Standing Peach Tree
A Creek Indian village on both sides of the [Chattahoochee] river at moth of Peachtree Creek. Whether it was named for a "Pitch Tree" or a peach tree it occurs, officially, as Standing Peach Tree in Governor John Martin´s letter of May 27, 1782 to general Andrew Pickens of South Carolina. Martin wrote of a rumored foray on the east Georgia settlement planned at Standing Peach Tree.
The ancient trail; Buzzard Roost (mouth of Utoy Creek) to Standing Peach Tree and via Moore´s Mill Road, to Buckhead ~ thence Northeast on Hog Mountain Ridge, was the original Peach Tree Trail.
Later, the Hog Mountain section of it, prolonged south to Atlanta, was designated Peachtree Road.
GHM 060-60 - Georgia Historical Commission - 1955
The ancient trail; Buzzard Roost (mouth of Utoy Creek) to Standing Peach Tree and via Moore´s Mill Road, to Buckhead ~ thence Northeast on Hog Mountain Ridge, was the original Peach Tree Trail.
Later, the Hog Mountain section of it, prolonged south to Atlanta, was designated Peachtree Road.
GHM 060-60 - Georgia Historical Commission - 1955
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: David Seibert.
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