"Decatur County"- GHM - 043-4 Bainbridge, Ga.
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N 30° 54.413 W 084° 34.597
16R E 731608 N 3421799
Located Courthouse in Bainbridge, Ga.
Waymark Code: WM76Y2
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2009
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DECATUR COUNTY
Decatur County was created by Act of Dec. 8, 1823 from Early County. Sessions were cut off later to form part of Seminole and Grady Counties. It was named for Stephen Decatur (1779-1820), naval officer who served with great gallantry at Tripoli and in the War of 1812. In 1815, he commanded the expedition against the Dey of Algiers, forcing the Dey to renounce claims to tribute from the U.S. First County Officers, commissioned May 5, Corner: R.B. Douglas, Surveyor: Daniel O`Neel, Clerk Superior Court, Daniel O`Neel was commissioned Clerk of Inferior Court, also, on June 11, 1824.
Type of Marker: Other
Marker #: 043-4
Date: 1956
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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