I don't know if any of you know about this, but there was a Fort Attaway in Rome, Georgia. It isn't standing today, but I found a website about it and there is a current court battle over the land it used to sit on. I spoke with one of the owners of the land where Fort Attaway used to stand and she and her husband are in a legal battle to keep the land from being condemned. There was a battle during the civil war that actually took place there. I asked her which Attaway the Fort was named after and she told me that it was named after Thomas Attaway, son of Harley Attaway (Harley was a son of Elisha Attaway and Lettice Barton). Thomas was killed in the second battle of Manassas and to honor him, the fort was named after he and his family. I believe the battle occured from May 16-18 in 1864. I hope this is a fun and new piece of info. for some of you and please take the time to look up Fort Attaway on the internet and if you can, please help with the preservation efforts. Sincerely, Nancy

Thanks for this great info. I will check it out. My great-grandfather was Charles Spurgeon Attaway, son of John Bunyan. He was married to Luticea Peppers, daughter of James M. & Stiry Peppers. Nice to meet you!

Pat Gillespie

Hi Pat! Is your gr grandfather related to Elisha Attaway or Harley? If so, how? Nice to meet another Attaway as well! I was beginning to wonder if anyone was going to show an interest in this Fort. I think it is great! The Attaway it was named after isn't a direct relation to us, but he is directly related to our direct relation. Ha! Did that make sense?

yeah i agree we should save it that fort was acccually named after my family!!

WHAT IS YOUR ATTAWAY LINE? THANKS.

I just read your post,and am so excited to learn more. This is my family! Elisha is my direct line. I want to come there to see this and to learn more about it. As you can tell, I am new to this searching and finding, or not finding! My email is barefootdancing7@yahoo.com and my name is Lynda Chase. When I do find things, I usually lose them and cannot go back to where I was! I would love to keep in touch with you. Thanks!