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Fayette County was organized in 1821 after the United States signed a treaty at Indian Springs, Georgia with the Creek people for cession of a large portion of their land. The county and its seat, Fayetteville, were both named in honor of the French aristocrat the Marquis de Lafayette, who aided General George Washington in the American Revolutionary War.
There was some action during the Civil War in the middle of the county as an indirect role of the Battle of Atlanta, one main event focused on the burning of a Confederate wagon supply train approximately 2 miles west of Fayetteville. Also as a result of that there was a Calvary skirmish the next day.
Adjacent Counties
Cities, Towns & Communities
- Brooks
- Fayetteville (County Seat)
- Inman
- Peachtree City
- Starrs Mill
- Tyrone
- Woolsey
Links
Fayette County Historical Society
National Register of Historic Places
