- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Berrien County
- Creator:
- Cooksey, Elizabeth B.
- Date of Original:
- 2005-02-25
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Berrien County, 31.27606, -83.22962
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Berrien County in Georgia. Berrien County, in southwest Georgia, was formed from parts of Coffee, Irwin, and Lowndes counties in February 1856. Berrien is Georgia's 116th county, with an area of 452 square miles. The county was named for John Macpherson Berrien, a Savannah lawyer who served variously as a judge (with a stint on the Supreme Court of Georgia), a state senator, a U.S. senator, and the attorney general under U.S. president Andrew Jackson. In the War of 1812 (1812-15) he was captain of the Georgia Hussars, a volunteer company from Savannah. He was also the first president of the Georgia Historical Society.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/berrien-county/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Berrien County," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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