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Creation Date
9-11-2010
Description
Montgomery County Marker, Mt Vernon, GA. This marker is located in the Courthouse in Mt Vernon, Montgomery County, Georgia.
The text on the marker reads as :
" Montgomery County, created Dec. 19, 1793 out of Washington, originally contained all of Wheeler and Tattnall and parts of Treutlen, Toombs, Emanuel and Dodge Counties. It was named for Maj. Gen. Richard Montgomery (1736- 1775), ´an early martyr to the cause of liberty.´ Commanding an expedition to Canada in 1775, he was killed at the Siege of Quebec. First County officers, commissioned Feb. 17, 1794, were: March McKessak, Sheriff; Thos. Pugh, Clk. Inf. Ct.; Jonathan Eammons, Clk. Sup. Ct.; Jonathan Holly, Cor.; Wm. Cawthorn, Reg. of Probate; Willis Wood, Sur. "
GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
Latitude, Longitude
32.174724, -82.595108
Recommended Citation
George Lansing Taylor, Jr. "Montgomery County Marker, Mt. Vernon, 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/5080/
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