- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Atkinson County historical marker
- Creator:
- Hair, Keith
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Atkinson County
Counties--Georgia--Atkinson County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atkinson County, Pearson, 31.2977, -82.85237
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Pearson, on Atkinson County Courthouse Square
Text of marker: "ATKINSON COURT HOUSE. Atkinson County was created by an act of the Georgia legislature in 1917, out of lands previously in Clinch and Coffee Counties. The county was organized Jan. 1, 1918. The first officers were J.W. Roberts, Ordinary; Wiley M. Sumner, Clerk Superior Court; E.D. Leggett, Sheriff and Charles E. Stewart, Representative in legislature. Members of the first Board of Commissioners, created in 1919, were Jeff Kirkland, David Weathers and J.M. Roberts Sr. The first Clerk to the Commissioners and County Attorney was L.A. Hargreaves. 002-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_atkinson-county
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_atkinson-county
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
