Coweta County

Coweta County is a Georgia historical marker in Coweta County, dedicated 1956.

At the courthouse in Newnan.

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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 to perpetuate the fame of the head chief of the Coweta Towns, Gen. William McIntosh, half-blood Creek Indian. Gen. McIntosh, daring soldier and useful ally during the War with the British, was killed in his home by some of his own people after he signed the Treaty of 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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Historical maps covering this location

1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Georgia and Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1824, covering the location of Coweta County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1824, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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This historical marker is part of the Georgia Historical Marker Program and was erected by the Georgia Historical Commission. Marker texts and locations come from the Society's own marker database.

More markers nearby

Governor William Yates Atkinson (1854-1899)same spot
Confederate Hospitals (Coweta County)same spot
Battle of Brown's Millsame spot
Governor Ellis Gibbs Arnallsame spot

On the National Register nearby

Newnan Commercial Historic District180 ft
Coweta County Courthouse190 ft

Places within about 300 feet of this marker that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A nearby listing is not always the marker's own subject.