Coweta County Courthouse Historical Marker

Located at the Crawford County Courthouse, 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 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.

 

038-4 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956

Photo: Keith Hair

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