Workspace for Appalachia Project - Georgia

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Location: Georgia
Surnames/tags: Appalachia Georgia

Project: Appalachia | Southern Appalachia Team | Georgia Appalachians^[1]

Georgia has 37 counties in Appalachia: Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson, Douglas, Elbert, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gordon, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Hart, Heard, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, White, and Whitfield,^[2] which are in the Southern Appalachia Region.

The Georgia table on the Counties of Appalachia has links to their category pages. The following table has links to their space pages (green links, if a page exists, otherwise, red).

The historic county, Cass County, was created in 1832 and renamed Bartow County in 1861. It does not have a space page.

37 Georgia County Space Pages
Banks	Barrow	Bartow	Carroll
Catoosa	Chattooga	Cherokee	Dade
Dawson	Douglas	Elbert	Fannin
Floyd	Forsyth	Franklin	Gilmer
Gordon	Gwinnett	Habersham	Hall
Haralson	Hart	Heard	Jackson
Lumpkin	Madison	Murray	Paulding
Pickens	Polk	Rabun	Stephens
Towns	Union	Walker	White
Whitfield

Colonial Georgia: Georgia was established in 1732 by James Oglethorpe and was the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. It was know then as the Province of Georgia, and was divided into parishes from 1758-1777.^[3]

Note: For WikiTree purposes of categorization and "USA too early" database errors, "USA" began on 4 July 1776.

Georgia, USA: Georgia...

• became a state in February of 1777 with the ratification of its first constitution.^[3]
• was admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788 as the 4th state to ratify the Constitution.^[3]
• declared its secession from the Union on 19 January 1861.^[3]
• joined the Confederate States of America on 8 February 1861^[4] as one of the original seven Confederate states.^[3]
• was first readmitted to the U.S. Congress on 25 July 1868.^[4]
• was expelled on March 3, 1869.^[4]
• was readmitted to Congress on 15 July 1870,^[4] the last state to be restored to the Union.^[3]

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1. ↑ Category: Georgia Appalachians is the "landing-level" category (for people profiles). "Georgia Appalachians" is a project category. People profiles should also be categorized by location, which this Workspace page is intended to facilitate. For space pages about Georgia Appalachians, see the Category: Southern Appalachia Team.
2. ↑ As listed by the Appalachian Regional Commission (here) as of 30 June 2022.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} From WikiTree's category page for Georgia (accessed 19 March 2023).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Wikipedia: "Reconstruction era", significant dates (accessed 1 February 2023). Table subsequently deleted from the article, but still viewable on this Wikipedia change page.