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Old Quaker Road

Old Quaker Road is a Georgia historical marker in Burke County, dedicated 1954.

Located on Ga. 24 just north of Screven County line in Sardis.

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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.

This marker is not in place due to damage or maintenance Note from the marker program.

Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

Carte de la Nouvelle Georgie, 1764, covering the location of Old Quaker Road, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
Carte de la Nouvelle Georgie, 1764, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.
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What that marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years there.

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This historical marker is part of the Georgia Historical Marker Program and was erected by the Georgia Historical Commission. Marker texts and locations come from the Society's own marker database.

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