Many roads in Georgia are named after early pioneers. Dirt roads connected farms with small communities. Sometimes we know a lot about the roads, especially when they are long and important. The histories of less significant roads are not often told.
Haynes Bridge Road is just 5 miles long, too short to generate much historic interest. The starting point is Academy Street in downtown Alpharetta. It runs behind the Alpharetta City Hall and library, crosses Old Milton Parkway and terminates at Old Alabama Road in Johns Creek. While it is a vital connector road today, its story is not well known. Today’s column will put a little meat on the bare bone.
Richard London Haynes (1773-1844) and Abigail Ragan Haynes (1781-1853) were early pioneer settlers who moved from Virginia to Cobb County in the early 1800s and later moved to what is Alpharetta today. Both are buried in Old Big Creek Cemetery in Alpharetta…