Columbus Board of Commissioners Minutes
Scope and Contents
These transcribed minutes record the appointment of men to various positions, from chain carriers for the surveyors to town councilmen. This council set rules for who paid tolls to cross the bridge to Alabama, how close to the river trees could be cut and how the sale of land to private individuals and to businesses would be conducted, among many other rules and regulations. These transcripts were created in 1940, probably as a WPA project.
Dates
- Creation: 1828; 1832-1837
Biographical / Historical
This collection details the establishment of the city of Columbus, Georgia in 1828 and its early development. General Elias Beall was appointed commissioner for the purpose of laying out a town at Coweta Falls in Muscogee County and “of disposing of the same”.
Full Extent
1 Folder
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Purchased from the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscripts Library at the University of Georgia in 1988.
Topical
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository
4225 University Ave
Columbus Georgia 31907 United States