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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1831
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| March 1, 1831 |
Georgia enacts a law requiring all white males who reside in the Cherokee Nation to swear an oath of allegiance
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| March 5, 1831 |
Supreme Court hears the case of The Cherokee Nation vs. The State of Georgia, the Cherokee's first attempt to ensure sovereign rule over their nation.
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| March 12, 1831 |
Without warrants the Georgia Guard "arrests" a number of whites working in the Cherokee Nation. They are released from custody because they are licensed and acting as agents of the United States.
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| March 12, 1831 |
Arguing before the Supreme Court, lawyer William Wirt makes his case against the state of Georgia for extending its laws over the Cherokee Nation.
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| May 16, 1831 |
Governor Gilmer advises Samuel Worcester that the Georgia law requiring white men to take an oath of allegiance to state applies to everybody. In the same letter Gilmer advises Worcester that he has been relieved from his job as postmaster.
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| July 4, 1831 |
James Monroe died, New York City, New York |
| July 7, 1831 |
Georgia Guard arrests Samuel Worcester and takes him to Camp Gilmer
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| July 8, 1831 |
John Stith Pemberton born, Knoxville, GA. His middle name is sometimes misspelled as Styth. |
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Crawford County, Georgia |
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John Stith (Styth) Pemberton |
| July 18, 1831 |
Chief Justice Marshall hands down the verdict in the Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, ruling that the nation does not have standing to sue because it is not technically a nation
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| July 26, 1831 |
In his Fort Hill Address: On the Relation which the States and General Bear to Each Other, John Calhoun iterates the doctrine of nullification. |
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John C. Calhoun |
| September 5, 1831 |
Trial begins in Gwinnett County before Augustin Smith Clayton for missionaries, including Samuel Worcester, who had violated a Georgia law prohibiting white from working in the Cherokee Nation. This case would go to the Supreme Court as Worcester vs. the State of Georgia
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Augustin Smith Clayton |
| September 16, 1831 |
Eleven white missionaries are tried and found guilty in Lawrenceville, Georgia for violating Georgia law requiring an oath of allegiance from all white men working in the Cherokee Nation. This case would go to the Supreme Court.
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Augustin Smith Clayton |
| October 3, 1831 |
Georgia's gubernatorial election of 1831 pitted George Gilmer against Wilson Lumpkin. The major difference between the two was Lumpkin promised Georgia Cherokee gold and Cherokee land while Gilmer had a "reserve" plan to hold the gold mines and no plan to take the Cherokee land. Lumpkin easily won the election
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| November 9, 1831 |
Wilson Lumpkin begins term as governor of Georgia
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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| November 30, 1831 |
A white man tries to murder John Ross, leader of the Cherokee Nation
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| December 24, 1831 |
Georgia Gold Lottery enacted. This lottery, whose enabling act and drawing dates were different than the Sixth Georgia Land Lottery is, for some reason, frequently combined with the earlier lottery. It is, in fact, totally separate
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Georgia Land Lotteries |
| December 26, 1831 |
The original Cherokee County created
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Lumpkin County, Georgia |
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Gilmer County, Georgia |
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Floyd County, Georgia |
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Forsyth County, Georgia |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Cass County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Original Cherokee County |
| December 26, 1831 |
Sumter County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Sumter County, Georgia |
| December 29, 1831 |
The Cherokee Nation officially protests the actions of the state of Georgia to Secretary of War Lewis Cass
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Lewis Cass |
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