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Old Cross Keys *Missing*

Erected by Georgia Historical Commission/Department of Natural Resources

 

Region: Atlanta Metro

County: DeKalb

GPS: N33 53.531|W084 19.538

Location: Johnson Ferry Rd at Ashford-Dunwoody Dr

 

Old Cross Keys 

 

Ante-bellum crossroads settlement & Post Office: James Reeve (1792 - 1852) Post Master & merchant. Prior to 1864 the Post Office was removed to a point between Chamblee & Doraville where, name unchanged, it was known as Cross Keys Post Office.

To distinguish the one from the other, this place was called Old Cross Keys & was thus cited in Federal dispatches, maps & reports of military operations here in 1864.

At this point, a brief contact was made between the marching columns of Dodge´s 16th & Schofield´s 23d A.C. July 18, both enroute to Decatur from Chattahoochee River Crossings.

GHM 044-7 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1954