- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- First County Seat historical marker
- Creator:
- Cotten, Mary Gene
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Screven County
Counties--Georgia--Screven County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Screven County, Rocky Ford, 32.6635, -81.82956
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Rocky Ford on Ga. 17
Text of marker: "FIRST COUNTY SEAT. Between 1765 and 1770 a group of settlers, mostly from North Carolina, settled and received grants for land in the vicinity of what is now Rockyford. Among these first settlers were, Benjamin Lanier, Lemuel Lanier, Valentine Hollingsworth, Francis Jones, Thomas Mills, Anthony Bonnell, Abraham Mincey, Robert Dickson and Michael Dickson. The first county seat of Screven County was established here on Dec. 14, 1793, and the home of Benjamin Lanier, across Mile Branch from this marker, was the first Court House. 124-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_first-county-seat
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_first-county-seat
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
