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.
1854
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. Thompson
1856 Thomas L. Thomas and James L. Terry
1857 John B. Peck and John Glen
1858 James E. Williams and J.M. Blackwell
1859 Coleman F. Wood and J.M. Blackwell
1860 James R.D. Ozburn and Merrill T. Castelberry
1861 Seymour B. Love and Robert Crawford
1862 John Farrar and James G. Kelly
1863 F.D. Thurman and James G. Kelly
1864 William Watkins and Robert Crawford
1865 Thomas R. Ripley and F.M. Richardson
1866 Robert Crawford and James G. Kelly
1867 W.C. Anderson and George W. Terry
1868 (no election) 1869 Vardy P Sisson and William C. Anderson 1870 James G. Kelly and W.C. Anderson
1871
1871 George Graham
1872 Lemuel P. Grant and Thomas A. Morris
1873 Robert C. Young and David A. Beatie
1874 James G. Kelly and Robert C. Young
1875 Thomas A. Morris and David A. Beatie
1876
The new city charter reduced the number of wards to 5 and created a Board of Aldermen 1876 William Gray 1877 J.M. Buice 1878 William E. Hayne 1879 James K. Thrower 1880 Thomas J. Buchanan 1881 David A. Beatie 1882 Zachry W. Adamson 1883 Samuel W. Day