Entries Containing All of the Phrases «taliaferro county» AND «georgia»

By Brian Scott, February 14, 2013

Stephens County Marker
Stephens County Courthouse in Background

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1 ► Georgia, Stephens County, Toccoa — 127-1 — Stephens County —

This County, created by Act of the Legislature August 18, 1905, is named for Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy. A state legislator and Senator he was elected to Congress at 31, serving from 1843 to 1859. Elected to . . . — — Map (db m58733) HM

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2 ► Georgia, Greene County, Greensboro — First Commissioner of Agriculture —

In 1874, the Georgia Department of Agriculture was established by Act of the Legislature with Thomas P. Janes serving as its first Commissioner, 1874-79. Commissioner Janes, born 1823 in present Taliaferro County, (formerly the eastern part of . . . — — Map (db m14726) HM

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3 ► Georgia, Taliaferro County, Crawfordville — 131-1 — Taliaferro County —

This County, created by an act of the Legislature Dec. 24, 1825, is named for Colonel Benjamin Taliaferro, Revolutionary soldier in Lee's Legion and a member of Congress from 1799 to 1802. In this city stands Liberty Hall, now a State Shrine, . . . — — Map (db m15236) HM

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4 ► Georgia, Warren County, Warrenton — Early History of Warren County —

[Center Panel]: The Formation of and Changes in the Warren County Boundary Line Warren County was created by an Act of the Legislature on December 19, 1793. Parts of the counties of Richmond, Columbia, and Wilkes were taken to form . . . — — Map (db m90436) HM

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