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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHX9_baker-county_Newton-GA.html
This County, created by Acts of the Legislature Dec. 12 & 24, 1825, is named for Col. John Baker of Revolutionary fame. The original County Site was at Byron but an Act of Dec. 26, 1831, established a new Site which was named Newton for Sgt. John …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHWP_battle-of-chickasawachee-swamp_Leary-GA.html
Near here in Chickasawachee Swamp a decisive battle of the Southern Indian Wars was fought July 3, 1836. About 300 warriors were entrenched on an island in the swamp, after a raid in which they killed several settlers. A force of militia under com…