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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1818
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| January 22, 1818 |
Andrew Jackson leaves Nashville, Tennessee, headed for Fort Scott, Georgia to take command of the Georgia troops during the First Seminole War.
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| January 22, 1818 |
Treaty with Creek at Creek Agency on the Flint River
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Atkinson County, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
| February 7, 1818 |
Cahaba County, Alabama is created by the Alabama Territorial Legislature
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William Wyatt Bibb |
| February 13, 1818 |
Andrew Jackson arrives at Fort Early in Crisp County. They will use the fort extensively in the Seminole Indian War and in the War against the Creek Indians
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Crisp County, Georgia |
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Creek Indians |
| February 18, 1818 |
John Paulding dies, Duchess County, New York
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| February 19, 1818 |
Johanna Troutman is born, Crawford County, Georgia. She is credited with designing the "Lone Star" flag.
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Crawford County, Georgia |
| February 19, 1818 |
General Andrew Jackson arrives at Fort Hawkins (Macon) with 1,000 Tennessee volunteers.
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City of Macon, Georgia |
| March 1, 1818 |
Jared Irwin dies, Union Hill, Georgia
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| March 9, 1818 |
Andrew Jackson arrives at Fort Scott (on the Flint River near the Georgia-Florida border) with 1,000+ men.
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| March 10, 1818 |
Daniel Webster argues Dartmouth College v. Woodward in the Supreme Court of the United States. |
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Daniel Webster |
| April 8, 1818 |
General Andrew Jackson orders his men to hang Francis the Prophet and Micco Homollimico, Creek Indians who had been captured a few days earlier.
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Creek Indians |
| April 9, 1818 |
Andrew Jackson enters the Okefenokee Swamp in search of Billy Bowlegs (Bolek) and his band of Seminole Indians.
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Okefenokee Swamp |
| April 18, 1818 |
American troops surround the village of Billy Bowlegs (Bolek) in the Okefenokee Swamp. As they advance they find a single man - Lt. Robert Ambrister of the British Army
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Okefenokee Swamp |
| April 23, 1818 |
General Andrew Jackson hangs Lt. Robert Ambrister along with another British prisoner.
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| May 5, 1818 |
Establishment of the Georgia-Tennessee border begins. |
| May 29, 1818 |
Andrew Jackson captures the capital of Spanish Florida, Pensacola.
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| June 1, 1818 |
Surveyors designate the Camak Stone as the western end of Georgia and Tennessee. They are about 1 mile south of the actual border, the 35th parallel. |
| June 11, 1818 |
President James Monroe learns that Andrew Jackson, while pursuing the Seminole Indians, has decided to take the Spanish colony of Florida.
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| November 18, 1818 |
Settlement for Yazoo Land Fraud claims is complete, with the government spending almost 4.3 million dollars to pay the claimants
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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| December 15, 1818 |
The Third Georgia Land Lottery is authorized. It is held in 1820
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
| December 15, 1818 |
Irwin County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Irwin County, Georgia |
| December 15, 1818 |
Walton County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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George Walton
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Walton County, Georgia |
| December 15, 1818 |
Gwinnett County created
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Button Gwinnett |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
| December 15, 1818 |
Habersham County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Habersham County, Georgia |
| December 15, 1818 |
Hall County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Hall County, Georgia |
| December 15, 1818 |
Early County created
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Peter Early |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Early County, Georgia |
| December 15, 1818 |
Appling County created
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Daniel Appling |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Appling County |
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