Atkinson Court House-GHM 002-1 Pearson, Georgia
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N 31° 17.736 W 082° 51.198
17R E 323606 N 3463844
Located on Courthouse Lawn Atkinson County Courthouse Pearson,Ga
Waymark Code: WM9A3F
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/20/2010
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Atkinson County was created by an act of the Georgia legislature in 1917, out of lands previously in Clinch and Coffee Counties.
The county was organized Jan. 1, 1918. The first officers were J.W. Roberts, Ordinary; Wiley M. Sumner, Clerk Superior Court; E.D. Leggett, Sheriff and Charles E. Stewart, Representative in legislature.
Members of the first Board of Commissioners, created in 1919, were Jeff Kirkland, David Weathers and J.M. Roberts Sr. The first Clerk to the Commissioners and County Attorney was L.A. Hargreaves.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 002-1
Date: 1954
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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