The
"Sandtown
Indian
Tribe"
refers to Creek
Indians who
established
a frontier
settlement
called
Sandtown (or
Oktahasi) on
the
Chattahoochee
River in
what is now
Fulton
County,
Georgia. The
name
"Sandtown"
was derived
from a Creek
town in
Alabama and
reflected
the area's
sandy, rocky
terrain. This
community,
along with a
related
settlement
called
Buzzard's
Roost,
served as a
significant
trading and
travel
center
before being
ceded to
Georgia in
1821 and
later
absorbed
into Fulton
County.
