History of Johns Creek "The area known today as Johns Creek,
Georgia, was once a meeting ground between the rival Cherokee
and Creek People. Inspired by the Chattahoochee River that acted
as a boundary for their tribal nations, they agreed to make the
Johns Creek area a "sacred place" where all tribal families
could feel safe during their peace talks." Tom Blue Wolf Newtown
School students, circa 1930, courtesy of Roswell Historical
Society Johns Creek's past began in the early 19th century in
the trading posts along the Chattahoochee River in what was then
Cherokee Indian territory. Through the years, the trading posts
grew slowly into crossroads communities where pioneer families –
Rogers, McGinnis, Findley, Buice, Cowart, Medlock and others –
gathered to visit and sell their crops. (Today, reminders of
those early farming families are still with us as we travel
along streets and bridges named after them.) By 1820, the
community of Sheltonville (now known as Shakerag) was a ferry
crossing site with the McGi