Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1796 <<Previous year    Next year>> Georgia History Navidater Century 000's 1400's 1500's 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1700's 1710's 1720's 1730's 1740's 1750's 1760's 1770's 1780's 1790's Year 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 January 14, 1796 Responding to public pressure, almost all legislators who profited from the Yazoo Land Act are removed from office. U.S. Senator James Jackson, now a member of the state legislature, convenes the so-called "Reform Legislature"   James Jackson   Yazoo Land Fraud January 15, 1796 Jared Irwin begins term as governor   Governors of Georgia, 1733-1800 January 22, 1796 Report of the Yazoo Land Fraud presented to the Reform Legislature   Yazoo Land Fraud January 23, 1796 Augusta is two feet under water after the Savannah River leaves its banks   City of Augusta, Georgia February 8, 1796 Bulloch County created   Archibald Bulloch   Creation of Georgia Counties   Bulloch County, Georgia February 11, 1796 Jackson County created   James Jackson   Creation of Georgia Counties   Jackson County, Georgia February 13, 1796 Gov. Irwin signs a bill rescinding the Yazoo Land Act. It will take 6 years and a landmark Supreme Court ruling for the state to settle claims resulting from this legislation   Yazoo Land Fraud February 13, 1796 Georgia legislature establishes a Mayor's Court in Savannah. This would eventually become the County Court.   City of Savannah, Georgia February 15, 1796 The Yazoo Land Fraud comes to an end as James Jackson and other expunge the event from Georgia history by buring all records related to the incident on the steps of the capitol, then in Louisville, Georgia. They missed one copy, sent to George Washington.   James Jackson   George Washington February 18, 1796 Act rescinding the Yazoo Land Act becomes law   Yazoo Land Fraud February 18, 1796 Under pressure from reformists led by U.S. Senator and Revolutionary War hero James Jackson, the Yazoo Land Act is rescinded.   James Jackson   Georgia headright grants February 20, 1796 Jefferson County created   Creation of Georgia Counties   Jefferson County, Georgia February 20, 1796 Lincoln County created   Benjamin Lincoln   Creation of Georgia Counties   Lincoln County, Georgia February 21, 1796 At the state capital in Louisville, Georgia's reform politicians burn every copy of the Yazoo Land Act except for one sent to General George Washington. It is the only known copy of the act to survive   Georgia headright grants April 19, 1796 Nathaniel Twining announces stagecoach service between Savannah and Augusta. It becomes the first successful service between the cities. An earlier attempt, in 1786 failed in less than a year.   City of Savannah, Georgia   City of Augusta, Georgia May 4, 1796 Andrew Ellicott is appointed to determine the boundary line between the United States and Spanish Florida. June 28, 1796 A conference between Georgia, the United States and the Creek Confederacy at Coleraine on St. Mary's River ends with the Georgia commissioners denouncing the proceeding as a "...fraud on the state"   Creek Indians June 29, 1796 Treaty of Coleraine July 20, 1796 John Houstoun dies, near Savannah   Savannah, Georgia births and deaths   John Houstoun, Patriot August 3, 1796 Point Peter (sometimes spelled Pointe Petre) is completed, St. Mary's, Georgia   Camden County, Georgia September 16, 1796 Andrew Ellicott leaves leaves Philadelphia to begin the survey of the Florida-Georgia border, as agreed to in the Pinckney Treaty of 1795. Rather than sail south along the coast, Ellicott heads west to the Ohio River which he will take to New Orleans. November 6, 1796 Nathan Brownson died at his home in Liberty County near the town of Riceboro. He is buried at the Old Midway Cemetery.   Liberty County, Georgia December 15, 1796 Anthony Wayne dies on a return trip to Philadelphia.   'Mad' Anthony Wayne The best search in Georgia History Georgia History Navidater Century 000's 1400's 1500's 1600's 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1700's 1710's 1720's 1730's 1740's 1750's 1760's 1770's 1780's 1790's Year 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799
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