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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for December 18
Yesterday Tomorrow
| December 18, 1833 |
Walker County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Freeman Walker
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Walker County, Georgia |
| December 18, 1834 |
State of Georgia charters the Georgia Methodists Conference Manuel Labor School in Oxford, Georgia. This would eventually become today's Emory University in Atlanta
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
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Emory University |
| December 18, 1857 |
Pierce County created
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William Pierce |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Pierce County, Georgia |
| December 18, 1857 |
Milton County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Milton County, Georgia |
| December 18, 1860 |
Lincoln writes Alexander Stephens to assure him that he (Lincoln) will not interfere with slavery in the South, directly or indirectly.
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Civil War - 1860 |
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Alexander Stephens |
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Slavery in Georgia |
| December 18, 1879 |
Having moved from Augusta, Georgia (where it was known as the Augusta Institute), the Atlanta Baptist Seminary holds opening exercises. In attendance is Governor Alfred Colquitt and Georgia School Commissioner Gustavus Orr. |
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Joseph Thomas Robert |
| December 18, 1885 |
Edith Bolling, who will marry President Woodrow Wilson after the death of his first wife, is born in Washington D. C.
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Woodrow Wilson |
| December 18, 1886 |
Ty Cobb born in Narrows (Banks County).
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Ty Cobb |
| December 18, 1894 |
Lakewood Amphitheater is approved. It will open within a year as a "whites only" facility
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| December 18, 1897 |
Fletcher Henderson (Jazz musician) is born in Atlanta
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Fletcher Henderon |
| December 18, 1917 |
Ossie Davis born, Cogdell, Georgia
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Ossie Davis |
| December 18, 1971 |
Bobby Jones, 69, dies, Atlanta, Georgia
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Bobby Jones |
| December 18, 2003 |
Margaret DeFrancisco Named President/CEO of the Georgia Lottery Corporation. DeFrancisco had been running the New York Lottery for four years. |
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Georgia Lottery |
| December 18, 2009 |
RockBridge Commercial Bank, Atlanta, Georgia, fails. |
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