- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Butts County historical marker
- Creator:
- Hair, Keith
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Butts County
Counties--Georgia--Butts County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Butts County, Jackson, 33.29457, -83.96602
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Butts County Courthouse, Jackson
Text of marker: "BUTTS COUNTY. This County, created by Act of the Legislature December 24, 1825, is named for Capt. Sam Butts killed in the Indian War of 1814 at the Battle of Chalibbee. At Indian Springs, now a State Park, were signed the Treaties with the Creeks giving Georgia respectively all lands between the Flint and Ocmulgee Rivers north to the Chattahoochee, and all the remaining Indian lands in the state. Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff Isaac Nolen, Clerk of Superior Court Abel L. Robinson, Clerk of Inferior Court Thomas Thornton, Coroner Sm. B. Smith and Surveyor Willie Terrell. 018-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_butts-county
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_butts-county
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
