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Murray County, Georgia
May 31, 1540 DeSoto arrives at the headwaters of the Oostanuala River in present Murray County, at a site occupied by Moundbuilders.
  Murray County, Georgia
  Hernando deSoto
December 3, 1832 Murray County created
  Creation of Georgia Counties
  Original Cherokee County
  Murray County, Georgia


Name derivation:Named in honor of Thomas W. Murray, who served in the Georgia House, elected speaker, and an outspoken advocate of Indian removal.
Acquisition: Treaty of New Echota, 1835
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Web sites:National Register of Historic Places in Murray County, Georgia
Murray County, Georgia, links
Map of Murray County, Georgia


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