Northwest Georgia History.....

The Settlers poured through Georgia pushing further west. As of 1830, the area in yellow below represented the Cherokee Nation East, the line the Cherokees had pulled back to by treaty. There were Indian, White, Black and mixed bloods all living there. Gold had been discovered in 1829 or earlier. The State of Georgia wanted the Cherokee claims extinguished. The historical and genealogical material of this time period to about 1840 overlapped current County lines. The 23 counties included are:

Bartow (formerly Cass), Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Lumpkin, Milton (merged with Fulton 1932), Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Towns, Union, Walker, Whitfield .

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1830 Antony Finley Co. from CVIOG - UGA	from Indian Land Cessions	Current Counties	1839 Map from American Memories

In the middle map the unnamed colored part of North Fulton is Milton Co. which was cut from Forsyth, Cherokee and Cobb in 1857.

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1801-
1816 SETTLERS AND INTRUDERS ON CHEROKEE INDIAN LANDS 1801-1816 (And a few other goodies) Abstracted from the Records of the Cherokee Agency in Tennessee: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Records. National Archives Microcopy M-208, Rolls 1-7, 13. Transcribed by Janelle Swearingen 1989
See her page at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~janelle/Intruders.htm

about 1805 Federal Road - a Federal Road was built across the Cherokee Nation
There is an interesting letter about offering James Vann an "inducement" to let the Federal Government build the road. He had a tavern and ferry where the road came into the Cherokee Nation across the Chattahoochee. It was in present day Forsyth County across from Winn's Ferry.
For a description of where the road ran see
Retracing the Old Federal Road, pp. 349-360, in Placenames of Georgia: Essays of John H. Goff
Copy of a lease made for Vann's Ferry in 1827
Photo of Vann's Tavern after relocation at New Echota by Lamar Sneed
Georgia State Parks - Historic Sites

pre
1830 Men with Indian Wives

Emmet Starr's History of Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore
put online by accessgenealogy.com See their page at:
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/starrgen/index.htm

Cherokee Indians from the Carl Vinson Institute of Government
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/cheroke2.htm

Cherokee Phoenix Transcripts
Hunter Library http://www.wcu.edu/library/CherokeePhoenix/
Blue Otter Website archived
http://blueotter.addr.com/cherokee-phoenix/transcripts.htm

1830 In 1830 this area was censused as part of one of these five counties because Georgia did not want to lose the count toward their representation. To see a map of how the area was added to the counties Click here for a map from segenealogy.com/georgia.
Carroll 1830 Index Online by Wally Smith part of the Carroll County Genweb page
DeKalb 1830 Index Online by Vivian Price part of her DeKalb County History Page
Gwinnett 1830 Index Online by S-K Publications part of the USGenWeb Archives
Gwinnett 1830 Entire Census Transcribed by Linda Doty May 14, 2001. This transcription was proofread by Loretta Beeuwsaert.
If you go to here and page down to page 374, you will see names that we know were in the Cherokee Nation at this time period. You will note that the census taker was Shadrach Bogan. From an article in the Cherokee Phoenix, we know that he was set upon and wounded. It is not know if he finished taking the census from that point. That might account for some people south of the Federal Road being missing.
Hall 1830 Entire Census Transcribed by Nancy Crayton.
Habersham 1830 Index Online by S-K Publications part of the USGenWeb Archives
      1830 Index and Census us-census.org

If you had family in this area in 1830, they will appear on one of the above censuses. If they were white they were counted. If they were Cherokee (and admitted it) they were not. This results in a lot of single men showing who we know had large families and many single women with large families and no husbands. The rule appeared to be that if the mother was white, the children were and if the mother was Indian, the children were considered Indian.

1830
1832 Sixth or 1832 Georgia Land Lottery
Access Genealogy. com has put the following book online HERE
I will caution that it does NOT include the gold lots. For example Forsyth County which was the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 14th District of the First Section are not shown.
Cross reference to the Secretary of State's page on the 1832 Lottery.
The Cherokee Land Lottery, containing a numerical list of the names of the fortunate Drawers in said Lottery, With an Engraved Map of Each District
by James F. Smith, of Milledgeville, Geo.
New York: Printed by Harper & Brothers No. 82 Cliff Street. 1838.

DEC
1831 From GA Laws 1831- Section 1:"......that all the territory lying west of the Chattahoochee river and north of Carroll county, within the limits of Georgia and which is now attached to and forms part of the several counties of Carroll, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall and Habersham, shall form one county to be called CHEROKEE........"
Cherokee County, Georgia was formed from Cherokee Nation East. The first election was held in Cherokee County, GA. at the home of Ambrose Harnage in February 1832.
  Notes on the First Voters

Dec
1832
The Original Cherokee County was split into 10 Counties, the Additional nine counties were:
Cass to 1861 then renamed Bartow
Cobb
Floyd
Forsyth by Donna Parrish
Gilmer
Lumpkin by Dan Pierce
Murray
Paulding
Union
When they split Cherokee County into Ten Counties they had to elect new officers for each county. If a man had been elected for Cherokee County in that first election he carried that position with him to his new county (depending on where he resided) for the remainder ot his term. That would explain why Deed Book A, Forsyth County Records, appears to be the Original Book used in Cherokee County. Oliver Strickland was the first Clerk of Superior Court of Cherokee and he resided in what became Forsyth.

