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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1817;_Virginia_Resolves <<Previous year Next year>>
| March 4, 1817 |
Joel Abbott begins term in U. S. House of Representatives
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| March 4, 1817 |
William Rabun begins term as governor of Georgia
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William Rabun |
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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| March 5, 1817 |
Daniel Appling dies
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Daniel Appling |
| July 8, 1817 |
Signed at Cherokee Agency (Rattlesanke Springs) in the Cherokee Nation. Near present-day Sweetwater, TN, the Treaty of Cherokee Agency ceded land in northeast Georgia
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| July 31, 1817 |
Philip Cook born, Twiggs County, Georgia
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Philip Cook, CSA |
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Twiggs County, Georgia |
| August 15, 1817 |
Peter Early dies, Scull Shoals, Georgia
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Peter Early |
| August 17, 1817 |
Andrew Pickens dies, Tomassee, South Carolina
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Andrew Pickens |
| December 8, 1817 |
John Calhoun accepts position in James Monroe's cabinet as Secretary of War. |
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John C. Calhoun |
| December 16, 1817 |
Georgia defines its common boundary with Tennessee and creates the Georgia Boundary Commission consisting of Thomas Stocks, Commissioner; James Camak, Mathematician; and Hugh Montgomery, Surveyor. |
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Georgia State Line |
| December 26, 1817 |
John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, orders General Andrew Jackson, in command of American forces in the Southeast, to cross into Florida (then claimed by Spain) to protect Georgia settlers from the Seminole Indians.
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John C. Calhoun |
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