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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for December 3
Yesterday Tomorrow
| December 3, 1736 |
Charles Wesley arrives in England at the end of his return trip from Georgia
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Charles Wesley |
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The Wesleys in Georgia
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| December 3, 1794 |
"..it would be right and proper to sell a part of the western territory of this State during the present session." With these words began the Yazoo Land Fraud
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| December 3, 1805 |
City of Sparta, county seat of Hancock County, is incorporated. |
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Hancock County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1828 |
Bill is introduced in the Georgia legislature to extend the laws of the state into the Cherokee Nation.
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Original Cherokee County |
| December 3, 1832 |
Gilmer County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Gilmer County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Lumpkin County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Lumpkin County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Murray County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Murray County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Paulding County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Paulding County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Union County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Union County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Floyd County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Floyd County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Forsyth County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Cherokee County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Cass County created
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Lewis Cass |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Cass County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Cobb County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1835 |
John Quitman elected President of the Mississippi Senate, making him governor of the state until the next election.
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| December 3, 1857 |
Dawson County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Dawson County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1864 |
Sherman's Left Wing attempts to liberate the prisoner of war compound, Camp Lawton, north of Millen, Georgia, only to find it empty. Its 10,229 prisoners had been moved to temporary quarters in Thomasville (Thomas County) and Blackshear (Pierce County). Sherman orders the depot and a nearby hotel in Millen burned. Today the site is part of Magnolia Springs State Park
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Thomas County, Georgia |
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Pierce County, Georgia |
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March to the Sea |
| December 3, 1938 |
Richard B. Russell Sr. dies.
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| December 3, 1948 |
The Board of Governors of the Georgia Bar Association unanimously backs a bill allowing women jurors to be seated |
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Women allowed on jury duty |
| December 3, 1949 |
Mickey Thomas, who became the lead singer for Jefferson Starship (now StarShip) in 1979, is born in Cairo
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| December 3, 1966 |
Ray Charles receives a 5-year suspended sentence for possession of a controlled substance (heroine).
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| December 3, 1986 |
Plant Hatch, a nuclear power facility near Baxley, Georgia, accidentally released radioactive water into Georgia wetlands near the plant
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Nuclear warhead near Savannah |
| December 3, 1997 |
Authorities discovered more than a quarter ounce of marijuana in the underpants of state senator Ralph David Abernathy III (D-Atlanta)
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Ralph David Abernathy III |
| December 3, 2001 |
I Am Sam starring Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer and Dakota Fanning premieres in Los Angeles |
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Dakota Fanning |
Yesterday Tomorrow
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