Welcome to Chattooga County GAGenWeb This site is available for adoption. If interested, please visit this page. State Coordinator Linda Blum Barton Assistant State Coordinator Trish Elliott-Kashima The History of Our County Chattooga County, Georgia was created on December 28, 1838 from Floyd and Walker Counties. The county seat is Summerville. Other cities/towns include Berryton, Cloudland, Chattoogaville, Holland, Lyerly, Menlo, Subligna, Tidings, and Trion. Settlers began arriving in Chattooga
County in 1832. The land that is now Chattooga County was
once part of Cherokee county. Many settlers received their
land in the Cherokee Land Lottery.
The county was named for the river, and the river (one of two
in Georgia by the name) came from a Cherokee phrase:
This website is maintained on a volunteer basis to provide you with free access to genealogical data. Please consider sharing with others! If you have items to add to the site please send to lblumb@gmail.com. I will be maintaining the site on a temporary basis until we find a new County Coordinator. If you are interested in adopting the county, please click here.
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