First Court in Clinch County
1 mi.?
About 1 mile south of here, the first Court and Election in Clinch County were held in 1850, in the home of Jonathan Knight. Pursuant to the Act creating
Clinch, Commissioners appointed met in the Knight house to perfect the organization of the County, and elected County officers. Courts were held in the Knight home during the first six months of 1850.
Marker is at the intersection of Georgia Route 37 and North Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling east on State Route 37.
Courtesy hmdb.org
