Browning's Court House
At or near this crossroads stood the J.P. office of Browning´s Militia District No. 572; cited in reports of Federal military operations July, 1864, as Browning´s Court House.
July 18. Logan´s 15th A.C., enroute from Roswell to Decatur, detoured via Browning´s to support Garrard´s cavalry in its foray on the Georgia Railroad at Stone Mountain.
Lightburn´s (2d) brigade, Smith´s (2d) div., together with Maj. Hotaling´s contingent of Logan´s escort was sent from here to assist Garrard´s horsemen in destroying the railroad at & near Stone Mountain depot. Logan withdrew to Henderson´s Mill to camp that night.
044-14 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
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Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.