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coyate  (View posts) Posted: 22 Apr 2003 8:16PM GMT
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Surnames: monroe,jones,bramblett,smith, pilcher,martin,welch, west, turner, stroup,castleberry,roach,ragsdale,fagan,alexander
Where is Vickery Creek located in Forsyth County? I have found historical references to this settlement as earlier as the 1830's, but where is the actual creek located? Is it in present day Forsyth County or in North Fulton County

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yharrin  (View posts) Posted: 22 Apr 2003 9:44PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Vickery, Cordery
From Donald Shadburn's Pioneer History of Forsyth County Georgia:

pg 67:
VICKERY'S CREEK--A stream flowing sowthwest to become Cedar Creek before emptying into the Chattahoochee River in Fulton county (formerly Cobb & Milton). The creek was named for a post-Revolution Indian countryman, Henry Vickery, who married Cherokee sisters, Charlote & Hettie Cordery. In more recent years the stream has been known throughout the county by the more prosaic name "Big Creek

Re: Vickery Creek

JBETTIS22  (View posts) Posted: 6 Sep 2003 12:29AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi, I grew up very close to Vickery Creek. It is located in the south end of Forsyth Coonn Hwy. 371. The local people call it Post Rd. I would be happy to give you a more exact location if you like. Joy

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