Glascock County-GHM 062-1-Glascock Co
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N 33° 13.996 W 082° 35.681
17S E 351416 N 3678280
Courthouse in Gibson
Waymark Code: WM6HF5
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/06/2009
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This County, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 19, 1857, is named for Gen. Thomas Glascock who served in the War of 1812 and the Seminole War. He was a Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives and a Member of Congress from 1835 to ´39. Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff Augustus C. Reece, Ordinary Francis M. Kelly, Clerk of Superior Court Richard Walden, Clerk of Inferior Court Daniel Glover, Tax Receiver Abraham Brassell, Tax Collector Tobias Logue, Surveyor Seaborn Kitchens and Coroner Seaborn Glover.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 062-1
Date: 1954
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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