Pike County Georgia History Newnan (town) File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by "Lynn B. Cunningham" Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Lost City of Newnan [I am sending a story that was paper clipped in the front of Pike County Deeds and Mortgages, Book A Index, 1823-1826 Microfilm Roll No. RHS 3357. ] From Pike County Deeds and Mortgages, Book A Index, 1823- 1826 Microfilm Roll No. RHS 3357 The Microfilm shows a typed page paper-clipped in the front of the book. It reads: The Lost Town of Newnan Pike County was created by legislative enactment in the autumn of 1822. Its boundaries extended from Monroe County on the East to the Flint River on the West, and from the Northern limits of Griffin on the North to several miles below Thomaston on the South. Thus the county was more than twice as large as now. Early in 1823 the county was organized, and, after the election of officers, the first work of the Inferior Court Judges was to locate the County seat. There was much controversy over this, as those living south of Pike Mountains wanted it on their side of the mountains while those living north of the mountains wanted it on their side. The matter was finally settled by selecting the center of north and south, which was Lot No. 202, four miles south of the present town of Zebulon. This lot was bought and laid out unto town lots and was named Newnan in honor of Gen, Daniel Newnan. Soon the axe, hammer and saw were heard in this wilderness country. In a short time there were several stores, a hotel and a temporary courthouse. Dwellings were rising on various streets. From the flow of immigration it was a place of considerable trade. We are told that the Indians from Beyond the Flint River would come here by the hundreds to barter their furs, hides, etc. It soon put on city airs and had a council and a marshal. But, alas, the seeds of dissatisfaction sown in the mountain controversy began to bear fruit, resulting in the citizens south of the mountains getting from the legislature in 1824 a new county called Upson. As this county took most of the land below the mountains it threw Pike's County seat too far from the center of the county. So in 1825, Land Lot 227, four miles further north, was selected as the County seat and called Zebulon. Soon most of the inhabitants of Newnan moved to the new County seat and gradually Pike County's first town became one of the lost towns of Georgia. Now nothing remains there to tell of "a glory that is past" except a few old wells that couldn't very well be moved. Handwritten below story: Deed to Lot # 227 - Page 389 ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============