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Creation Date
8-13-2011
Building Name
Irwin County Courthouse
Description
Irwin County Marker, Ocilla, GA.
This marker is located in the Courthouse in Ocilla, Georgia. This county was named for Governor Jared Irwin.
The text on the marker reads as :
" This County, created by Acts of the Legislature December 15, 1818 and December 21, 1819, is named for Gov. Jared Irwin who served from 1806 to ´09. He helped revised the State Constitution in 1789 and ´98 and was famed for his uncompromising opposition to the Yazoo fraud. Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, was captured by Union soldiers near Irwinville, where his party had camped for the night May 10, 1865. Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff James Allen, Clerk of Superior Court William Stone, Tax Receiver William Hall, Tax Collector Redding Hunter and Coroner David Hunter. "
GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
Latitude, Longitude
31.59203056, -83.25073056
Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Keywords
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