Garrard & Newton Move On Roswell

GARRARD & NEWTON MOVE ON ROSWELL. 300 ft. W. stood the res. of Wm. Johnston who operated the ferry in the 1850's, where Johnston's Fy. Rd. crosses the Chattahoochee River. July 5, 1864. Gen. Kenner Garrard's cav. div. [US] enroute from Marietta to Roswell via this rd., camped on Willeo Cr., from which point he sent a regiment S. to burn the Paper Mills on Soap Creek.

July 9. Newton's 4th A. C. div. [US], moving from Vining's Station, traversed this road to Roswell to support Garrard's passage of the river at Shallow Ford - retracing July 12 & crossing the river at Power's Ferry, July 13. 033-93 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1963