Old Quaker Road-GHM 017-1-Burke Co
Posted by: Sprinterman
N 32° 56.188 W 081° 43.370
17S E 432426 N 3644475
Ga 24 at the Burke-Screven County line
Waymark Code: WM7WE0
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2009
Views: 4
This highway has been following closely the course of the Old Quaker Road, one of Georgia´s earliest vehicular thoroughfares. It was opened about 1769 to link Savannah, the colonial capital, with a Quaker settlement centering around Wrightsboro in today´s upper McDuffie County.
The Quaker Road was one of the longest and most important routes of the Province of Georgia. At this point the original way bore left for a stretch. It rejoins this road some miles to the north.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 017-1
Date: 1954
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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