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Creation Date
9-10-2011
Building Name
Jasper County Courthouse
Description
Jasper County Courthouse Marker, Ridgeland, SC.
This marker is located on the courthouse grounds in Ridgeland, Georgia.
The text reads as :
" This county was established in 1912 from portions of Beaufort and Hampton counties and named, it is said, for Sergeant William Jasper, hero of the American Revolution. The same act establishing the new county also designated Ridgeland (incorporated 1894) as the county seat. Charles E. Perry, John M. Langford, J. H. Woods, J. P. Wise and Rodger Pinckney were first county commissioners."
Erected by Ivy Garden Club - 1993
Latitude, Longitude
32.48416111, -80.98501944
Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Keywords
Taylor, George Lansing, Jr.; Lance Taylor; Photographers -- Florida -- Jacksonville; Photograph collections -- Florida -- Jacksonville; Jasper County Courthouse Marker; Jasper County Courthouse; Sergeant William Jasper; Ridgeland (SC); Jasper County (SC); Historical marker --- South Carolina -- Ridgeland.; Images