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CHEROKEE COUNTY.

   THIS division of the State was laid out in 1832.

   The Etowah River flows almost through the centre of the county. The Little
River empties into the Etowah. The creeks are, Cooper's, Sandy, Chicken, &c.

   CANTON is the seat of justice, on the southeast bank of the Etowah River, one
hundred and thirty miles northwest of Milledgeville.

   The portion of the county west of the Etowah, and south of Long Swamp, is
very hilly. The part that is traversed by Little River and its tributaries is
undulating. The section of the county east of the Etowah is hilly, except some
portions contiguous to Forsyth. Lands of the first quality are on Etowah River
and Long Swamp.

   Sharp Mountain, in the northwest part of the county, is remarkable for its
peak, running up like a sugar-loaf.

   Extract from the Census of 1850.-Dwellings, 1,970; families, 1,994; white
males, 5,921; white females, 5,708; free coloured males, 6; free coloured
females, 8. Total free population, 11,643. Slaves, 1,157. Deaths, 81. Farms,
1,000,; manufacturing establishments, 5; value of real estate, $1,637,037; value
of personal estate, $790,175.

   Gold is found in this county. Sixes' Mines are six miles southwest of Canton,
on the road to Allatoona.

   Williamson's Mines are on the waters of Little River.

   Franklin Mines are on Etowah River, five miles from Frog Town.

   The other minerals are iron, sulphate of iron, sulphate of copper, titanium,
quartz, granite and marble. Quicksilver and cobalt are said to exist.

   On Long Swamp there are large quarries of marble, which are beginning to be a
source of profit to the owners.

   Old Sixes, an Indian town, was situated about seven miles S. W. of Canton. In
1833 about four hundred. Indians resided here. Stop was the chief.

   The Ball-ground was a prominent place among the Cherokees.

   Little River Town, fourteen miles S. E. of Canton, was in 1833 inhabited by
three hundred Indians. Chicken was the chief.

   Among the early settlers were, DANIEL H. BIRD, JOHN P. BROOKS, JOHN WAGNER,
General ELI MCCONNELL, JOHN MCCONNELL, JOAN E. GARRISON, R. F. DANIEL, JAMES
DANIEL, WILLIAM GRISFIAM, JOHN EPERSON, WASHINGTON LUMPKIN, HENRY COBB, CHARLES
CHRISTIAN, JOHN MADDOX, THOMAS JOHNSTON, WILLIAM GREENE, SAMUEL TATE, PETER
KUYKENDALL, JOAN P. WINN, JOSEPH S. DYER, MARTIN EVANS, JOHN M. CHAMBERS, JOSEPH
DONALDSON, MERRICK FORD,. E. PUTNAM, T. CHAMLEE, M. CHAMLEE, S. RUCKER, JAMES
DORRIS, DAVID RUSK, JOHN HUNT, Sen., JOHN LEONARD, WILLIAM MAY, WILLIAM KEY,
JAMES A. MADDOX, B. BAILEY, JOHN MULLINS, JOHN PUGH, JOHN HENSON, JOHN WHEELER,
HENRY WHEELER, P. C. BOGER, E. DYER, &C.

   This county derived its name from the Cherokee Indians.

   The word CHEROKEE is derived from Chera, fire, and the prophets of the nation
were called Cheralaghye, men of divine fire.


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