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Historical Markers in Jacksonville

 
Clickable Map of Telfair County, Georgia and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Telfair County, GA (11) Ben Hill County, GA (10) Coffee County, GA (14) Dodge County, GA (10) Jeff Davis County, GA (3) Wheeler County, GA (3) Wilcox County, GA (9)  TelfairCounty(11) Telfair County (11)  BenHillCounty(10) Ben Hill County (10)  CoffeeCounty(14) Coffee County (14)  DodgeCounty(10) Dodge County (10)  JeffDavisCounty(3) Jeff Davis County (3)  WheelerCounty(3) Wheeler County (3)  WilcoxCounty(9) Wilcox County (9)
McRae-Helena is the county seat for Telfair County
Jacksonville is in Telfair County
Telfair County (11)  ►
ADJACENT TO TELFAIR COUNTY
Ben Hill County (10)  ►
Coffee County (14)  ►
Dodge County (10)  ►
Jeff Davis County (3)  ►
Wheeler County (3)  ►
Wilcox County (9)  ►
 
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1 ► Georgia, Telfair County, Jacksonville — Cullen Boney Descendants —
Cullen Boney and his wife, Phoebe Williams migrated from North Carolina and settled in the China Hill community of Telfair County in the eighteen twenties. He had three children: Mary Jane Boney Cravey, Eliza Boney Reeves and Stephen Boney. . . . — — Map (db m9145) HM
2 ► Georgia, Telfair County, Jacksonville — 134-3 — Jacksonville —
The first County Seat of Telfair County, Jacksonville, was named for General Andrew Jackson. From 1807 to 1812 court met in various homes. In 1812 a courthouse was erected on the site of the present Methodist Church. Jacksonville was an . . . — — Map (db m9756) HM
3 ► Georgia, Telfair County, Jacksonville — Old Courthouse Location —
This house built 1860 for a court house replaced the log building built for that purpose 1812 which was the first court house erected in Telfair County. The road to the right of this building is the Old River Road. — — Map (db m281264) HM
4 ► Georgia, Telfair County, Jacksonville — 134-4 — World Record Bass —
Approximately two miles from this spot, on June 2, 1932, George W. Perry, a 19-year old farm boy, caught was to become America's most famous fish. The twenty-two pound four ounce largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoldes) exceeded the existing record . . . — — Map (db m57147) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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Nov. 13, 2026