| Georgia (Clinch County), Fargo — 032-3 — Okefenokee Swamp — 10 mi. → | | | Okefenokee, “Land of the Trembling Earth”, was named by its early inhabitants, the Seminole Indians. Acquired by the Federal Government in 1937 for a national wildlife refuge, its more than 600 square miles make it the largest preserved swampland in the country. Fed by rain, small streams and springs, the swamp is 110 to 130 feet above sea level. The pure fresh water of the Okefenokee forms the headwaters of the St. Marys and Suwanee Rivers. The St. Marys flows into the Atlantic . . . — Map (db m14657) | | Georgia (Clinch County), Homerville — Clinch County World War II Memorial — (Georgia) | | |
In Grateful
appreciation
of the
heroic service
and sacrifice
of her sons
and daughters
in World War II
This memorial
is erected by
Clinch County
All gave much
Some gave all
Army * Womans Aux * Aviation * Navy * Marine * Coast Guard — Map (db m23862) | | Georgia (Clinch County), Homerville — 032-1 — Clinch Court House — »—→ | | | Clinch County was created by an Act of the Legislature approved Feb. 14, 1850 out of lands formerly in Lowndes and Ware Counties and was named for General Duncan L. Clinch, a hero of the War of 1812 and the Indian wars. At the first election held in April, 1850, J.C. Kirkland was elected clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts; Charles Cowart, sheriff; Benjamin Cornelius, tax receiver; Ezekiel J. Sirmans, tax collector, David J. Blackburn, surveyor; Joseph L. Rogers, coroner; David Johnson, . . . — Map (db m23848) | | Georgia (Clinch County), Homerville — 032-5 — First Court in Clinch County — 1 mi.→ | | | About 1 mile south of here, the first Court and Election in Clinch County were held in 1850, in the home of Jonathan Knight. Pursuant to the Act creating
Clinch, Commissioners appointed met in the Knight house to perfect the organization of the County, and elected County officers. Courts were held in the Knight home during the first six months of 1850. — Map (db m14649) | | Georgia (Clinch County), Sirmans — 032-4 — Bethany Baptist Church | | | Bethany Primitive Baptist Church was initiated as an arm of Union Church in 1841, and was formally constituted in May, 1847.
In the cemetery adjoining the church, on the high bluff of Arabia Bay, are buried many of the pioneers of this section, among them, William Smith, a
Revolutionary soldier. — Map (db m14648) |
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