Old Sunbury Road
The route intersecting here is the Old Sunbury Road, one of the longest vehicular thoroughfares of the post-Revolutionary Georgia. It was laid out in the early 1790’s from Greensboro via today’s Sparta, Swainsboro and Taylor’s Creek to the town of Sunbury, a port on the Midway River in Liberty County. The trace was noted for its elevated course and small number of stream crossings. When Sunbury, once a leading Georgia port, declined in commercial importance, the old road lost arterial significance. Many stretches of the early way continue in daily use.
Marker is at the intersection of Georgia Route 129 and Thrift Lane (County Route 58), on the right when traveling south on State Route 129.
Courtesy hmdb.org
