The Old Sunbury Road was one of the leading vehicular thoroughfares of post-Revolutionary Georgia. Laid out in the early 1790's from Greensboro by way of Sparta and Swainsboro to the Town of Sunbury, a port on the Midway River in Liberty County, the long route was noted for its elevated course and few stream crossings. When Sunbury declined in commercial importance, the road lost its arterial significance, but many stretches of it remained in daily use.