Clay County-GHM 030-1-Clay Co
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N 31° 36.260 W 085° 02.913
16R E 685128 N 3498232
Clay County Courthouse in Fort Gaines
Waymark Code: WMA433
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2010
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This County created by Act of the Legislature Feb. 16, 1854, is named for Henry Clay, famous statesman who died in 1852. Near fort Gaines, the County Site, stood the actual Fort built
in 1816 for defense in the Creek Indian Wars and named for Gen. Edmond P. Gaines who ordered its construction. Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff George R. Holloway, Clerk of the Superior & Inferior Courts Warren Sutton, Ordinary John H. Jones, Tax Receiver John H. Gilbert, Tax Collector
Peter Lee, County Surveyor Bennett H. Thornton and Coroner Churchill Patrick.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 030-1
Date: 1954
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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