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Forsyth County, Georgia
| December 26, 1831 |
The original Cherokee County created
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Lumpkin County, Georgia |
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Gilmer County, Georgia |
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Floyd County, Georgia |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Cass County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Original Cherokee County |
| 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 |
| January 17, 1987 |
A small group of Atlantans march to protest lack of blacks in Cumming, Georgia (Forsyth County). Led by Rev. Hosea William the march is disrupted by militant white racists, many from outside the county.
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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The Road to Integration
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| January 24, 1987 |
A crowd of 20,000 racially mixed people from the metropolitan Atlanta area join Rev. Hosea Williams and others in a unity march in Cumming, Georgia (Forsyth County). A march the previous week had been turned back by racists.
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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The Road to Integration
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| April 3, 1997 |
Poole's Mill Covered Bridge park opens in Forsyth County
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
| January 22, 2001 |
Randy Thompson, a Forsyth County firefighter, dies after exhibiting "flu-like" symptoms for several days. His live-in companion is Lynn Turner. |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
| July 30, 2001 |
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, having been called into the Lynn Turner case to assist the Forsyth County police, declare that firefighter Randy Thomson died from antifreeze poisoning. His death will later be ruled a homicide. |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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Lynn Turner |
Name derivation:Named in honor of John Forsyth. Today perhaps best remembered for his role in the Amistad affair, thanks to the movie of that name. In 1828 Forsyth urged the Georgia General Assembly to extend Georgia law across the Cherokee Nation without the cession of the land by the Cherokee Nation. In 1833, after the county had been created, Forsyth took a pro-Union stand during the Nullification Crisis, although he was stridently anti-tariff. This put him at odds with noted Georgia politicians like John Berrien and Augustin Clayton.
Acquisition: Treaty of New Echota
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National Register of Historic Places in Forsyth County, Georgia
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