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Creation Date
3-19-2010
Description
Baker County Marker, Newton, GA.
Baker County was created on Dec. 12, 1825. It was named for Col. John Baker, who was a member of Georgia's 1775 Provincial Congress and later served in the American Revolution. This marker is located outside the Courthouse in Newton, Baker County, Georgia.
The marker reads as follows :
" This County, created by Acts of the Legislature Dec. 12 & 24, 1825, is named for Col. John Baker of Revolutionary fame. The original County Site was at Byron but an Act of Dec. 26, 1831, established a new Site which was named Newton for Sgt. John Newton, a Revolutionary soldier. One of the hardest battles of the Creek Indian War was fought in Baker County at Chickasawhachee Creek in 1836. Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff Stafford Long, Clerk of Superior & Inferior Courts Thomas F. Whittington, Coroner John Gillion and Surveyor Jno. C. Neil."
GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
Latitude, Longitude
31.31434167, -84.33526111
Recommended Citation
George Lansing Taylor, Jr. "Baker County Marker, Newton, GA." (2010). Image Collection. University of North Florida, Thomas G. Carpenter Library Special Collections and Archives. UNF Digital Commons, https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/2945/
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