Editing Commerce, Georgia (section)

=== Native American history ===
Before European settlers arrived, the area around present-day Commerce was inhabited by the [[Muscogee|Creek]] and the [[Cherokee]] people.<ref name="Wilson">{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Gustavus James Nash |title=The Early History of Jackson County, Georgia: "The Writings of the Late G.J.N. Wilson, Embracing Some of the Early History of Jackson County". The First Settlers, 1784; Formation and Boundaries to the Present Time; Records of the Talasee Colony; Struggles of the Colonies of Yamacutah, Groaning Rock, Fort Yargo, Stonethrow and Thomocoggan |date=1914 |publisher=Kessinger Publishing |isbn=978-1165799794 |edition=2nd |url=https://archive.org/stream/earlyhistoryofja00wil/earlyhistoryofja00wil_djvu.txt |accessdate=10 November 2016}}</ref> Historians describe a territorial war between the Creeks and Cherokees over the land in the county during the 1770s.<ref>Wilson, Gustavus, ''Early History of Jackson County, GA''. Atlanta: White Publishing, 1911.</ref>

The Lacoda Trail, which extended from present-day [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]] to the north Georgia mountains, was a significant trade and travel route through this area. ([[Georgia State Route 334]], which follows a {{convert|9|mi|adj=on|0}} section of this ancient trail, was designated the "Lacoda Trail Memorial Parkway" by the [[Georgia General Assembly]] in 1998.)

The Cherokee ceded their disputed lands east of the [[Oconee River]] in the Treaty of Augusta (1783) and the Creeks did likewise in their own Treaty of Augusta (1783) and the Treaty of Galphinton (1785).<ref>{{cite web |title=Creek Indian Land Cessions |url=https://www.nps.gov/ocmu/learn/historyculture/upload/Accessible-Creek-Land-Cessions.pdf |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref><ref>Walter, Williams (1979). "Southeastern Indians before Removal, Prehistory, Contact, Decline". Southeastern Indians: Since the Removal Era. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press.</ref>