This quest will take you to North Coweta county to the old
Redwine Plantation.
This is
where you will find some old stones from the Redwine
Family. For this
quest you will be looking for William Maloy Redwine Sr.
He was listed in the Company " D " 41st. Georgia Infantry
Regiment Coweta County, GEORGIA PINSON GUARDS.
Redwine, William M.- Sr. 2nd
Lieutenant March 4, 1862. Wounded at Perryville, Ky. October 8,
1862. Elected 1st Lieutenant October 9, 1862. Captured at
Vicksburg, Miss. July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 6, 1863. Roll
for December 31, 1863, last on file, shows him present. No later
record.
Around 1840 Concord Methodist church
was removed, the building having become dilapidated, to a location
on the plantation of Lieut. W. M. Redwine, between Big and Little
Cedar Creeks, on the old Campbellton Rd between Palmetto and Newnan
on six acres of land -lot 176, Fifth District, and a building was
erected.
The Redwine community originated with the acquisition of 10,000
acres of land from a land grant to James Hutcheson around 1820.
Hutcheson built the plantation plain house that stands today at the
intersection of Hutcheson Ferry Road and Campbellton Redwine. After
Hutcheson’s daughter Sarah married John Redwine, the farm became
know as the Redwine plantation. The plantation had a general store
and several outbuildings. There was also a double gin for cotton
with a steam boiler. Frank Redwine I farmed the land through the
Depression, and while the land is no longer used for farming it has
remained in the same family since its settlement.
Local residents allow that very little change has occurred along
Campbellton-Redwine Road despite the construction of a few houses
in recent years. The majority of homes along the corridor are
historic, and many are still inhabited. There are about a
half-dozen abandoned buildings along the road from Rivertown to
Redwine. Common house types to this area are the gabled ell, the
central hallway the plantation plain, and the Georgian
cottage.
The communities of Rivertown, Rico, and Redwine are agricultural
communities formed because of their proximity to the Chattahoochee
River and the ferries that crossed it. While these communities
along the Campbellton-Redwine Road remain small and almost unknown,
they are rich in local history and provide a memorable glimpse into
the development of a regional, agricultural community in Georgia.
 Compass Suggested /
Required
 Historic
Site
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The
posted coordinates are for parking. Find William M Redwine Sr
and the cache is 80 ft at a bearing of 159 true.
The cache is not located near a grave. Do not disturb
monuments. If you find a fallen U.S.
flag, please stick it back in the ground, preferable next to a
Vet’s Marker. As always, please be
respectful. Do not drive into the
cemetery.
This cache is only available
during day light hours.
As with all
of my caches, re-hide (completely
covered) like/better than you found the cache from the N-C's
(Non-cachers) ("Nancys") and please
do not give any advantages
in your log so everyone as the same experience as the FTF. Please
trade with "cool" SWAG, like signature items when trading even or
up, nobody likes to find pine cones, happy meal toys or an empty
cache.
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