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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1832
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| January 10, 1832 |
Secretary of War Lewis Cass responds to the official protest of the Cherokee Nation against the state of Georgia, claiming Andrew Jackson is "...anxious for the termination of all your difficulties"
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Lewis Cass |
| January 21, 1832 |
Augustin S. Clayton enters the U. S. Senate, replacing Wilson Lumpkin, who had been elected Governor of Georgia
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Augustin Smith Clayton |
| February 6, 1832 |
John Brown Gordon born, Upson County, Georgia
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Upson County, Georgia |
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John Brown Gordon
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| March 3, 1832 |
Chief Justice Marshall rules that Georgia's attempt to sieze the Cherokee Nation was illegal, dismissing the charges against Worcester.
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| May 9, 1832 |
Treaty of Payne's Landing is signed. The treaty required that the Seminole Indians be removed to the west. A small band of the Seminoles lived in Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp.
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Okefenokee Swamp |
| May 16, 1832 |
H. I. (Hannibal Ingalls) Kimball born, Hamlin Gore, Maine |
| June 1, 1832 |
Thomas Sumter died, near Stateburg, SC
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Thomas Sumter |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| August 1, 1832 |
Elias Boudinot resigns as Editor of the Cherokee Phoenix
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| August 1, 1832 |
Alexander Stephens graduates from Franklin College |
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Alexander Stephens |
| October 22, 1832 |
Drawings for the Sixth Land Lottery begin. The only problem is the state of Georgia does not (and never will) have a valid treaty ceding the land |
| November 14, 1832 |
Charles Carroll, the last remaining signer of the Declaration of Independence dies.
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Charles Carroll |
| November 24, 1832 |
Start of the sixth land lottery. Georgia did not own the land it was giving to settlers
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
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Original Cherokee County |
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Gilmer County, Georgia |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Cass County, Georgia |
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Floyd County, Georgia |
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Walker County, Georgia |
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Union County, Georgia |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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Murray County, Georgia |
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Lumpkin County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Gilmer County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Gilmer County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Lumpkin County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Lumpkin County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Murray County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Murray County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Paulding County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Paulding County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Union County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Union County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Floyd County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Floyd County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Forsyth County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Cherokee County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Cass County created
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Lewis Cass |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Cass County, Georgia |
| December 3, 1832 |
Cobb County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Original Cherokee County |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| December 15, 1832 |
James Bowman and in his family are killed near Salacoa, Cherokee Nation (now Georgia). The savage murders would be blamed on the Cherokee
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| December 22, 1832 |
Americus is incorporated and made the seat of Sumter County |
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| December 25, 1832 |
Whites open a hospital for black slaves, Savannah, GA
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| December 28, 1832 |
John Calhoun resigns as Vice President of the United States |
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John C. Calhoun |
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