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The historic Turner-Sewell Cemetery was adopted by The River Line Historic Area under
Cobb County's Adopt-A-Cemetery Program on October 21, 2011.

A limited number of adults are needed to cut invasive vegetation in this historic family cemetery. If you are available to help, please notify RiverLineGA@gmail.com and we will respond with additional information.

In 1851 Daniel R.Turner owned 740 acres along the Chattahoochee River in Cobb County and operated the Mayson-Turner ferry across the Chattahoochee at today's Veteran's Memorial Hwy. His first born son, John Turner, owned the house which stood at 5811 Oakdale Road, demolislhed February 2015 by the City of Smyrna. Daniel and John are both buried at the Turner-Sewell Cemetery along with other family members.

More information:
http://riverline.org/cemeteries/
which operates under the Cobb County Adopt-A-Cemetery Program.
https://www.cobbcounty.org/community-development/planning/historic-preservation/cemetery-preservation-commission
Turner Family History
http://riverline.org/history/

Invitation from Tom Bills at Cobb County PARKS

Greetings and Thank you to those who attended the first Public Input Meeting for the Henderson Road Property Park Master Plan. We appreciate your participation in this important process, and your willingness to share your ideas for potential future development of this beautiful property. Cobb PARKS and our consultants have evaluated the ideas and comments we received earlier, and have incorporated them as appropriate into the plan.

We will present the updated Henderson Road Property plan at the second Public Input Meeting on Thursday August 8, 6:30 to 8:00 PM. The meeting will be at the South Cobb Community Center in Lions Park, 620 Lions Club Drive.

The full schedule for Park Master Plan meetings, along with related information, is available at the following web address:
https://www.cobbcounty.org/parks/news/public-meetings-scheduled-plan-park-properties-future

Here's more information about this 28-acre Henderson Road woodland park acquired by Cobb County which includes historic Howell's Mill and Federal Civil War trenches with well-defined artillery forts. This Civil War battlefield is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Here's how the 28-acre Henderson Rd. historic park was assembled:
In 2004 Cobb County purchased the first 7 acres with funding from the Gov. Barnes green space program.  This section of the park includes a Civil War Union trench line, fort, and land bordering Howell Mill dam.  Due to the funding source, this is protected greenspace by the authority of the State of Georgia.

The 2006 park bond funding rescued 16 acres of the Henderson Road acreage from the clutches of a massive townhome development. A developer had already razed the modest homes pictured in the photo collection below and began land disturbance activity before selling the land to Cobb County as a historic nature preserve.  Today you can still see some of the developer's orange protective fencing around the Civil War earthworks.

The 2008 park bond, which was finally executed in 2018, funded the acquisition of
an additional 5 acres along Veterans Memorial Hwy. including a brick ranch house and some out buildings.  A few years ago, the home owner kept his horses in a corral behind the house.

Below is a River Line Historic Area photograph collection of the Henderson Rd. property
prior to development activity around 2005
https://www.facebook.com/RiverLineHistoricArea/photos/a.359711660798800/359746570795309/?type=3&theater

The historic Hooper-McWilliams family cemetery was adopted by The River Line Historic Area on September 6, 2016. It is located next to the McDonough Georgia Power Plant near the Chattahoochee River on South Cobb Drive.

We need a limited number of adult volunteers to maintain this cemetery by eradicating invasive vegetation. If you can help, send a RSVP note to riverlinega@gmail.com and more details will be sent in return. Appropriate attire includes gloves, long pants, sturdy shoes, socks and hat. Bring your water bottle and if you have them, small hand pruners.

The pioneering Thomas Hooper family owned 531 acres along the Chattahoochee River in 1851.

More information:
http://riverline.org/cemeteries/
http://riverline.org/history/

Cobb County Adopt-A-Cemetery Program. https://www.cobbcounty.org/community-development/planning/historic-preservation/cemetery-preservation-commission