United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, Decatur, 33.77483, -84.29631Jackson, Edwin L.1996/2014Location: Old DeKalb County Courthouse, DecaturText of marker: "DeKALB COUNTY. DeKalb County, created by Act of General Assembly Dec. 9, 1822 and including Fulton County until 1853, was named for Baron Johann DeKalb, a native German who fought gallantly for American freedom. Wounded and captured at the Battle of Camden, S.C., August 9, 1780, he died a British prisoner. Most of the early settlers of DeKalb County came from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina. First County Officers, commissioned March 18,1822 in Fayette County, were: John S. Welch, Sheriff; Thomas A. Dobbs, Clerk Superior Court; Jonathan Dobbs, Clerk Inferior Court; John Calhoun, Coroner; James Adams, Surveyor 044-29.5 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1955"image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Historical markers--Georgia--DeKalb CountyCounties--Georgia--DeKalb CountyDeKalb County historical markerStillImage