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Creation Date
10-14-2010
Description
Elbert County Marker, Elberton, GA.
This marker is located in the courthouse in Elberton, Georgia, in Elbert County. It was placed by the Georgia Historical Commission in 1959.
The text on the marker reads as :
" Created from Wilkes County by Act of Dec. 10, 1790, Elbert County was settled in 1784 by Gen. George Mathews and a group from Virginia and Carolina. The site of Petersburg, the original settlement and third largest town in Georgia in its day, is covered by the Clark Hill Reservoir. Nancy Hart, celebrated Revolutionary patriot, lived in this county. Elbert County was named for Gen. Samuel Elbert, Revolutionary soldier and Governor of Georgia (1785-1786). A native of South Carolina and resident of Savannah (1778) and Brier Creek (1779).
On Jan. 20, 1791, the first session of Elbert County Superior Court was held at the home of Thos. A. Carter on Beaverdam Creek, some 5 miles NW of here. George Walton, Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence, was presiding judge. The Carter plantation house stands today. Nearby is the family cemetery. First officers of Elbert County were: Matthew Talbot, Clerk; Robert Middleton, Sheriff; Robert Cosby, Collector of Taxes; W. Higginbottom, Register of Probate; Thos. Burton, Receiver of Tax Returns; Richardson Hunt, Surveyor; James Tate, Coroner. "
Latitude, Longitude
34.10583333, -82.86783333
Recommended Citation
Taylor, George Lansing Jr., "Elbert County Marker, Elberton, GA" (2010). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 3078.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/3078
