Title

Glynn County Marker, Brunswick, GA

Creator

George Lansing Taylor Jr., University of North FloridaFollow

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Creation Date

4-24-2011

Description

Glynn County Marker, Brunswick, GA. This marker is located on the Courthouse lawn in Brunswick, Georgia.

The marker reads as :

" Glynn County, one of the eight original Counties of Georgia, was organized under the 1777 Constitution of the State of Georgia. It was named in honor of John Glynn, a member of the British House of Commons who defended the cause of the American Colonies in the difficulties which led to the Revolutionary War. Glynn County contains the lands formerly included in the Colonial Parishes of St. David, St. Patrick, and St. James, which had been organized in 1758.

Among the early officials were the Hon. George Walton, signer of the Declaration of Independence, Judge of the Superior Court, James Spalding, Alexander Bissett, Richard Leake, and Raymond Demere, Justices of the Inferior Court; John Goode, Clerk of the Inferior and Superior Courts; John Palmer, Sheriff; John Burnett, Register of Probates; Richard Bradley, Tax Collector; Martin Palmer, Tax Receiver; Joshua Miller, Surveyor; Jacob Helvestine, Coroner; George Handley (who in 1788 was elected Governor of the State of Georgia) and Christopher Hillary, Legislators; George Purvis, Richard Pritchard, Moses Burnett, John Piles, and John Burnett, Commissioners of Glynn Academy."

Latitude, Longitude

31.15236389, -81.49426944

Rights Statement

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