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Clayton County, Georgia
| November 30, 1858 |
Clayton County created
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Augustin Smith Clayton |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Clayton County, Georgia |
| August 20, 1864 |
Battle of Lovejoy's Station
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Civil War - 1864 |
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Clayton County, Georgia |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| August 31, 1864 |
Battle of Jonesboro (Jonesborough) |
| September 1, 1864 |
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Clayton County, Georgia |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| March 31, 1973 |
Clayton, Walton, Oconee, Clarke, and Oglethorpe Counties report nearly a billion dollars in damage, more than a hundred injuries and two deaths from a strong storm with embedded tornadoes
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Clarke County, Georgia |
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Clayton County, Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| July 28, 1996 |
Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes win the beach volleyball gold medal at Atlanta Beach in Clayton County. Mike Dodd and Mike Whitmarsh, also of the United States, won the silver
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Clayton County, Georgia |
Name derivation:Named in honor of Augustin Smith Clayton, popular legislator and justice who was an erudite and vocal supporter of states rights. Acquisition: Creek cession of Jan. 8, 1821 Taken from:Fayette, HenryCounties created from:NoneCities:Jonesboro (county seat), Forest Park, Lake City, Morrow, Riverdale, Lovejoy Web sites:National Register of Historic Places in Clayton County, GeorgiaClayton County, Georgia, links
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