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The History Of Washington Georgia
 The Pinnacle Of The Classic South
Washington Georgia Located In The Piedmont Region Of Northeast Georgia
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Out of the "Ceded Lands" of the Creek and Cherokee Nations, Wilkes County was formed in 1777. Subsequently, Lincoln, Elbert, and parts of Hart, Madison, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Warren, and McDuffie Counties were created from its land.
      

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American Patriots under Colonel Elijah Clarke broke the Tory hold over upper Georgia when they defeated the British at the Battle of Kettle Creek in western Wilkes County on February 14, 1779.

Heard’s Fort, a haven on the frontier, was designated as the temporary capital of Georgia in 1780. The same year a charter was issued for a town called Washington. The town was named in honor of George Washington and was confirmed by him on his visit to Georgia in 1791 as the first city chartered in his name.

The world’s first cotton gin, which made possible the prosperous era when "Cotton was King", was perfected by Eli Whitney at "Mount Pleasant", a plantation east of Washington.
  
In May of 1865, President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis and members of his Cabinet signed their last official papers, and the Confederate government was dissolved.
 
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