Old Cross Keys - GHM 044-7 - DeKalb Co. Ga.
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Old Cross Keys GHM 044-7 Johnson Ferry Rd at Ashford-Dunwoody Dr
The marker is located on the east side of where Johnson Ferry Rd and Ashford Dunwoody Dr. briefly join and then split again.
Waymark Code: WM1V0V
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/10/2007
Views: 58
Old Cross Keys
Ante-bellum crossroads settlement & Post Office: James Reeve (1792 – 1852) Post Master & merchant. Prior to 1864 the Post Office was removed to a point between Chamblee & Doraville where, name unchanged, it was known as Cross Keys Post Office.
To distinguish the one from the other, this place was called Old Cross Keys & was thus cited in Federal dispatches, maps & reports of military operations here in 1864.
At this point, a brief contact was made between the marching columns of Dodge’s 16th & Schofield’s 23d A.C. July 18, both enroute to Decatur from Chattahoochee River Crossings.
GHM 044-7
Parking and food are available in the area.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: GHM 044-7
Date: 1954
Sponsor: Not listed
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