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
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