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Creation Date
3-18-2010
Building Name
Brooks County Courthouse
Description
Brooks County (GA) Marker, Quitman, GA
This historical marker is located outside the Brooks County Courthouse in Quitman, Georgia. It was placed by the Georgia Historical Commission in 1954.
It reads as :
" This county created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 11, 1858, is named for Preston Smith Brooks, zealous defender of States Rights. Born in S.C. Aug. 6, 1819, Brooks served in the Mexican War & in Congress. He died June 27, 1857. The first County Officers included: Ordinary Angus Morrison, Sheriff Enoch Hall Pike, Clerk of Superior & Inferior Courts D.W. McRae. Tax Collector George Alderman, Tax Receiver John Delk, Treasurer William F. Speight, Surveyor Jeremiah Wilson, Coroner John T. Devane, State Senator Shadrack Griffin and Representative John T. Edmonson. "
Latitude, Longitude
30.78513333, -83.55998333
Recommended Citation
George Lansing Taylor, Jr. "Brooks County Marker, Quitman, 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/2974/
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