dbrand.higgin wrote: Is there anyone out there who can tell me when Cherokee County actuallybecame a county? Specifically I'm trying to find out if Fort McDonald, Big Shanty, Ga. was in Cobb county in April of 1862. ====================== I can tell you that it DID NOT exist in 1820. My Georgia State University, Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory (1973) map of Georgia does not list it as a county in that year.