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Old Stage Roads and Indian Trails

    All the principal stage routes in Georgia led to Milledgeville, then the
capital.

    Milledgeville to Nickajack Road: Milledgeville to Eatonton to Nickajack.

    Milledgeville to Augusta Road: Milledgeville to Sparta, to Warrenton, to
Sweet Water, to Augusta.

    Milledgeville to Tallahassee Road: Milledgeville to Hartford,
(Hawkinsville), to Slade, to Gays, to Tyson, to Bainbridge, to Tallahassee, Fla.

    Milledgeville to St. Mary's Road: Milledgeville to Jacksonville, Ga., to
Waynesboro, to St. Mary's.

    Milledgeville to Columbus Road: Milledgeville to Knoxville, to Columbus.

    Milledgeville to Rock Mountain Road: Milledgeville to Eatonton, to Madison
to Covington, to Rock Mountain (Stone Mountain).

    Milledgeville to Clayton Road: Milledgeville to Athens, to Clarksville, to
Jefferson, to Clayton.

    Milledgeville to Pensacola Road: Milledgeville to Macon, to Fort Perry, to
Fort Gaines, to Pensacola, Florida.

    Milledgeville to Darien Road: Milledgeville to Sandersville, to Woods, to
Mount Vernon, to Darien.

    Milledgeville to Lexington Road: Milledgeville to Danielsville, to
Carnesville, to Lexington, Ga.

    Milledgeville to Greensboro Road: Milledgeville to Deveraux, to Greensboro.
      
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    Milledgeville to Washington, D. C. Road: Milledgeville to Eatonton, to
Greensboro, to Washington, Wilkes County, to Petersburg, Elbert County, thence
to Washington City.*

    Stages to Washington, D. C. went three times a week.

    Stages to Augusta, Macon, and Columbus, daily.

    Stages to Athens, via Eatonton and Madison, three times a week.

    First stage lines ran from Augusta to Savannah and from Augusta to
Washington, Wilkes County.

    The exclusive right of running stage carriages to and from certain points
was granted by the Legislature from a given length of time to individuals giving
bond.
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* Copied from an old Gazette of Georgia.



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Part I

HISTORY of BALDWIN COUNTY GEORGIA
BY MRS. ANNA MARIA GREEN COOK

ILLUSTRATED
ANDERSON. S. C.
Keys-Hearn Printing Co.
-1925—


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