Garrard & Newton Move on Roswell
![300 ft. W. stood the res. of Wm. Johnston who operated the ferry in the 1850´s, where Johnston´s Fy. Rd. crosses the Chattahoochee River. July 5, 1864. Gen. Kenner Garrard´s cav. div. [US] enroute...](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oNX21yqr3VlqfV78tGc6fUiSTyTK5W4b0gixjXisr-Dh1Ty5o4ysOH_iidd4Kk-ITNOBOmlHQqZMv4Y4BcXujmQYYVZr)
300 ft. W. stood the res. of Wm. Johnston who operated the ferry in the 1850´s, where Johnston´s Fy. Rd. crosses the Chattahoochee River.
July 5, 1864. Gen. Kenner Garrard´s cav. div. [US] enroute from Marietta to Roswell via this rd., camped on Willeo Cr., from which point he sent a regiment S. to burn the Paper Mills on Soap Creek.
July 9. Newton´s 4th A. C. div. [US], moving from Vining´s Station, traversed this road to Roswell to support Garrard´s passage of the river at Shallow Ford -- retracing July 12 & crossing the river at Power´s Ferry, July 13.
033-93 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1963
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.