Kennard's Settlement and Cowpens, a major Creek Indian center of Southwest Georgia, stood three and three-fourths miles west of this location on the east side of Kinchafoonee Creek. The site was named for Jack and William Kennard, two Lower Creek chiefs who were long friendly to white people. The road here is a remnant of an early Indian trading path that led from Flint River by way of Kennard's Settlement and Fort Gaines, Georgia, to Pensacola, Florida.