Coweta County GaArchives Photo Place.....Historical Plaque - Coweta County July 23, 2005
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Source:             Historical Plaque - Coweta County - Newnan,Ga
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Coweta County
Coweta, an original county, was created by
Acts of June 9, 1825 and Dec. 11, 1826 from
Creek cessions of Jan. 24,1826 and Mar. 31,
1826. It was named Coweta fo perpetuate the
fame of the head chief of the Coweta Towns.
Gen. William McIntosh. half-blood Creek Indian.
Gen. McIntosh, daring soldier and usefull ally
during the War with British, was killed
in his home by some of his own people after
he signed the Treaty at Indian Springs, ceding
land to the Whites. First officers of Coweta
County, commissioned May 15, 1827 were: Josiah
B. Beall, Sheriff: John F. Beavers, Clk. Sup. Ct;
Henry Taulett, Clk. Inf. Ct,; Irwin Baggett,
Surveyor; Shadrach Green, Coroner.


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