Echols County - GHM-050-1 Statenville, Ga.
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N 30° 42.201 W 083° 01.000
17R E 306864 N 3398462
Located on Courthouse grounds in Statenville on US 129
Waymark Code: WM9HB4
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2010
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This County, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 13, 1858, is named for Col. Robert M. Echols, for 24 years a member of the General Assembly. He was a President of the Georgia Senate and a Brigadier General in the Mexican War during which he died. Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff James S. Carter, Ordinary James P.Y. Higdon, Clerk of Superior & Inferior Courts Jesse P. Prescott, Tax Receiver John E. McMullen, Tax collector Samuel E. Prescott, Treasurer James Carter, Surveyor Duncan McLeon and Coroner John Sellers.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 050-1
Date: 1954
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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