Thanks Joe, I appreciate all the help I've received from Hall Co folks. I believe I understand it now. John At 07:00 PM 5/12/02 -0400, you wrote: >As often happened with the creation of Georgia counties, the borders with >surrounding counties were changed. > >Hall County was created from the Cherokee cessions (mostly). There is a >strip along the Southeastern edge of the current county contains land that >was in the original Franklin County. This was in the Southern half of >Franklin which was cut off to form Jackson County in 1796. > >If you look at the Hall County map at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahall/hcdists.jpg the area designated "Headrights" >came from the Franklin/Jackson county area. > >It is very difficult to say that any Georgia county was "created from --- >County" and be 100% accurate. A tract of land might have been part of five >or six different counties over the years and a current county may contain >land that came from many different counties/cessions. > >Joe Harrington > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: John E. Mellick [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 7:44 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [GAHALL] 1820 Census Oliver Miller district??? > > >Dear MFLP, > >Thanks for your reply, that Hall Co was formed in 1818 from the Cherokee >cessions of 1817 & 1819, per your reference of the American Local History >Network. And thanks for pointing out ALHN, I didn't know about it. > >But the Hall Co USGenWeb page states that Hall Co was cut out of Franklin >and Jackson counties. Why the difference? > >Also on the Hall Co site, were three maps contributed by Dan Pierce, >showing Land Districts, Land Lots, and Militia Districts. But none showed >the Oliver Miller District (as in the 1820 census). I wonder where it was? > >Thanks again, > >John > >At 01:50 PM 5/10/02 -0400, you wrote: > >In a message dated 5/10/02 1:38:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > >[email protected] writes: > > > ><< What county was it in before 1818? >> > >Hall was formed 1818 Cherokee cessions of July 8, 1817 > >and Feb. 27, 1819 from Cherokee Lands > >see http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaalhn/counties.html > > > > > >==== GAHALL Mailing List ==== > >Visit the Hall County GAGenWeb Page > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahall/ > > >==== GAHALL Mailing List ==== >Visit the Hall County GAGenWeb Page >http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahall/ > > >==== GAHALL Mailing List ==== >Visit the Hall County GAGenWeb Page >http://www.rootsweb.com/~gahall/