This Page Is Dedicated to
The Cherokee Indians Who Were Removed from North Georgia

The Cherokee Indians occupied the lands of North Georgia until their forced removal in 1838. When White settlers began moving into the Cherokee lands, treaties were ultimately negotiated treaties with the Cherokees who gave up their land in North Georgia for land west of the Mississippi River. Their North Georgia lands included what would become known as Pickens County in December 1853.

On 25 March 2000, The Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association dedicated a sign (shown at the right) on the site of Fort Newnan. A stockade encompassing about four acres erected at the Fort was used beginning 26 May 1838 as an internment camp for several hundred Cherokee Indians who were gathered and imprisoned by White troops.

The sign was erected beside the Blaine Masonic Hall at the corner of Ga. 136 and Antioch Road north of present day Talking Rock.. The community of Blaine had been formerly called Talking Rock.

Georgia Chapter Trail of Tears Association
Dedication of Fort Newnan Site
Blaine, Pickens Co., Ga.
25 March 2000

Left to right: David Gomez; Secretary; Jeff Stancil, historian;  Dola Davis, Treasurer ; Patsy Edgar, President; Charles O. Walker, historian;  Jean Belew, Vice-President;  J.B. Tate, advisor and NPS Advisory Council; & David Dailey, Board of Directors and NPS Advisory Council

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