In the 1850s, Wm. Johnston operated the ferry where Johnston's Fy. Rd. crossed the Chattahoochee River. On July 5, 1864, Gen. Kenner Garrard's cav. div. [US], en route from Marietta to Roswell by this road, camped on Willeo Cr. and from there sent a regiment south to burn the Paper Mills on Soap Creek. On July 9, Newton's 4th A. C. div. [US], moving from Vining's Station, traveled this road to Roswell to support Garrard's passage of the river at Shallow Ford, then retraced its route on July 12 and crossed the river at Power's Ferry on July 13.