In a message dated 8/12/98 1:46:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << dbrand.higgin wrote: Is there anyone out there who can tell me when Cherokee County actually became a county? Specifically I'm trying to find out if Fort McDonald, Big Shanty, Ga. was in Cobb county in April of 1862 >> Cherokee Co. was created in 1831 and Cobb Co. was created in 1832. (From the Handy Book for Genealogists). I have Civil War letters from my GGGrandfather written in 1862 in which he gave his address as Fort McDonald, Big Shanty, Cobb Co. Apparently Fort McDonald was a mustering in location. ClaudineP