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Old Jefferson County Courthouse and Yazoo Fraud Marker image, Touch for more information
By David Seibert, January 19, 2009
Old Jefferson County Courthouse and Yazoo Fraud Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1► Georgia (Jefferson County), Louisville — 081-3 — "Yazoo Fraud" —
On West Broad Street (U.S. 1) 0 miles east of Green Street, on the right when traveling east.
The notorious "Yazoo Fraud" act was passed and later repealed in the old State Capitol that stood here 1794-1807.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 1½ . . . — — Map (db m58365) HM
2► Georgia (Jefferson County), Louisville — To Commemorate the Site of the First Permanent Capitol of Georgia —
On Broad Street (Business U.S. 1) 0 miles east of Green Street, on the right when traveling east.
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
 
 
  
  
  
 
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