Bryan County
This County created by Act of the Legislature
Dec. 19, 1793, is named for Jonathan Bryan,
Revolutionary patriot and member of the
Executive Council in 1777. The `lost town`
of Hardwick on the Ogeechee River was the
first temporary County Site. Laid out in
1755, it was named for Lord Hardwick, Lord
Chancellor of England, a relative of the
then Gov. Reynolds. Two Royal Governors
recommended that it be the Capital of
Georgia. An Act of 1797 designated a new
County Site at Cross Roads, 2 miles from
Ogeechee Bridge. The Site was later moved
to Clyde and then Pembroke.
Marker is on South College Street (Georgia Route 67) near Courthouse Street, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
