Miller County-GHM 100-1-Colquitt, Georgia-Miller Co
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N 31° 10.304 W 084° 44.019
16R E 715997 N 3450846
The story of how Miller County, GA came to be.
Waymark Code: WM6MCW
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2009
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This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 26, 1856, is named for Judge Andrew J. Miller who died in 1856. A Commander of the Oglethorpe Infantry, he served in the legislature for more than twenty years and was several times President of the Senate. He long championed a bill to give married women separate property rights. Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff Delmar Averett, Clerk of Superior & Inferior Courts Thomas S. Floyd, Ordinary Isaac Bush, Tax Receiver John Fiveash, Tax Collector West Sheffield and Surveyor James D. Pickern.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 100-1
Date: 1954
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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