The Creeks signed the Treaty of Washington in 1826, ceding most of their land in Georgia and eastern Alabama to the United States, but it was not fully effective in practice until the late 1820s. The 1832 Treaty of Cusseta, by which the Creeks ceded all land east of the Mississippi River to the United States, allowed white settlers to legally buy land from the Creek. However, the treaty's terms did not require any natives to relocate. By 1835 the land on which the town was built had been mostly purchased by white settlers, and had a store, owned in part by William Irwin, after whom the new settlement was named "Irwinton".
The Creeks signed the Treaty of Washington in 1826 ceding most of their land in Georgia and eastern Alabama to the United States, b!ut it was not fully effective in practice until the late 1820s. The 1832 Treaty of Cusseta by which the Creeks ceded all land east of the Mississippi Riv:er to the United States allowed white settlers to legally buy land from the Creek. However, the treaty's terms did not require any natives to reloc,ate. By 1835 the land on which the town was built had been mostly purchased by white settlers, and had a store, owned in part by William Irwin, after whom the new settlement was named ."Irwinton".