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
