Timeline

Timeline: Indians Living In or Near Augusta, GA

The more I study the Indians that inhabited the Augusta, GA / Savannah River area, the more important it is to understand when different tribes lived in this area and when the Blackstones arrived from Virginia. This page attempts to explain this constantly changing chronology of which tribes lived in this area and when.

Date	Tribes Living Near Augusta, GA	Notes
1661 - 1674	Westo, Yuchi, Cusabo
1674	Shawnee, Westo, Yuchi	Shortly after 1674 the Hathawekela or that part of the Shawnee afterward so called, settled upon Savannah River.
1681	Shawnee, Yuchi	In 1681 the Shawnee proved of great assistance to the new colony of South Carolina by driving a tribe known as Westo, probably part of the Yuchi, from the middle Savannah.
1751	Shawnee, Yuchi	In 1751 the Yuchi left South Carolina, and moved west to join the Creeks.
1753	Chickasaw	A body of Chickasaw Indians settled on the South Carolina side of Savannah River, to be near the English trading posts and to keep in contact with the English, who were their allies.
Bef. 1757	Chickasaw	Before 1757 most of them moved over to the immediate neighborhood of Augusta and remained there until the period of the American Revolution
1783	Chickasaw	In the American Revolution, The Chickasaws sided against the colonists and their lands were confiscated in 1783.