A County Older Than The State,

Named for Revolutionary hero, <br>General Nathaniel Greene, <br>who drove British from Southeast. <br><br> Area explored by DeSoto, 1540. <br>Claimed as French Louisiana, 1699. <br>Ceded to England, 1763. <br>Ceded by Choctaw Nation, 1816. <br>Made a territorial county, 1819. <br><br> Eutaw, county seat, is named <br>for Greene’s victory at <br>Eutaw Springs, South Carolina.