Cherokee County, Georgia

Original territory

Originally, Cherokee County was more like a territory than a county, covering everything northwest of the Chattahoochee River and Chestatee River except for Carroll County. Several other counties were carved out of these Cherokee lands as part of the Cherokee Land Lottery of 1832. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/countyboundaries/cherokeeboundaries2.htm

Related Topics:
Territory - Chattahoochee River - Chestatee River - Carroll County - Cherokee - Cherokee Land Lottery - 1832

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The act of law forming them was passed on December 3rd of that year, and created the counties of Forsyth, Lumpkin, Union, Cobb, Gilmer, Murray, Cass (now Bartow), Floyd, and Paulding. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/coundate.htm The forcible (sometimes at gunpoint) removal of the Cherokee people, leading up to the notorious Trail of Tears, began in this area the year before, later accelerated by the discovery of gold in local streams.

Related Topics:
Act of law - December 3 - Forsyth - Lumpkin - Union - Cobb - Gilmer - Murray - Cass - Bartow - Floyd - Paulding - Gunpoint - Trail of Tears - Gold

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The first county seat was at Harnageville, originally called Marble Works. Since 1880 that town has been called Tate, and it is now (since 1853) in Pickens County. Part of that county was taken directly from Cherokee, the other via Gilmer (itself earlier taken from Cherokee).

Related Topics:
Harnageville - Marble Works - 1880 - 1853 - Pickens County

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