- Isom's Ferry State Historical
Marker
- Located in Heard family cemetery on Heards Drive
in Sandy Springs, Fulton County
33.92095, -84.42215
(Text)
ISOM'S FERRY
Chattahoochee River, at mouth of
Soap Cr., .75 mi. N.W., operated in the 1860's by James Isom.
Federal Army records cite it variously as Isham's Ford or Fy.,
Phillip's Fy., Cavalry Fd. The first of the Federal troops to
pass the river was Cox's div., Schofield's 23d A.C. which crossed
at Isom's July 8, & was aligned on this ridge parallel to
the river & covering the ferry. Hascall's div. joined July
11 & by the 14th the adjusted corps line connected with the
left of Howard's 4th A.C. along the ridge of Mt. Vernon Rd. near
Crossroads Ch.
John Heard (1835-1931) took over
Isom's Ferry in 1868 & operated it until 1890.
- 060-8 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1954
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