Bill Text: GA HR1732 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Chief Vann Bypass; Floyd County; dedicate

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-13 - House Second Readers [HR1732 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HR1732-Introduced.html

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12 LC 39 0173

House Resolution 1732

By: Representatives Dempsey of the 13th, Coomer of the 14th, Reece of the 11th, and Crawford of the 16th

A RESOLUTION

Honoring the life of Chief David Vann and dedicating a road in his memory; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Chief David Vann served as treasurer of the Cherokee Nation from 1839 to 1856; and

WHEREAS, Chief Vann was a member of the Treaty Party that supported negotiation with the United States for voluntary emigration of the Cherokee people to the West in order to secure their rights; and

WHEREAS, the history of Floyd County suggests that Chief Vann built part of the county's historic Montgomery House in Cave Spring, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is estimated as being built sometime between 1830 and 1850; and

WHEREAS, Chief Vann is believed to have lived on the site of the Montgomery House before the land was taken from him as part of the Georgia Land Lottery; and

WHEREAS, Vann's Valley, the valley stretching through the Cave Spring area northwest to around Six Mile Station, is named for Chief Vann; and

WHEREAS, the bypass from Highway 27 south to Blacks Bluff Road in Floyd County crosses "The Trail of Tears" where the Cherokee people walked west in 1838-1839.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the bypass in Floyd County from Highway 27 south to Blacks Bluff Road is dedicated as the Chief Vann Bypass.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Chief Vann Bypass.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit appropriate copies of this resolution to the family of Chief David Vann and the Department of Transportation.