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Georgia Genealogy Trails "Where your Journey Begins" |
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Georgia Genealogy Trails "Where your Journey Begins" |
CHEROKEE COUNTY
This division of the State was laid out in 1832.
The Etowah River flows almost through the centre of the county. The Little River empties into the Etowah. The creeks
are, Cooper's, Sandy, Chicken, &c.
Canton is the seat of justice, on the southeast bank of the Etowah River, one hundred and thirty miles northwest
of Milledgeville.
The portion of the county west of the Etowah, and south of Long Swamp, is very liilly. The part that is traversed
by Little River and its tributaries is undulating. The section of the county east of the Etowah is hilly, except
some portions contiguous to Forsyth. Lands of the first quality are on Etowah River and Long Swamp.
Sharp Mountain, in the northwest part of the county, is remarkable for its peak, running up like a sugar-loaf.
Extract from the Census of 1850.—Dwellings, 1,970 ; families, 1,994; white males, 5,921; white females, 5,708;
free coloured males, 6; free coloured females, 8. Total free population, 11,643. Slaves, 1,157. Deaths, 81. Farms,
1,000,; manufacturing establishments, 5 ; value of real estate, $1,637,037; value of personal estate, §790,175.
Gold is found in this county. Sixes' Mines are sir miles southwest of Canton, on the road to Allatoona.
Williamson's Mines are on the waters of Little River.
Franklin Mines are on Etowah River, five miles from Frog Town.
The other minerals are iron, sulphate of iron, sulphate of copper, titanium, quartz, granite and marble. Quicksilver
and cobalt are said to exist.
On Long Swamp there are large quarries of marble, which are beginning to be a source of profit to the owners.
Old Sixes, an Indian town, was situated about seven miles S. W. of Canton. In 1833 about four hundred Indians resided
here. Stop was the chief.
The Ball-ground was a prominent place among the Cherokees.
Little River Town, fourteen miles S. E. of Canton, was in 1833 inhabited by three hundred Indians. Chicken was
the chief.
Among the early settlers were, Daniel H. Bird, John P. Brooks, John Wagner, General Eli McConnell, John McConnell,
John B, Garrison, R. F. Daniel, James Daniel, William Grisham, John Eperson, Washington Ldmpkin, Henry Cobb, Charles
Christian, John Maddox, Thomas Johnston, William Greene, Samuel Tate, Peter Kuykendall, John P. Winn, Joseph S.
Dyer, Martin Evans, John M. Chambers, Joseph Donaldson, Merrick Ford, E. Putnam, T. Chamlee, M. Chamlee, S. Rucker,
James Dorius, David Rusk, John Hunt, Sen., John Leonard, William May, WilLiam Key, James A. Maddox, B. Bailey,
John Mullins, John Pugh, John Henson, John Wheeler, Henry Wheeler, P. C. Boger, E. Dyer, &c.
This county derived its name from the Cherokee Indians. The word Cherokee is derived from Chera, fire, and the
prophets of the nation were called Cheralaghye, men of divine fire.
Source: "Historical Collections Of Georgia", by George White, 1855
Transcribed and Submitted by Brenda Wiesner
