<p>A new Cherokee County high school's name will honor an American Indian tribe that once called the area home instead of a Civil War-era Georgia governor who lived in the county.</p><p>By a unanimous vote Thursday night, the Cherokee County Board of Education chose Creekview High School as the name for the school set to open in 2006.</p><p>The board voted last month to name the school for Gov. Joseph E. Brown, but a strong community protest led the board to send the matter back to a naming committee.</p><p>Many parents and students at Creekland Middle School, located across the street from the new high school, said the school should not be named for a man who was once a secessionist and defended slavery.</p><p>The naming committee originally recommended the new high school be named Creekland, but the board said policy does not allow two schools to carry the same name.</p><p>Creekview was proposed as a compromise choice.</p><p>"I was happy to see that they let the student body vote on it," said board member Janet Read. "I think it's going to be a great name."</p><p>The compromise choice also had the support of the board's leadership.</p><p>"It still maintains a reference to a Native American tribe that was in the area," said Cherokee Superintendent of Schools Frank Petruzielo.</p><p>Board chairman Mike Chapman said Creekview "meets the criteria for the policy."</p><p>Dave Henson of Woodstock said he is disappointed the school will not be named for Brown, who made his home in Canton.</p><p>"It's sad that it's an uphill battle to get history recognized," Henson said.</p><p>Brown was a four-term governor from 1857-65, U.S. Sen. and chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court.</p><p>Brown is honored with a state historical marker on Marietta Street in Canton. A statue of Brown and his wife, Elizabeth Grisham Brown, was placed on the state Capitol grounds in 1928. Brown's son, Joseph Mackey Brown, served two terms as Georgia's governor.</p><p>The school board also approved the names for two other new schools _ Freedom Middle School and William G. Hasty Sr. Elementary School.</p>
