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By David Seibert, January 19, 2009
Old Jefferson County Courthouse and Yazoo Fraud Marker
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1 ► Georgia, Jefferson County, Louisville — 081-3 — "Yazoo Fraud" —  |
| The notorious "Yazoo Fraud" act was passed and later repealed in the old State Capitol that stood here 1794-1807. The 1794 Georgia legislature sold 35,000,000 acres of land along the Yazoo River in what is now Alabama and Mississippi at 1˝ cents . . . — — Map (db m58365) HM | |||
| 2 ► Georgia, Jefferson County, Louisville — To Commemorate the Site of the First Permanent Capitol of Georgia — |
| Built in 1795, and before whose door the Yazoo Fraud papers were burned with fire drawn from heaven, February 15, 1796. — — Map (db m58364) HM | |||