Atlanta's Third Ward was defined in 1880 as the area bounded on the North by Georgia Railroad, West by Butler & McDonough Streets, South and East by the city limits (the green section of picture)
Generally in Atlanta's Ward System, it encompassed the following modern neighborhoods: Grant Park, Ormewood Park and Cabbagetown.
The original boundaries for five wards were laid out in an unknown fashion and two councilmen from each ward were elected to coincide with the completion of the first official city hall in 1854.
Third Ward councilmen of this period were
1855 John Farrar and J. W. Thompson1856 Thomas L. Thomas and James L. Terry1857 John B. Peck and John Glen1858 James E. Williams and J.M. Blackwell1859 Coleman F. Wood and J.M. Blackwell1860 James R.D. Ozburn and Merrill T. Castelberry1861 Seymour B. Love and Robert Crawford1862 John Farrar and James G. Kelly1863 F.D. Thurman and James G. Kelly1864 William Watkins and Robert Crawford1865 Thomas R. Ripley and F.M. Richardson1866 Robert Crawford and James G. Kelly1867 W.C. Anderson and George W. Terry1868 (no election)1869 Vardy P Sisson and William C. Anderson1870 James G. Kelly and W.C. Anderson1871 George Graham1872 Lemuel P. Grant and Thomas A. Morris1873 Robert C. Young and David A. Beatie1874 James G. Kelly and Robert C. Young1875 Thomas A. Morris and David A. BeatieThe new city charter reduced the number of wards to 5 and created a Board of Aldermen
1876 William Gray1877 J.M. Buice1878 William E. Hayne1879 James K. Thrower1880 Thomas J. Buchanan1881 David A. Beatie1882 Zachry W. Adamson1883 Samuel W. DaySixth Ward (north Peachtree corridor) added
1884 C. Wheeler Mangum1885 David A. Beatie1886 Edgar A. Angier1887 Elisha T. Allen1888 James G. Woodward1889 James G. Woodward and A.S. Robbins1890 A.S. Robbins and W.H. Hulsey1891 W.H. Hulsey and Arnold Broyles1892 John F. McWaters1893 David A. BeatieSeventh Ward (West End) added
1894 Robert P. Dodge1895 Walter S. Bell1896 William E. Adamson1897 Eldred S. Lumpkin1898 Edward P. Burns1899 J. Sidney Holland, manager Kimball House Saloon1900 Axton C. Minhinnett, grocer1901 John C. Reed, lawyer1902 James E. Warren, lawyer1903 J. Sid Holland, tobacconist1904 Thomas H. Goodwin, lawyerEighth Ward (West End) added
1905 William Oldknow, poolroom proprietor
