Bleckley County-GHM 012-1-Bleckley Co
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N 32° 23.236 W 083° 21.339
17S E 278409 N 3585803
Courthouse in Cochran, on Bus US 23
Waymark Code: WM82TG
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2010
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This County, created by an act of the Georgia Legislature July 30, 1912, is named for Chief Justice Logan E. Bleckley, of the Georgia Supreme Court, one of the greatest jurists in the history of this State. Born in Rabun County in 1827, he served as a Confederate soldier, resumed his law practice after the war, was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 1875-1880 and Chief Justice 1887-1894. Among the first Bleckley County officers were Sheriff J.A. Floyd, Superior Court Clerk J.T. Deese, Ordinary W.M. Wynne, Tax Receiver Jim Holland, Tax Collector W.D. Porter, Treasurer J.R. Taylor, Coroner Morgan Barrs, Surveyor W.H. Berryhill, Comm. of Roads and Revenue J.B. Hinson.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 012-1
Date: 1985
Sponsor: Georgia Historic Marker
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