traveling east.
The Fowler family property is an early 20th century farm comprised of the main house, a renter house and various agricultural outbuildings associated with cotton and, later, chicken production. The farm serves as a reminder of Forsyth County's rural . . . — — Map (db m55559) HM
On West Maple Street (Georgia Route 20) at Veterans Memorial Boulevard (Georgia Route 9), on the left when traveling east on West Maple Street.
Lynching in America
Thousands of Black people were the victims of racial terror lynchings
in the United States between 1877 and 1950. After the Civil War,
violent resistance to the equal rights for African Americans and an
ideology of . . . — — Map (db m171844) HM
Near Old Poole's Mill Road, 0.2 miles north of Heardsville Circle, on the right when traveling south.
Cherokee Chief George Welch constructed a grist mill here on his extensive homeplace c. 1820. An uncovered bridge was later added. With the 1838 removal of the Cherokees, the land was sold to Jacob Scudder. Dr. M. L. Pool purchased it from Scudder's . . . — — Map (db m14944) HM
