Historical Marker

The Common Road <small>of the</small> English Following Old Indian Trail

Crawfordville · Taliaferro County · Erected 1956

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The Story

This old road traced an Indian trail along the colonial route from Charleston toward the Mississippi. Traders, naturalist William Bartram in 1773, and Lafayette on his 1825 tour all passed this way.

About this site

The Common Road <small>of the</small> English Following Old Indian Trail is a historical marker in Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, erected in 1956. It is one of 17 historical markers documented in Taliaferro County, among 64 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.5543, -82.8966 near Crawfordville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Taliaferro County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Taliaferro County Courthouse, Roselle Mercier Montgomery, and Old Tavern Site.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.5543, -82.8966 · Crawfordville, Taliaferro County

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