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Creation Date
10-23-2010
Building Name
Charlton County Courthouse
Description
Charlton County Marker, Folkston, GA.
This historical marker is located outside the Charlton County Courthouse, Folkston Georgia. This county was created on February 18, 1854 and named for Judge Robert M. Charlton of Savannah.
It reads as :
" Created by an Act of February 18, 1854 out of Camden County, Charlton County was named for Judge Robert M. Charlton of Savannah. Trader’s Hill (Fort Alert), an important shipping point and head of navigation on St. Marys River, was the first County Site. In 1901, Folkston became the County Site after the Savannah, Florida & Western RR was in operation. The first County Officers, elected in April, 1854, were: Daniel R. Dedge, Sheriff; J.H. Oliver, Clerk of both Courts; Francis M. Smith, Ordinary; John E. Gibson, Tax Receiver; J.H. Bessant, Surveyor; James S. Bennett, Coroner; Louis N.G. Strickland, soon replaced by H. Roddenberry, Tax Collector."
Latitude, Longitude
30.83179167, -82.00521944
Recommended Citation
Taylor, George Lansing Jr., "Charlton County Marker, Folkston, GA" (2010). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 3009.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/3009
