Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1835
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| January 14, 1835 |
James Moore Wayne becomes a U. S. Supreme Court justice, the first justice from Georgia. He was nominated by Andrew Jackson on January 6 and confirmed by Congress on January 9.
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| March 3, 1835 |
Branch mints were created by the United States Congress including one in Dahlonega, Georgia, center of the world's first gold rush
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Dahlonega, Georgia |
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Dahlonega Mint |
| March 13, 1835 |
Ignatius A. Few is appointed commissioner in charge of construction of the U. S. Mint in Dahlonega, Georgia. |
| March 14, 1835 |
First treaty of New Echota remained unsigned by the Cherokee because it did not meet the demands of John Ross
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| April 8, 1835 |
Convinced that the Cherokee presence in Georgia would soon be extinguished, Samuel Worcester leaves Brainerd, Tennessee and heads to Dwight Mission, Cherokee Nation, West.
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| May 29, 1835 |
Samuel Worcester and his party arrive at Dwight Mission in present-day Oklahoma
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| June 9, 1835 |
Whitehall post office established |
| June 10, 1835 |
Rebecca Latimer Felton born, Decatur
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Rebecca Latimer Felton |
| June 15, 1835 |
Jefferson Davis marries Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor
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Jefferson Davis |
| June 22, 1835 |
Henry Van Ness Boynton born, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts
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| June 30, 1835 |
Jefferson Davis resigns his commission (1st Lieutenant) in the United States Army after his marriage to Sarah Knox Taylor
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Jefferson Davis |
| September 15, 1835 |
Less than three months after their marriage, Jeff Davis's wife dies of yellow fever or malaria in Louisiana
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Jefferson Davis |
| October 1, 1835 |
Robert Houstoun Anderson born, Savannah, Georgia
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Savannah, Georgia births and deaths |
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General Robert H. Anderson |
| November 4, 1835 |
William Schley begins term as governor of Georgia
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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William Schley |
| November 18, 1835 |
Joanna Troutman presents the first Lone Star flag to Col. William Ward, commander of the Georgia Battalion. The Macon, Georgia-area troops were headed west to join in the fight for Texas independence. |
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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Crawford County, Georgia |
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Lone Star Flag |
| December 3, 1835 |
John Quitman elected President of the Mississippi Senate, making him governor of the state until the next election.
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| December 7, 1835 |
In an address to the House of Representatives, Gov. William Schley charges that Creek Indians from Alabama with hostilities against Georgians living in Stewart and Baker Counties.
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William Schley |
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Creek Indians |
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Stewart County, Georgia |
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Baker County, Georgia |
| December 21, 1835 |
Oglethorpe University is chartered in Milledgeville. It moves to Atlanta in 1913
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| December 28, 1835 |
Micanope and Jumper, two Seminole chiefs, ambush Major Francis Langhorne Dade and kill him and 109 of his infantry detachment. Dade County is named in his honor.
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Dade County, Georgia |
| December 28, 1835 |
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| December 29, 1835 |
Members of the Ridge or Treaty Party sign the Treaty of New Echota, without the approval of the Cherokee National Council.
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
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Original Cherokee County |
| December 31, 1835 |
Battle of Withlachoochee in the Semiole Indian War
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Duncan L. (Lamont) Clinch |
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