Today in Chickamauga History - August 1
1829, August 1: There are several popular stories of the beginning of Georgia’s gold rush; but in fact, no one is really certain who made the first discovery or when. According to one anecdote, John WITHEROODS found a three-ounce nugget along Duke’s Creek in Habersham County (present-day White County). Another says that Jesse HOGAN, a prospector from North Carolina, found gold on Ward’s Creek near Dahlonega. Yet another finds a young Benjamin PARKS kicking up an unusual-looking stone while on the lookout for deer west of the Chestatee River in 1828. Despite the popularity of these claims, no documented evidence for gold in Georgia is found until August 1, 1829, when a Milledgeville newspaper, the Georgia Journal, ran the notice.
1839, August 1: THE INDIAN PAPERS OF TEXAS AND THE SOUTHWEST, 1825-1916 Vol. 1 – page 78 – LETTER FROM ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON, THO. J. RUSK , AND JAS. S. MAYFIELD TO JAMES REILY
The twenty five thousand dollars which you have here subject to the order of the Commissioners appointed to treat with the Cherokee and their Associate Bands, you will reconvey with due despatch to Natchitoches Louisiana, retaining however four thousand dollars subject to the order of the Commissioners appointed to treat with the Shawnee. You will deposit the $ 21,000 in some one of the Branches of the New Orleans Banks at Natchitoches, taking from the proper offices of said Branch a certificate of Deposit. Said certificate to be in the name of Mirabeau B. Lamar President of the Republic of Texas, Said certificate you will despatch by a safe opportunity to the said President Mirabeau B. Lamar. You will advise the President immediately through the Secretary of the Treasury your proceedings in the premises.
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