| January 23, 1829 |
Crawford County, Missouri is named for George H. Crawford.
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William Harris (W. H.) Crawford |
| January 30, 1829 |
Alfred Cumming born, Augusta, Georgia
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| April 20, 1829 |
Duncan Clinch promoted to Brigadier General
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Duncan L. (Lamont) Clinch |
| August 1, 1829 |
Article appears in the Georgia Journal announcing the discovery of gold in north Georgia. |
| August 1, 1829 |
First documentary evidence of gold in North Georgia, The Georgia Journal, a newspaper in Milledgeville, prints a report of two mines in Habersham County
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Habersham County, Georgia |
| October 15, 1829 |
Fannie Kemble gives her first performance, as Juliet at The Covent in London's West End
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Fannie Kemble (Butler) |
| October 24, 1829 |
The Cherokee Nation, with the support of Major Ridge, his son John Ridge and Elias Boudinot, publisher of the Cherokee Phoenix, re-enact a law that prescribes death for anyone who sells lands without the authority of the nation. It is under this law that the three will be put to death 10 years later
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| October 29, 1829 |
Michigan's Berrien County is created to honor Georgian John McPherson Berrien
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John MacPherson Berrien (John Berrien) |
| November 4, 1829 |
George Gilmer begins term as governor of Georgia
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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