Gilmer County - Ellijay, GA
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N 34° 41.709 W 084° 28.971
16S E 730569 N 3842121
This marker is located in front of the Gilmer County courthouse.
Waymark Code: WM6NTT
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/28/2009
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Gilmer County was created by Act of Dec. 3, 1832 out of Cherokee. Originally, it contained parts of Fannin, Dawson and Pickens Counties. The county was named for George Rockingham Gilmer (1790-1859), who served with distinction as a soldier, lawyer, legislator, Congressman and twice as Governor of Georgia, 1829-1831 and 1837-1839. First officers, commissioned March 9, 1833, were: Levi A. Hufsteller, Sheriff; Thomas M. Burnett, Clerk Superior Court; Henry K. Quillian, Clerk Inferior Court. Officers commissioned July 10, 1833 were Thomas Gutterry, Coroner, and Benjamin M. Griffith, Surveyor.
061-4 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 061-4
Date: 1956
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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