Knoxville
Four
counties of Georgia were organized by an act approved
December 23, 1822, viz., Dekalb, Bibb, Pike, and Crawford;
and, for the last named of these counties, the site of public
buildings was fixed at a convenient place called Knoxville, in
honor of General Henry Knox, of the Revolution.
The town was incorporated on December 24, 1825, with the
following pioneer residents named as commissioners;
John Harvey, John Vance, Frank Williamson, Jesse Stone,
and Martin T. Ellis. At the same time, a charter was granted to
the Knoxville Academy, with Messrs. James Lloyd,
Coleman M. Roberts, Edward Barker, Levi Stanford, and
William Lockett as trustees. Miss, Joanna E. Troutman, who
designed the Lone Star Flag of Texas, was a resident of
Knoxville, where she was living when the war for Texan
Independence began in 1836.
From Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends, 1997.
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