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Gwinnett County, Georgia
| December 14, 1813 |
Construction of Fort Daniel on Hog Mountain (now Gwinnett County) was completed
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
| December 15, 1818 |
Gwinnett County created
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Button Gwinnett |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
| January 1, 1826 |
Gwinnett County Academy opens
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
| June 1, 1830 |
Hall, Habersham, Carroll, Dekalb and Gwinnett Counties are now responsible for enforcing civil law in the Cherokee Nation, at least as far as the state of Georgia is concerned
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Original Cherokee County |
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Hall County, Georgia |
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Habersham County, Georgia |
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Carroll County, Georgia |
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DeKalb County, Georgia |
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
| September 5, 1831 |
Trial begins in Gwinnett County before Augustin Smith Clayton for missionaries, including Samuel Worcester, who had violated a Georgia law prohibiting white from working in the Cherokee Nation. This case would go to the Supreme Court as Worcester vs. the State of Georgia
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Augustin Smith Clayton |
| November 28, 1849 |
The four corners of the lot containing the Gwinnett County Courthouse are deeded to lawyers for building a fence around the courthouse. Among those receiving land is Charles H. Smith, better known to Georgians (and Americans) as Bill Arp
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
| September 10, 1871 |
Fire consumes the Gwinnett County courthouse.
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
| April 30, 1924 |
F3 tornadoes strike across north Georgia |
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Hart County, Georgia |
| 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 |
| January 31, 2002 |
Olga Korbut arrested for shoplifting at a Gwinnett County Publix
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Olga Korbut shoplifting |
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Gwinnett 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 |
| September 1, 2003 |
Gwinnett County Judge David M. Fuller resigns following an investigative report by Fox 5 News |
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David M. Fuller |
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
| March 12, 2005 |
Gwinnett County police arrest multiple slaying suspect Brian Nichols in a Duluth, Georgia apartment |
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Atlanta courthouse attack |
| May 11, 2008 |
11 tornadoes touch down in the state of Georgia. |
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Bibb County, Georgia |
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Laurens County, Georgia |
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Johnson County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Clayton County, Georgia |
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Carroll County, Georgia |
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Georgia Tornadoes |
Name derivation:Named in honor of Button Gwinnett, planter, Revolutionary leader of Georgia, signed the Declaration of Independence, head of the Executive Branch of state government, leader of the Second Florida Expedition, killed by Lachlan McIntosh in a duel. Acquisition: Cherokee cession of July 8, 1817 and the Creek cession of January 22, 1818 Taken from: Original County Counties created from: Barrow, DeKalb, Cities: Lawrenceville (county seat), Buford, Dacula, Grayson, Lilburn, Snellville, Sugar Hill, Suwannee Web sites:National Register of Historic Places in Gwinnett County, GeorgiaGwinnett County, Georgia, links
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