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Cherokee 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 24, 1831 |
Georgia Gold Lottery enacted. This lottery, whose enabling act and drawing dates were different than the Sixth Georgia Land Lottery is, for some reason, frequently combined with the earlier lottery. It is, in fact, totally separate
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
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Lumpkin County, Georgia |
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Cherokee 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 |
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 |
| February 9, 1909 |
Dean Rusk born, Cherokee County, Georgia
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Dean Rusk
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| May 9, 1932 |
Portions of Cherokee, Gwinnett and Cobb Counties, along with all of Campbell County and Milton County are ceded to Fulton County.
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Campbell County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| May 6, 2003 |
Strong storms move through north Georgia. Among the counties hardest hit are Floyd, Walker, Catoosa, Gordon, Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Dekalb, Clarke, Barrow and Elbert County.
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Catoosa County, Georgia |
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Catoosa County, Georgia |
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Gordon County, Georgia |
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Walker County, Georgia |
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Floyd County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Clarke County, Georgia |
| February 24, 2010 |
Apple's Itunes online music store, crossed the 10 billion song threshold when 71-year-old Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Ga., bought "Guess Things Happen That Way" by Johnny Cash. Steven Jobs called Sulcer to congratulate him for winning 10,000 free songs. |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
Name derivation:Named in honor of the Cherokee Indians, from whom the state illegally took the land. Acquisition: Treaty of New Echota (1835) Taken from: Original County Counties created from: Milton County, Pickens County Cities: Canton (county seat), Ball Ground, Holly Springs, Waleska, and Woodstock Web sites:National Register of Historic Places in Cherokee County, GeorgiaArchives of Cherokee County, GeorgiaCherokee County, Georgia, links
History Formed in 1832, and ceded by the Cherokee to the state of Georgia under the corrupt Treaty of New Echota, Cherokee County began as a rural, agriculture-based economy. Before the Civil War Canton was its only major city. It was in Canton that future governor Joe Brown practiced law.
In 1880 the Marietta and North Georgia Railroad came to town, providing jobs and non-agriculture based income for a number of people. Storeowner Robert Tyre Jones would benifit from the railroad's prensence -- his general store in Canton would become the largest in north Georgia.
"Canton denim," a product of the Canton Cotton Mills, made the city famous internationally, at least according to the city web site. Completed in 1924, the mill closed in 1981, thanks to foreign competition.
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