George Disney's Grave

George Disney, an English-born private in the 4th Kentucky of the Confederate Orphan Brigade, was killed by a stray bullet atop Rocky Face Ridge on February 25, 1864. Buried where he fell, his lone grave was long tended by locals.

George Disney's Grave is a historical marker in Rocky Face, Whitfield County, erected in 1954. It is one of 64 historical markers documented in Whitfield County, among 106 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.8013, -85.0118 near Rocky Face. The nearest cataloged historic site is Confederate Defense of Mill Creek Gap (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Flooded Gap, Mill Creek Gap, and Battle of Mill Creek Gap.

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