POST ROAD
Photograph provided by Ms. Tara Fields, Camden County, THE CRYPT
This road, formerly an Indian trail which paralleled the coast, was used by the
Spanish and the British. In 1778 it was traveled by Revolutionary soldiers who marched
against Fort Tonyn at Point Peter. Albert Gallatin, while U.S. Secretary
of the Treasury in 1805 recommended the Old St. Marys Road, a portion of
the Post road as one of the seven principal routes that were important
to U.S. defense and postal service
The first mail service south of Savannah was established over this road in 1763.
Later it became a regular stage coach route. At Coleridge, a short distance north of
the present Waycross Highway, Job Tyson maintained a tavern for travelers along the
post road. It was the only hostel between the Altamaha and Satilla rivers and was a
regular stage coach stop. A Historical Marker is located at Georgia
Highway 32, at the Brantley County Line (Georgia Historical Markers)
