This is a list of mayors of Atlanta, Georgia. The Mayor of Macon is the highest elected official in Macon, Georgia. Fannin County, Georgia was founded in 1854. Heads of the city were known as intendents prior to 1833. The suspect was located in a deep gully and taken into custody. During the battle of Coleto in the War for Texas Independence he surrendered the 400 man regiment he commanded to General Jose Urrea, who … Sandy, who has not been back here since that day in 1963, is holding her husband Bill’s hand tightly. The city was incorporated in 1823. John and Cyndy were just two of more than 200 newborns sold by Dr. Thomas Hicks, a doctor in McCaysville, Ga., who was selling babies out of … In the 1950s and early 1960s, more than 200 newborn babies were illegally sold or given away through a clinic run by Dr. Thomas J. Hicks in the small town of McCaysville, Georgia. Incumbent Keisha Lance Bottoms since January 2, 2018. January 1, 1963 - August 31, 1963 Mayor Colon L. Hall Vice Mayor Charles L. Richardson September 1, 1963 - August 31, 1965 Mayor Howard R. McPherson O n a humid August day in the small mountain town of McCaysville, Georgia, Sandy Dearth stands in front of the building where, 53 years ago, a nurse secretly and illegally handed her out a back window to a pair of eager and nervous adoptive parents. After hearing the story, Blasio was drawn to McCaysville, 100 miles north of Atlanta on the Georgia-Tennessee border. Mayor of Atlanta; Seal of City of Atlanta. But he was known for … Since its incorporation in 1847, the city has had 60 mayors. As one of the officers climbed out of the gully his weapon fell to the ground and discharged. Stephen Dilbeck, 69, and his wife, Ruth, live in Blue Ridge, Georgia. At the northern end of Fannin County bordering the state line of Georgia and Tennessee is the historic mountain town of McCaysville founded in 1904 and the second largest town in Fannin County with approximately 1,000 residents. Hicks was considered a cornerstone in the mining community of McCaysville, Georgia, where he served as the town doctor. 1963 – Mayor Allen convinced the city government and business leaders of Atlanta to go along with his plan to tear down much or all of the remaining housing in Buttermilk Bottoms without following precisely the requirement of the federal Urban Renewal Administration to replace old public housing with new. The current mayor is Keisha Lance Bottoms. Chief Mull was accidentally shot and killed while assisting in the search of a rape suspect near the Georgia - Tennessee border. The mayor is the highest elected official in Atlanta. The city was incorporated in 1823. The county was named in honor of James Walker Fannin, a war hero murdered on March 27, 1836. The round struck Chief Mull, causing a fatal wound. He lives only about 10 miles from McCaysville, Georgia, where he was born and given up for illegal adoption.