I think this explains why the "older" folks don't pronounce the K when thay say their from Co'eta tlc >>From The Newnan Times January 9, 1941 issue: "Historical Facts Show that >Coweta Spelling is Wrong" - The official name of Coweta county is spelled >COWETAW; according to an act of the Georgia legislature in 1826 when the >county was established. The act specifically states that the county shall >"be known as Cowetaw." This provision has never been repealed, records of >the Historical Records Survey show. > While the letter W was used in most portions of the act, it is true that >one mention of the county in the same act leaves the W off. In, subsquent >acts of the legislature in reference to the county, the letter W is omitted. > > > > >At 07:04 PM 11/24/98 -0500, Ellyn wrote: >>According to my sources Coweta was an Indian tribe. In 1773 name was >>spelled Caouita, in 1818 it was spelled Cowetau and in 1825 maps showed it >>being spelled Cowetaw. They were known as the 2nd great Muskogee tribe of >>the Lower Creeks. This info came from "Coweta Chronicles" by Jones and >>Reynolds, of which I wish I had a copy. >> >>My family is from Senoia, in Coweta County, and Senoia was either an Indian >>Chief, a medicine man, who is buried at "the little one-room Methodist >>church" in Senoia. Never knew any of this. Thanks for asking the question. >> >> >> > > Tami L. Chappell tlc-atl@mindspring.com http://tlc-atl.home.mindspring.com/