- Montgomery - DeFoor House Site
State Historical Marker
- Located at intersection of Moore's Mill Rd. and Bolton
Rd. in Atlanta
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MONTGOMERY - DeFOOR HOUSE
SITE
James McC. Montgomery (1770 - 1842),
of Jackson Co., Ga., War of 1812 veteran, settled in this vicinity
about 1821. He resided in a 2-story house just S. of where Moore's
Mill Rd. joins. Owning land, both sides of the river, he had
a private ferry until a State franchise, Dec. 25, 1837, made
it a link in up-state travel to the Cherokee domain -- the house,
a way-station on the route & a Post Office, 1825 - 1842.
In 1853 the heirs sold the 1000-acre
tract, the house & ferry, to Martin DeFoor, who resided here
until his death, 1879. The names of both owners survive as well-known
roads.
- 060-63 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1956
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