- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Quitman County's Old Jail historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Quitman County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Georgetown - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Quitman County, Georgetown, 31.88461, -85.10743
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Courthouse on U.S. 82 in Georgetown
Text of marker: "QUITMAN COUNTY'S OLD JAIL. The original jail was a wooden structure built in 1859. It was replaced in 1891 with this brick structure which is typical of rural jails built during this period in southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia counties. The commissioners in 1890 - 1891 were: J.E. Harris, Dr. F.M. Bledsoe, J.P. Kimble and W.A. Cumbie. Judge of Superior Court: James H. Guerry; Ordinary: M.L. Albritton; Clerk of Court: G.A. Whitaker; Quitman County's First Sheriff was Sam Guerry. Erected by Historic Chattahoochee Commission 1980" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_quitman-countys-old-jail
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_quitman-countys-old-jail
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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