- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Thomas County historical marker
- Creator:
- Hair, Keith
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Thomas County
Counties--Georgia--Thomas County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Thomas County, Thomasville, 30.83658, -83.97878
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Thomas County Courthouse, Thomasville
Text of marker: "THOMAS COUNTY. Thomas county was created by legislative acts of Dec. 23 and 24, 1825 introduced by Thomas J. Johnson, and named for Gen. Jett Thomas, War of 1812 hero. First settlers included John Parramore, Shadrick Atkinson, E. Blackshear, N.R. Mitchell and John Hill Bryan. The first governing justices were Aaron Everett, Thomas Dekle, Duncan Ray, Simon D. Hadley and A. McMillan. The home of prosperous farms, beautiful mansions, with industry and culture working side by side. (Text by Leb Dekle, President Thomas County Historical Society.) 136-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_thomas-county
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_thomas-county
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
