This road, formerly an Indian trail that paralleled the coast, was used by the Spanish and British. In 1778 Revolutionary soldiers traveled it as they marched against Fort Tonyn. The first mail service south of Savannah was established over this road in 1763, and later it became a regular stagecoach 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 a regular stagecoach stop.