United States, Georgia, Brooks County, 30.84197, -83.58021Seibert, David, 1941-20201996/2014Location: Ga. 333 about 10 miles north of QuitmanText of marker: "OLD COFFEE ROAD. The Old Coffee Road, earliest vehicular and postal route of this area, crossed here, leading southwestward from the Ocmulgee River via today's Lax, Nashville, Cecil, Barwick and Thomasville to the Florida Line. The thoroughfare was opened by direction of the State in 1823 under the superintendence of General John Coffee and Thomas Swain. As a pioneer way this route played a significant part in the settlement and development of Southwest Georgia. Much of the former course remains in daily use. 014-5 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956"image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Historical markers--Georgia--Brooks CountyRoads--GeorgiaOld Coffee Road historical markerStillImage