Archaeological Survey of PEU-1424(3), Coweta County

The project involves the construction of a two lane facility on new alignment around the northeast perimeter of Newnan. The project begins east of Newnan at S.R. 34 and County Road 466 and ends at S.R. 34 in West Newnan. Right-of-way has already been acquired for the section from S.R. 34 and County Road 466 to S.R. 14, but 80 feet of right-of-way has yet to be purchased from S.R. 14 to S.R. 34 in West Newnan. Peggy L. Crawford, the staff archaeologist's assistant, made the preliminary survey of the project in December of 1976. She visited all the creeks along the project and covered a good portion of the alignment in doing so. She recommended that four creeks needed sub-surface testing; Mountain Creek, Snake Creek, Wahoo Creek, and the unnamed creek by 14. She also mentioned that cover conditions (even in December) were so abominable that the section of the alignment not staked was difficult to trace. Special concern has been expressed about the possible effect the project might have on the Bulisboro site. This site was supposedly the first settlement of Coweta County. The only reference to it , located at the State Archives, was in W.U. Anderson's History of Coweta County (p. 14) which states "1827 - We now come to this year in which the town was settled at a place called Bullsborough, two and a half miles northeast of Newnan on the Fayetteville road." The marker off the side of the intersection of,-S.R. 34 and County Road 466 was moved from its original location when S.R. 34 was widened. Thus, the actual location is unknown. It was felt that the area around the beginning of the project and the small farm at the intersection between S.R. 34 and County Road 466 should be carefully surveyed for possible historic material. In the Bullsboro search area all the plowed fields belonging to the small farm (outside of the R.O.W.) and the field and borrow pit within the right-of-way were surface collected. The crest of the alignment in the area is under pine forest with heavy undergrowth and was surveyed using a metal detector. While the fields around the farm turned up ceramic materials dating from the mid 19th century on, no material or refuse pit was located within the project right-of-way. No sites were located by the sub-surfaces tests at Mountain, Snake, Wahoo, and Unnamed Creeks.