Quitman County's Old Jail-HCC-Quitman Co
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N 31° 53.157 W 085° 06.543
16R E 678845 N 3529353
Courthouse on US 82 in Georgetown
Waymark Code: WMAFQW
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2011
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The original jail was a wooden structure built in 1859. It was replaced in 1891 with this brick structure which is typical of rural jails built during this period in southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia counties. The commissioners in 1890- 1891 were: J.E. Harris, Dr. P.M. Bledsoe, J.P. Kimble and W.A. Cumbie, Judge of Superior Court: James H. Guerry; Ordinary M.L. Albritton; Clerk of Court: G.A. Whitaker; Quitman County´s First Sheriff was Sam Guerry.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: none
Date: 1980
Sponsor: Historic Chattahoochee Commission
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