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Cass 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 |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Lumpkin County, Georgia |
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Dawson County, Georgia |
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Union County, Georgia |
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Whitfield County, Georgia |
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Floyd County, Georgia |
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Walker County, Georgia |
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Cass County, Georgia |
| December 26, 1831 |
The original Cherokee County created
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Lumpkin County, Georgia |
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Gilmer County, Georgia |
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Floyd County, Georgia |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Cass County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Original Cherokee County |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
| November 24, 1832 |
Start of the sixth land lottery. Georgia did not own the land it was giving to settlers
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
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Original Cherokee County |
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Gilmer County, Georgia |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Cass County, Georgia |
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Floyd County, Georgia |
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Walker County, Georgia |
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Union County, Georgia |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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Murray County, Georgia |
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Lumpkin 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 |
Name derivation:Named in honor of Lewis Cass, Secretary of War from 1831 to 1836, strong supporter of Indian (Cherokee) removal and architect of the Treaty of New Echota Acquisition:Treaty of New Echota Taken from:Original, although once part of a political division known as Cherokee County Counties created from:Bartow (county renamed) Cities:Cassville (county seat), Birmingham (now Cartersville) In 1832 Lewis Cass was highly thought of because of his stand on Indian Removal. By 1861, his political fortunes had changed, having resigned his position of Secretary of State following James Buchanan's failure to support the forts in Charleston Harbor. The citizens of Cass saw fit to rename the county to Bartow
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