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In February 1830, white families from Georgia and Alabama seized Cherokee homes in the nearby Beaver Dam settlement, an early act of dispossession before formal removal. Contemporary accounts noted the Cherokee offered no violence as their property was taken.
“First Blood Shed by the Georgians” is a historical marker in Cave Spring, Floyd County. It is one of 31 historical markers documented in Floyd County, among 160 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.1069, -85.3365 near Cave Spring. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Trail Where They Cried (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include 1920 Chesapeake & Ohio RR Caboose, Ford, Joseph, House, and Robbins, Samuel W., House.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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