- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Echols County historical marker
- Creator:
- Jackson, Edwin L.
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Echols County
Counties--Georgia--Echols County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Echols County, Statenville, 30.70327, -83.02764
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Echols County Courthouse, Statenville
Text of marker: "ECHOLS COUNTY. This County, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 13, 1858, is named for Col. Robert M. Echols, for 24 years a member of the General Assembly. He was a President of the Georgia Senate and a Brigadier General in the Mexican War during which he died. Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff James S. Carter, Ordinary James P.Y. Higdon, Clerk of Superior & Inferior Courts Jesse P. Prescott, Tax Receiver John E. McMullen, Tax Collector Samuel E. Prescott, Treasurer James Carter, Surveyor Duncan McLeon and Coroner John Sellers. 050-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_echols-county
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_echols-county
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
