Browning's Court House

Browning's Court House is a Georgia historical marker in DeKalb County, dedicated 1954.

At the intersection of LaVista and Fellowship Roads in Tucker.

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At or near this crossroads stood the J.P. office of Browning's Militia District No. 572; cited in reports of Federal military operations July, 1864, as Browning's Court House. July 18. Logan's 15th A.C., enroute from Roswell to Decatur, detoured via Browning's to support Garrard's cavalry in its foray on the Georgia Railroad at Stone Mountain. Lightburn's (2d) brigade, Smith's (2d) div., together with Maj. Hotaling's contingent of Logan's escort was sent from here to assist Garrard's horsemen in destroying the railroad at & near Stone Mountain depot. Logan withdrew to Henderson's Mill to camp that night.

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1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1888 · Atlanta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Browning's Court House, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1866, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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More markers nearby

Garrard & Lightburn to Stone Mountainunder 1 mi
Logan's Corps Moves To Henderson's Millunder 1 mi
Logan's 15th Corps & Garrard's Cavalry2 mi
Site: Henderson's Mill2 mi