Introduction

On March_3, 1832 the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Samuel Austin Worcestor, overturning a descision that originated in Gwinnett County by Augustin Clayton Smith on September_15, 1831. That descision held that Worcestor was at fault for not registering for a permit with the government of Georgia allowing him to work in the Cherokee Nation

The Marshall Court ruled that the state of Georgia could not extend its laws over the soveriegn Cherokee Nation. The Supreme Court ruling gave political standing not only to the Cherokee in Georgia but to all Nations of American Indians. The sole dissenter on the ruling was Justice Henry Baldwin, the half-brother of Abraham Baldwin who signed the Constitution for Georgia and was the first president of the State University system.

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County: Gwinnett County

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Moundbuilders, Creek and Cherokee all called North Georgia home
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