Johnson's Ferry or the Johnson Ferry was an important ferry linking what is now Atlanta, across the Chattahoochee River into Northwest Georgia. The name "Johnson" has been corrupted over the years from the owner's name, which was really "Johnston", therefore the ferry was originally called "Johnston's Ferry". There is an historical plaque located on the present Johnson Ferry Road which documents that ownership.
William Marion Johnston, a Georgia native born in 1817, owned the farm at that location during the Civil War and raised thirteen children by two different wives. When he died in 1879, his grave in Marietta, GA was robbed by a janitor from the Atlanta Medical College in order to sell the cadaver to the college.
Read more about Johnson Ferry: Johnson Ferry Road, Bridge Widening
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