Vickery Creek (Big Creek) is a creek located in Roswell, Georgia. The creek flows into the Chattahoochee River at the southern border of Roswell where State Route 9 crosses the river. A running stream. ... Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia County Fulton County, Georgia Incorporated February 16, 1854  - Mayor Jere Wood (R) Area    - City 38. ... Map showing the Chattahoochee River Basin in Georgia and other Georgia river basins The upper Chattahoochee River at the Upper Chattahoochee River Campground north of Helen, White County, Georgia Chattahoochee River at River Park on Willeo Road, Fulton County, Georgia The Chattahoochee River runs from the Chattahoochee Spring in the... Georgia State Route 9 is a north-south highway running from Atlanta to just north of Dahlonega. ...

Much of the land east of the creek and west of Grimes Bridge Road forms the Vickery Creek unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area preserves a series of sites between Atlanta, Georgia and Lake Sidney Lanier along the Chattahoochee River. ...

Vickery Creek is named after a prominent Cherokee family that lived in present-day Roswell and owned much of the land around the creek. The creek was originally called Cedar Creek; however, the name was changed to Vickery some time after the arrival of Roswell King and family in 1834. For other uses, see Cherokee (disambiguation). ... Roswell King (1765 - February 15, 1844) was an American businessman and industrialist. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The creek also became known as Big Creek at some point after the American Civil War. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...

References

• Roswell, A Pictorial History, Roswell Historical Society, Darlene M. Walsh (Editor), 2nd Edition, 1994, pp.16,19,87, ISBN 0-9615854-2-0.