- Collection:
- Georgia County Courthouses
- Title:
- Early County Courthouse
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Contributor to Resource:
- Morgan & Dillon
- Date of Original:
- 1904/1905
- Subject:
- Courthouses--Georgia--Early County
Courthouses--Georgia--Blakely - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Early County, Blakely, 31.37768, -84.93409
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Architecture Style: Neoclassical Revival
Seat Information: The 1818 act creating Early County made no provision for a county seat. An act of 1819 organizing the county designated the justices of the inferior court as courthouse and jail commissioners and authorized them to select a county seat "as near the centre thereof as convenience will admit" (Ga. Laws 1819, p. 65). The act further directed that until a courthouse was erected, Early County courts were to meet at the house of Richard Grimsley in the 28th district. An act of Dec. 19, 1823 appointed William Howard, John Dennard, Wright Sheffield, Samuel C. B. Jackson and Joseph Grimsley as commissioners to select a temporary seat of government for Early County and to erect a temporary courthouse (Ga. Laws 1823, p. 57). In 1826, Benjamin Collier gave the county 25 acres for use as the county seat. An act of Dec. 27, 1826 provided that "the present site of the public buildings in the county of Early, be and the same is hereby made permanent, and shall be called and known by the name of Blakely" (Ga. Laws 1826, p. 174). Reportedly, the town was named for War of 1812 naval captain Johnson Blakely (1781-1841). The legislature incorporated Blakely on Oct. 24, 1870 (Ga. Laws 1870, p. 168).
Courthouse Details: An act of Dec. 21, 1819 organizing Early County directed that until a courthouse was erected, county courts were to meet at the house of Richard Grimsley in the 28th district. It is not clear how long Grimsley's house served as courthouse, but in 1826 Benjamin Collier gave the county 25 acres for building a courthouse and other public buildings. A wooden courthouse was built here in 1826, followed by other structures in subsequent years. A courthouse built in 1858 served until the present building was constructed in 1906. The current courthouse was rehabilitated in 1992-93. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_gacoch_early-county-courthouse
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_gacoch_early-county-courthouse
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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