Candler County-GHM 021-1-Candler Co
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N 32° 23.841 W 082° 03.750
17S E 400073 N 3584976
Courthouse in Metter
Waymark Code: WM7XTZ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/20/2009
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Candler County was created by an Act of the Georgia Legislature July 17, 1914, out of portions of Bulloch, Emanuel and Tattnall Counties, and named for Gov. Allen D. Candler (1834-1910). Gov. Candler is famed for the preservation of Colonial and Confederate records and being the first compiler of State records. Among the first officers of Candler County were Ordinary George R. Trapnell, Sheriff Charles M. Harpen, Superior Court Clerk Joshua Everett, Tax Receiver O.L. Patterson, Tax Collector G.B. Hendricks, Surveyor J.D. McLean, Coroner T.D. Joiner and Treasurer Morgan Holloway.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 021-1
Date: 1956
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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