- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Miller County historical marker
- Creator:
- Jackson, Edwin L.
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Miller County
Counties--Georgia--Miller County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Miller County, Colquitt, 31.17129, -84.73325
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Miller County Courthouse, Colquitt
Text of marker: "MILLER COUNTY. This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 26, 1856, is named for Judge Andrew J. Miller who died in 1856. A Commander of the Oglethorpe Infantry, he served in the legislature for more than twenty years and was several times President of the Senate. He long championed a bill to give married women separate property rights. Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff Delmar Averett, Clerk of Superior & Inferior Courts Thomas S. Floyd, Ordinary Isaac Bush, Tax Receiver John Fiveash, Tax Collector West Sheffield and Surveyor James D. Pickern. 100-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_miller-county
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_miller-county
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
