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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for December 14
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| December 14, 1703 |
Colonel James Moore (Governor of South Carolina) begins a southward sweep for Spanish and Spanish-friendly Indians from the trading post at Ocmulgee Old Fields.
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Creek Indians |
| December 14, 1747 |
Mico Malatchi made Head of the Creek nation (Muscogee Confederacy). Malatchi then gives Thomas and Mary Bosomworth Ossabaw, St. Catherines and Sapalo islands
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Creek Indians |
| December 14, 1792 |
Georgia assembly passes a resolution calling Chisholm v. Georgia an attempt to render the states to be "tributary corporations to the Government of the United States." |
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Chisholm v. Georgia |
| December 14, 1793 |
Screven County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Screven County, Georgia |
| December 14, 1799 |
George Washington dies |
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George Washington |
| December 14, 1809 |
Twiggs County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Twiggs County, Georgia |
| December 14, 1813 |
Construction of Fort Daniel on Hog Mountain (now Gwinnett County) was completed
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
| December 14, 1827 |
Harris County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Harris County, Georgia |
| December 14, 1827 |
Marion County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Marion County, Georgia |
| December 14, 1827 |
Merriwether County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Meriwether County, Georgia |
| December 14, 1827 |
Talbot County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Talbot County, Georgia |
| December 14, 1837 |
Macon County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Macon County, Georgia |
| December 14, 1860 |
The state of Georgia calls for a convention to discuss a Southern Confederacy. Only South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama are invited.
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| December 14, 1865 |
Charles Jones Jenkins begins term as governor of Georgia
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Charles Jones Jenkins |
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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| December 14, 1880 |
James Longstreet presents credentials as U. S. Minister to Turkish government
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James Longstreet |
| December 14, 1895 |
The Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad, which had been in receivership since 1879, is conveyed to the Central of Georgia Railway
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| December 14, 1898 |
U. S. President William McKinnley visits Atlanta
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| December 14, 1964 |
In Heart of Atlanta v. U. S.The U. S. Supreme Court upholds the Civil Right Act of 1964. The "commerce clause" does allow Congress to regulate local commerce, noting the bill was "limited to enterprises having a direct and substantial relation to the interstate flow of goods and people" |
| December 14, 1967 |
Campus Planning and Improvement Committee proposes the creation of the Georgia Botanical Gardens to UGA. |
| December 14, 1977 |
Farmers, including many from Georgia, involved in the American Agriculture Movement stopped buying and selling products, as they look for "parity." The strike quickly fizzled
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| December 14, 1999 |
C. Jack Ellis becomes Macon's first black mayor
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| December 14, 2004 |
At a preliminary hearing for Olatunji Oluwatosin, Detective Duane Decker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department testifies that ChoicePoint representatives told him "something like 4 million people have been exposed.." to the identity theft |
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ChoicePoint scandal |
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