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Habersham County, Georgia
| December 15, 1818 |
Habersham County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Habersham County, Georgia |
| June 28, 1824 |
William Tatum Wofford born, near Cornelia (Habersham County), Georgia. This date is sometimes erroneously given as 1823
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Habersham County, Georgia |
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William Tatum Wofford |
| August 1, 1829 |
First documentary evidence of gold in North Georgia, The Georgia Journal, a newspaper in Milledgeville, prints a report of two mines in Habersham County
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Habersham County, Georgia |
| June 1, 1830 |
Hall, Habersham, Carroll, Dekalb and Gwinnett Counties are now responsible for enforcing civil law in the Cherokee Nation, at least as far as the state of Georgia is concerned
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Original Cherokee County |
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Hall County, Georgia |
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Habersham County, Georgia |
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Carroll County, Georgia |
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DeKalb County, Georgia |
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
Name derivation:Named in honor of Joseph Habersham, patriot, member of the "Sons of Liberty," a radical organization that promoted American self-rule, arrested Royal Governor James Wright just before he boarded a ship to the relative safety of Tybee Island, served as Speaker of the House and Postmaster General of the United States Acquisition: Taken from:Counties created from:Cities: Web sites:National Register of Historic Places in Habersham County, GeorgiaHabersham County, Georgia, links
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