Old Pine Log Indian Town

Pine Log Town stood on Pine Log Creek in the flat fields slightly over a half mile east of Oak Hill Church north of GA 140 in Pine Log, Georgia, extending almost a mile along the creek on lots 293, 294, 295, 296, 317, 318, 284, and 283 in the 23rd District and 2nd Section of newly organized Cass County in 1832, now Bartow County. The Ridge, or Major Ridge, brought his aged parents there from Hiawassee, now Tennessee, because of the tranquility of the place. It was there that The Ridge, or Chief Yellow Bird, signed the Treaty of Hopewell in 1785. In the late 1570s, De Soto visited the village and was amazed at the Indian women and their skill in running the village. Benjamin Hawkins, sent by the President of the United States to be the Agent of the Creeks, also visited and wrote to President Washington about the civilized Cherokee. While Major Ridge was on a war party, his parents died in March 1789 and were buried there. Within a few years, Major Ridge moved on to the Oostanaula River at Oothcaloga before finally moving to what is now Rome, Georgia. Pine Log took its name from this sacred Indian village town.

Georgia · United States