Clinch Court House-GHM 032-1-Clinch Co
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N 31° 02.196 W 082° 44.928
17R E 333100 N 3434971
Courthouse in Homerville
Waymark Code: WMBT31
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2011
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Clinch County was created by an Act of the Legislature approved Feb. 14, 1850 out of lands formerly in Lowndes and Ware Counties and was named for General Duncan L. Clinch, a hero of the War of 1812 and the Indian wars. At the first election held in April, 1850, J.C. Kirkland was elected clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts; Charles Cowart, sheriff; Benjamin Cornelius, tax receiver; Ezekiel J. Sirmans, tax collector, David J. Blackburn, surveyor; Joseph L. Rogers, coroner; David Johnson, Hiram Sears and Manning Smith, justices of the Inferior Court.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 032-1
Date: 1953
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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