Most of us know a few facts about Gwinnett County’s history, including its being named for Button Gwinnett, one of Georgia’s signers of the Declaration of Independence. You may also know that the county was created in 1818.
But what about history that predates the formation of Gwinnett County? What was the area like during those earlier times?
Thousands of years before European explorers and settlers came to Georgia, Native Americans lived here. While various groups lived in what is now Georgia at different points in time, two groups of Native Americans were dominant when the colony was founded in the early 1730s: the Cherokee in the north and the Muscogee (Creek) in the central and southern portions…