An act of the Georgia General Assembly passed on December 3 of that year created the counties of Forsyth , Lumpkin , Union , Cobb , Gilmer , Murray , Cass ( now Bartow ) , Floyd , and Paulding . The forcible ( sometimes at gunpoint ) removal of the Cherokee people , leading up to the notorious Trail of Tears to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River , began in this area the year before . The push by European Americans to expel the Cherokee was accelerated by the discovery of gold in local streams
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Cherokee County, Georgia