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On February, 12, 1825, a
group of creek Indians led by William McIntosh signed the Treaty of Indian
Springs. in which they ceded all of their remaining lands in present-day
Georgia. Subsequently, in an act of June 9, 1825, the General Assembly
provided that the land ceded by the treaty be divided into five sections,
surveyed into districts and land lots, and distributed by land lottery ( Ga.
Laws 1825 Extra. Session., p. 3). ON December, 14, 1826, the legislature
redesignated the five land sections as the counties of Lee, Muscogee, Troup,
Coweta, and Carroll and provided for the organization (Ga. Laws 1826, p. 57).
Despite the fact that the
five counties were not named until December,14, 1826 the date their respective
boundaries were established - June 9, 1825 - is generally accepted as the
date of their creation. Because the five counties were provided for in the
same act, their order of creation is based on the order they were mentioned in
the act - Lee, Muscogee, Troup, Coweta, and Carroll. Thus, Less was
Georgia's 61st county, while Muscogee was 62nd.
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1896 and 1972 Muscogee
County Courthouses
In 1971, work began on a new government building for the
consolidated government of Columbus and Muscogee County. The new structure
was built immediately behind the 1896 courthouse. After its completion,
both old and new courthouses stood together briefly in 1972. Subsequently,
the old courthouse was torn down
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