Babb's Settlement

Babb's Settlement is a Georgia historical marker in Whitfield County, dedicated 2001.

At the intersection of Mill Creek and Babb Roads in Rocky Face.

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Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge's 9th Ky., Grigsby's brigade, Wheeler's cav., descended from Dug Gap & patrolled the roads N. & W. to ascertain if any Federals were there. By 1:30 P. M. Breckinridge found Dogwood Valley swarming with Federals, a brigade of which, in support of Kilpatrick's cav., was enroute S. to Villanow. Later, the 9th Ky., confronted by 2 brigades, Geary's div., 20th A.C., moving E., was forced to retreat to Dug Gap. Geary, reaching this vicinity at 3 p.m., deployed his 2 brigades for the storming of Dug Gap.

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1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1935 · Villanow, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1946 · Villanow, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1947 · Villanow, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Villanow, Georgia, 1947, covering the location of Babb's Settlement, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Villanow, Georgia, 1947, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Babb's Settlement

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