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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1798 <<Previous year Next year>>
| January 8, 1798 |
Ratification of the 11th Amendment is formally announced by the President |
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Chisholm v. Georgia |
| January 12, 1798 |
James Jackson begins term as governor
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James Jackson |
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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Governors of Georgia, 1733-1800
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| February 11, 1798 |
Joseph "Rich Joe" Vann born, Cherokee Nation (near present-day Chatsworth, Georgia)
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Joseph 'Rich Joe' Vann |
| April 7, 1798 |
U. S. Congress authorizes three commissioners to negotiate with Georgia for the cession of all or part of the lands encompassed by the Yazoo Land Act of 1795
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| April 30, 1798 |
Stephen Decatur appointed midshipman, U. S. Navy
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Stephen Decatur
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| July 1, 1798 |
John Anthony Quitman born, Rhinebeck, New York
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| October 2, 1798 |
(First) Treaty of Tellico |
| December 22, 1798 |
George Walker Crawford born, Columbia County, Georgia
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Columbia County, Georgia |
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