The historical marker text reads as follows:
Lowndes County was created by an act of the Georgia legislature December 23, 1825, from lands previously in Irwin County. It was named for William J. Lowndes, a South Carolina statesman. The first county officers commissioned May 29, 1836, were Henry Blair, Clerk of the Superior Court; William Smith, Ordinary; Norman Campbell, Tax Collector; William Hancock, Sheriff; Malachi Monk, Coroner and Samuel M. Clyatt, Surveyor. The first state senator was William A. Knight and the first representative was Jonathan Knight for Lowndes County.
Lowndes County has had three county seats: Frankllinville, Lowndesville (later changed to Troupville) and Valdosta.
The following additional information about Lowndes County is available from Wikipedia:
Lowndes County (pronounced Lounds) is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created December 23, 1825. As of 2000, the population was 92,115; the 2007 Census estimates show a population of 101,790. The county seat is Valdosta.
It is the largest county in the Valdosta, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The county is a major commercial, educational, and manufacturing center of south Georgia with considerable forest products including pulpwood and naval stores, such as turpentine and rosin. Part of Grand Bay, a 13,000-acre (53 km2) swamp is located in Lowndes County.
The county was named for William Jones Lowndes, whose father, Rawlins Lowndes, had been a Revolutionary War leader from South Carolina.