Editing Whitesburg, Georgia (section)

==History==
This area was long occupied by indigenous peoples. In the historic period after European encounter, it was occupied by members of the Creek Confederacy, a loose grouping of related peoples, and was known as the area of the Lower Towns by the early nineteenth century. [[William McIntosh]], a mixed-race leader of the Creek, established a modest house and plantation here. He was executed in 1825 on order of the Creek National Council for having negotiated and signed the 1825 [[Treaty of Indian Springs (1825)|Treaty of Indian Springs]], which ceded all remaining lands in Georgia and Alabama to the United States. He had violated tribal law, the Code of 1818 that protected communal property.

After Creek removal, American settlers entered the area from the east. Many became subsistence farmers. Whitesburg was established by European-American settlers in 1873.<ref>Joe Cobb, ''Carroll County and Her People'', p. 40</ref> The community was named after A.J. White, a railroad official.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/w.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=252 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref> The [[Georgia General Assembly]] incorporated Whitesburg in 1874.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://georgia.gov/cities-counties/whitesburg | title=Whitesburg | publisher=GeorgiaGov | accessdate=June 29, 2019}}</ref>