Brooks County - GHM 014-1 - Brooks Co. GA
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Brooks County state historic marker located on US 84 at the Brooks County Courthouse in Quitman.
Waymark Code: WM58NY
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/28/2008
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Brooks County
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.
GHM 014-1 Georgia Historical Commission 1954
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: GHM 014-1
Date: 1954
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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