Hudson to the secessionĬonvention in Milledgeville. Gwinnett sent three representatives James P. The majority of the county was divided into three districts(5, 6, 7) and distributed through the 1820 Land Lottery in lots of 250 acres each. In the east, the land was given out as Headrights. Land for the new county came from Jackson (formerly Franklin) County and from the Indian Cession of 1818. The first government was convened at Elisha Winn's home (the Winn House). Gwinnett County was created by act of legislature on Decemand named for Button Gwinnett (1735-1777), one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
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