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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for December 21
Yesterday Tomorrow
| December 21, 1732 |
The Trustees of the colony of Georgia issue grants of land to Roger and James Lacey, Joseph Hetherington and Philip Bishop in present-day Thunderbolt. |
| December 21, 1733 |
Salzburgers arrive in Dover and find the Trustees willing to help with the expense of sailing to Georgia |
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Salzburgers in Georgia |
| December 21, 1733 |
First land allotment takes effect. Although the land had been designated in July, the deeds were not executed until this date. Included in the designation are recently arrived Jewish Colonists.
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James Oglethorpe |
| December 21, 1789 |
First Yazoo Land Act becomes law granting 5,000,000 acres of vacant land to three companies
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| December 21, 1789 |
The Georgia Assembly, unsuccessful in dealing with the headright issue, agrees to sell land to the South Carolina Yazoo Company, The Virginia Yazoo Company and the Tennessee Yazoo Land Company. The deal, selling some 20 million acres falls through when the companies try to pay with near worthless specie
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Georgia headright grants |
| December 21, 1789 |
Grants to speculative land companies (The South Carolina Yazoo Company, The Virginia Yazoo Company, and the Tennessee Company) are made by Governor Edward Telfair. These would later fall apart over disagreement of the currency to be used to pay for the land. Patrick Henry is a member of the Virginia Yazoo Company.
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| December 21, 1819 |
Rabun County created
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William Rabun |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Rabun County, Georgia |
| December 21, 1830 |
The Sixth Georgia Land Lottery, sometimes called the Cherokee Georgia lottery, is authorized by the General Assembly. The major difference between this lottery and the preceding five lotteries is that Georgia did not have a claim to the land it was giving away: The Cherokee had never ceded it.
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
| December 21, 1830 |
Cherokee Nation formally claimed by the state of Georgia
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Original Cherokee County |
| December 21, 1833 |
The Georgia legislature approves the construction of a railroad connecting Augusta to the Tennessee River.
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| December 21, 1835 |
Oglethorpe University is chartered in Milledgeville. It moves to Atlanta in 1913
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| December 21, 1836 |
The Western and Atlantic Railroad Company is created by act of the Georgia legislature
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Western and Atlantic Railroad |
| December 21, 1857 |
Mitchell County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Mitchell County, Georgia |
| December 21, 1863 |
Sidney Winder orders construction to begin on Camp Sumter near Andersonville, Georgia
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Camp Sumter, Andersonville, Georgia
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| December 21, 1864 |
William Tecumseh Sherman captures Savannah
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
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March to the Sea |
| December 21, 1911 |
Hall of Fame catcher Josh Gibson born, Buena Vista, Georgia |
| December 21, 1946 |
Gene Talmadge dies, cirrhosis of liver, beginning Georgia's three governors controversy
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Eugene Talmadge |
| December 21, 1946 |
Eugene Talmadge, who had recently been elected, but not inaugurated, governor of Georgia dies, sparking the "three governors conttroversy" |
| December 21, 1953 |
Governor Gene Talmadge signs into law the Womens Juror Bill |
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Women allowed on jury duty |
| December 21, 1962 |
Country music singer Christy Forester born, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
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| December 21, 1974 |
Georgia loses to Miami, Ohio 21-10 in the Tangerine Bowl
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Vince Dooley |
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University of Georgia's post-season appearances
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Yesterday Tomorrow
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