Old Coffee Road
The Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this area, crossed here, leading southwestward from the Ocmulgee River via today´s Lax,
Nashville, Cecil, Barwick and Thomasville to the Florida Line. The thoroughfare was opened by direction of the State in 1823 under the
superintendence of General John Coffee and Thomas Swain. As a pioneer way this route played a significant part in the settlement and development of
Southwest Georgia. Much of the former course remains in daily use.
Marker is at the intersection of Moultrie Highway (Georgia Route 333) and Coffee Road, on the left when traveling south on Moultrie Highway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
