DONALSONVILLE

ACCORDING TO A MAP `PLAN OF DONALSON` DATED APRIL 1889, THE TOWN WAS LAID OUT BY JOHN EARNEST DONALSON. ON DECEMBER 8, 1897, A CHARTER, SIGNED BY GOVERNOR WILLIAM YATES ATKINSON, WAS GRANTED INCORPORATING THE TOWN OF DONALSONVILLE. OFFICERS APPOINTED WERE: THOMAS CHASON, MAYOR; JOHN E. DONALSON, W.B. KING, S.D. CHERRY, R.D. CARR, ALDERMEN. THIS CHARTER WAS AMENDED AUGUST 12, 1922 AND THE NAME CHANGED TO CITY OF DONALSONVILLE.

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