Archaeological Testing of Sites 9Co343, 9Co344, 9Co345 of the Kennedy Parkway Project

On December 4, 5, and 6, 1991 and on March 13, 1992, New South Associates conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey of the Kennedy Parkway highway project near the intersection of I-75 and I-285 in Cobb County, Georgia for Moreland Altobelli Associates. This survey located five sites, three of which were determined to be potentially eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Testing was recommended for these sites. After review of the survey report, the appropriate state and federal agencies agreed with these recommendations. This report presents the findings of the testing project at the three sites, 9C0343, 9C0344, and 9C0345. Testing was conducted by New South Associates between January 20 and February 12, 1993. Two of the sites, 9C0344, a late nineteenth-century mill, and 9C0345, a late nineteenth-century domestic site associated with the mill, are recommended as eligible for nomination to the National Register. These sites contain intact subsurface deposits, and were associated with the historic Akers milling family, after whom Akers Mill Road is named. Beyond a stone retaining wall and historic documents, no other evidence of a mill or other late nineteenth or early twentieth-century occupation was found at 9C0343. This site is therefore not recommended as eligible for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. This report recommends that sites 9C0344 and 9C0345 be avoided by construction of the Kennedy Parkway. If this is not possible, then data recovery should be conducted at the sites to obtain the data contained in them before they are destroyed.