1833 Walker County was formed

1834 The counties made from Cherokee County were censused in a special census. The originals are in the Telamon Cuyler Collection at the University of Georgia.
Online are: Cherokee Forsyth Lumpkin Union

1837 Dade County was formed

1838 Chattooga County was formed
Chattooga County by Suzanne Shephard

1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services; With the names, ages, and places of residence Returned by the marshalls of the several judicial districts; under The Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Printed 1841. Typed and Reformatted By: Kathy Leigh, July 9, 2001

1850 Gordon Calhoun

1851 Whitfield Dalton

1851 Polk Cedartown

1853 Catoosa Ringgold

1853 Pickens Jasper

1854 Fannin Blue Ridge

1856 Towns Hiawassee

1856 Haralson Buchanan

1857 Dawson Dawsonville

1857 Milton was Alpharetta

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	More on Northwest Georgia
1801- 1816	SETTLERS AND INTRUDERS ON CHEROKEE INDIAN LANDS 1801-1816 (And a few other goodies) Abstracted from the Records of the Cherokee Agency in Tennessee: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Records. National Archives Microcopy M-208, Rolls 1-7, 13. Transcribed by Janelle Swearingen 1989 See her page at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~janelle/Intruders.htm
about 1805	Federal Road - a Federal Road was built across the Cherokee Nation There is an interesting letter about offering James Vann an "inducement" to let the Federal Government build the road. He had a tavern and ferry where the road came into the Cherokee Nation across the Chattahoochee. It was in present day Forsyth County across from Winn's Ferry. For a description of where the road ran see Retracing the Old Federal Road, pp. 349-360, in Placenames of Georgia: Essays of John H. Goff Copy of a lease made for Vann's Ferry in 1827 Photo of Vann's Tavern after relocation at New Echota by Lamar Sneed Georgia State Parks - Historic Sites
pre 1830	Men with Indian Wives
	Emmet Starr's History of Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore put online by accessgenealogy.com See their page at: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/starrgen/index.htm
	Cherokee Indians from the Carl Vinson Institute of Government http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/cheroke2.htm
	Cherokee Phoenix Transcripts Hunter Library http://www.wcu.edu/library/CherokeePhoenix/ Blue Otter Website *archived* http://blueotter.addr.com/cherokee-phoenix/transcripts.htm
1830	In 1830 this area was censused as part of one of these five counties because Georgia did not want to lose the count toward their representation. To see a map of how the area was added to the counties Click here for a map from segenealogy.com/georgia. Carroll 1830 Index Online by Wally Smith part of the Carroll County Genweb page DeKalb 1830 Index Online by Vivian Price part of her DeKalb County History Page Gwinnett 1830 Index Online by S-K Publications part of the USGenWeb Archives Gwinnett 1830 Entire Census Transcribed by Linda Doty May 14, 2001. This transcription was proofread by Loretta Beeuwsaert. If you go to here and page down to page 374, you will see names that we know were in the Cherokee Nation at this time period. You will note that the census taker was Shadrach Bogan. From an article in the Cherokee Phoenix, we know that he was set upon and wounded. It is not know if he finished taking the census from that point. That might account for some people south of the Federal Road being missing. Hall 1830 Entire Census Transcribed by Nancy Crayton. Habersham 1830 Index Online by S-K Publications part of the USGenWeb Archives 1830 Index and Census us-census.org If you had family in this area in 1830, they will appear on one of the above censuses. If they were white they were counted. If they were Cherokee (and admitted it) they were not. This results in a lot of single men showing who we know had large families and many single women with large families and no husbands. The rule appeared to be that if the mother was white, the children were and if the mother was Indian, the children were considered Indian.
1830 1832	Sixth or 1832 Georgia Land Lottery Access Genealogy. com has put the following book online HERE I will caution that it does NOT include the gold lots. For example Forsyth County which was the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 14th District of the First Section are not shown. Cross reference to the Secretary of State's page on the 1832 Lottery. The Cherokee Land Lottery, containing a numerical list of the names of the fortunate Drawers in said Lottery, With an Engraved Map of Each District by James F. Smith, of Milledgeville, Geo. New York: Printed by Harper & Brothers No. 82 Cliff Street. 1838.
DEC 1831	From GA Laws 1831- Section 1:"......that all the territory lying west of the Chattahoochee river and north of Carroll county, within the limits of Georgia and which is now attached to and forms part of the several counties of Carroll, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall and Habersham, shall form one county to be called CHEROKEE........" Cherokee County, Georgia was formed from Cherokee Nation East. The first election was held in Cherokee County, GA. at the home of Ambrose Harnage in February 1832. Notes on the First Voters
Dec 1832	The Original Cherokee County was split into 10 Counties, the Additional nine counties were: Cass to 1861 then renamed Bartow Cobb Floyd Forsyth by Donna Parrish Gilmer Lumpkin by Dan Pierce Murray Paulding Union When they split Cherokee County into Ten Counties they had to elect new officers for each county. If a man had been elected for Cherokee County in that first election he carried that position with him to his new county (depending on where he resided) for the remainder ot his term. That would explain why Deed Book A, Forsyth County Records, appears to be the Original Book used in Cherokee County. Oliver Strickland was the first Clerk of Superior Court of Cherokee and he resided in what became Forsyth.
1833	Walker County was formed
1834	The counties made from Cherokee County were censused in a special census. The originals are in the Telamon Cuyler Collection at the University of Georgia. Online are: Cherokee Forsyth Lumpkin Union
1837	Dade County was formed
1838	Chattooga County was formed Chattooga County by Suzanne Shephard
1840	Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services; With the names, ages, and places of residence Returned by the marshalls of the several judicial districts; under The Act for Taking the Sixth Census. Printed 1841. Typed and Reformatted By: Kathy Leigh, July 9, 2001

1850	Gordon	Calhoun
1851	Whitfield	Dalton
1851	Polk	Cedartown
1853	Catoosa	Ringgold
1853	Pickens	Jasper
1854	Fannin	Blue Ridge
1856	Towns	Hiawassee
1856	Haralson	Buchanan
1857	Dawson	Dawsonville
1857	Milton	was Alpharetta