Stephens County
N 34° 34.766 W 083° 19.843
17S E 286214 N 3828874
Stephens County Memorial Marker
Waymark Code: WM13EZ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2007
Views: 30
This County, created by Act of the Legislature August 18,1905, is named for Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy. A state legislator and Senator he was elected to Congress at 31, serving from 1843 to 1859. Elected to the Senate in 1866 he was refused his seat but again served in Congress from 1873 to '82 when he became Governor. He died March 4, 1883. Among the first county Officers were Sheriff W.A. Stowe, Clerk of Superior Court W.A. Bailey, Ordinary B.P. Brown Jr.,Tax Receiver M.C. jarret, Tax Collector C.L. Mize, Treasurer C/H. Dance, Coroner Sidney Williams and surveyour M.B. Collier.
Type of Marker: Building
Marker #: Not listed
Date: Not listed
Sponsor: Not listed
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