Stono was a small community in Fulton County but not a town with its own government. It appeared on maps in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and it had a post office. All traces of it are gone today, and few people are aware of its existence, where it was or how it got its name. Thanks to the diligent research of Ed Malowney and Fred Shirley, those questions can be answered. In simplest terms, Stono was a group of homesteads centered around the farm of James Wright Shirley and his siblings where Lake Windward in Alpharetta is today. End-to-end, Stono stretched from Ocee to Untion Hill Church and cemetery.

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