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Whitfield County, Georgia
December 30, 1851 Whitfield County created
  George Whitefield
  Creation of Georgia Counties
  Whitfield County, Georgia
February 22, 1864 First battle of Dalton
February 27, 1864
  Civil War - 1864
  Whitfield County, Georgia
  William Tecumseh Sherman
May 4, 1864 14 Confederate soldiers who deserted from the Army of Tennessee are shot in Whitfield County outside of Dalton, Georgia
  Whitfield County, Georgia
May 8, 1864 Battle of Rocky Face (Dalton)
May 11, 1864
  Civil War - 1864
  Whitfield County, Georgia
  William Tecumseh Sherman
August 14, 1864 Second battle of Dalton
August 15, 1864
  Civil War - 1864
  Whitfield County, Georgia
  William Tecumseh Sherman
October 18, 1902 East face of Rocky Face Mountain just west of Dalton, Georgia struck by an earthquake
  Whitfield County, Georgia
  Earthquakes that have struck Georgia
March 24, 2007 Lynn Turner is convicted of the murder of Randy Thompson
  Lynn Turner
  Whitfield County, Georgia


Name derivation:Named in honor of George Whitefield, who founded the Bethesda Boys Home and was a prolific preacher.
Acquisition: Treaty of New Echota
Taken from:Murray
Counties created from: Catoosa
Cities: Dalton (county seat), Cohutta, Tunnel Hill,

Web sites:National Register of Historic Places in Whitfield County, Georgia
Whitfield County, Georgia, links
Map of Whitefield County, Georgia
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