Gwinnett County's First Elections and Inferior Court sessions
N 34° 01.393 W 083° 54.513
17S E 231431 N 3768546
Elisha Winn was an integral part in the ounding of Gwinnett county, and therefore his house was the location of many important actions. PIC HAS BEED EDITED--to not compromise Virtual Cache GC959F.
Waymark Code: WMM54
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2006
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This house was built by Elisha Winn around 1812. In 1818, the Georgia General Assembly created Gwinnett County from Cherokee and Creek cessions and part of Jackson County. The first Gwinnett elections and sessions of the Inferior Court were held in this house. The Superior Court met in Mr. Winn's barn. Restoration of the house was completed by the Gwinnett Historical Society in 1986.
Elisha Winn was born in County, in . He moved to South Carolina then to Jackson County, Georgia where he served as a justice of the Inferior Court. He also served as justice of the Inferior Court in Gwinnett and as state representative (1830, 1833, 1837) and as state senator in 1826. Winn died on March 4, 1842 and is buried in the old Lawrenceville cemetery.
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