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 Walton County was
created by the Lottery
Act of 1818, and
was organized in
1819. Georgia's
46th county was
named for George
Walton, a signer
of the Declaration
of Independence,
who also served
as governor of Georgia
and as a U.S. Senator.
Good Hope was
chartered by an
Act of the
Georgia General
Assembly in
1905. While
there is
apparently no
"official"
records of it's
establishment.
It is believed
to have been in
existence since
1830, when a
settlement
referred to now
as Old Good Hope
was located
about one-mile
east on Hwy. 86
from our present
location. Those
rough-hewn log
buildings served
as post office,
general store
and militia
headquarters. In
the 1890's Mr.
John Nunnally
built a store in
what is now Good
Hope and slowly
the population
center moved
from old Good
Hope to New Good
Hope.
Among the early settlers of the community were the families of
Richardson,
Hale, Sheats,
Bassett, Long,
Thompson, Malcom,
Carlton,
Michael, Poss,
Robison, Harris,
Green, Peters,
Adcock, Stuart,
Prather, and
Chandler.
There was until
the early 1940's
a railroad
serving the city
with the Green
County Railroad
Providing the
service.
Like wise there
was a grist
mill, flour
mill, blacksmith
shop, barber
shop, cotton
gin, cannery,
city jail and
warehouses. Some
early churches
of the community
are Jack's Creek
Primitive
Baptist Church,
Bethel Baptist,
Good Hope
Baptist, and
Good Hope
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