Appling County. Established 1818; named in honor of DANIEL APPLING. Served as Lieutenant Colonel in War of 1812. He was awarded the sword by the legislature of Georgia; but he died in 1818, before it was presented to him.

Atkinson County. Established 1918; named in honor of WILLIAM YATES ATKINSON. Served as fifty-third governor of Georgia. Also served in Georgia assembly.

Bacon County. Established 1914; named in honor of AUGUSTUS OCTAVIUS BACON. Confederate Army officer. Served in State House of Representatives, 1871-86; serving 2 years as Speaker pro tempore and 8 years as Speaker. U.S. Senator, 1895-1914.

Baker County. Established 1825; named in honor of COLONEL JOHN BAKER. Revolutionary War hero

Baldwin County. Established 1803; named in honor of ABRAHAM BALDWIN. Educator, president of University of Georgia. Served in State House of Representatives, 1785; Continental Congress, 1785-88; federal constitutional convention, 1787; U.S. representative, 1789-99 and senator, 1799-1807. Signer of U.S. Constitution.

Banks County. Established 1858; named in honor of RICHARD BANKS. A noted physician.

Barrow County. Established 1914; named in honor of DAVID CRENSHAW BARROW. A University of Georgia professor who later served as Chancellor of the university, 1907-25.

Bartow County. Established 1832; named in honor of FRANCIS S. BARTOW. An army general who was killed July 21, 1861 at Manassas Plains. (Bartow County was formerly Cass County. The name was changed December 6, 1861.)

Ben Hill County. Established 1906; named in honor of BENJAMIN HARVEY HILL. Served in State House of Representatives, 1851; State Senate, 1859-60; delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; senator, Confederate Congress, 1861-65; U.S. Representative, 1875-77; and senator, 1877-82.

Berrien County. Established 1856; named in honor of JOHN MACPHERSON BERRIEN. After serving as a lawyer, judge and officer of the cavalry, he served in the State Senate, 1822-23; U.S. Senate, 1825-29. He was U.S. Attorney General in President Andrew Jackson's cabinet, 1829-31, before serving 3 more terms in the U.S. Senate, 1841-52.

Bibb County. Established 1822; named in honor of WILLIAM WYATT BIBB. A physician who served as a state representative, 1803-05; U.S. representative, 1807-13; senator, 1813-16, before becoming territorial governor of Alabama, 1817-19, and later first governor of the State of Alabama, 1819-20.

Bleckley County. Established 1912; named in honor of LOGAN EDWIN BLECKLEY. After serving as solicitor general of Atlanta, 1852-56, he fought in the War Between the States. Later he became Supreme Court reporter, 1864-67; associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, 1875-80; chief justice, 1887-94; secretary to the governor.

Brantley County. Established 1920; named in honor of WILLIAM GORDON BRANTLEY.

Brooks County. Established 1858; named in honor of PRESTON SMITH BROOKS.

Bryan County. Established 1793; named in honor of JONATHAN BRYAN.

Bulloch County. Established 1796; named in honor of ARCHIBALD BULLOCH. The first governor of Georgia under American rule, 1776-77, was also a lieutenant in the South Carolina regiment, 1757; Speaker of the Georgia Royal Assembly, 1775-76; and Continental Congress.

Burke County. Established 1777; named in honor of EDMUND BURKE. A member of British Parliament in 1765 who urged the repeal of the Stamp Act and advised conciliation with the American colonies.

Butts County. Established 1825; named in honor of SAM BUTTS. An army officer killed January 27, 1814 at the Battle of Chalibee.

Calhoun County. Established 1854; named in honor of JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN. A South Carolina legislator who served in their House of Representatives, 1808-09, and represented his state in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1811-17 and Senate, 1832-43, 1845-50. He served in President Monroe's cabinet, 1817-25, as secretary of war, and President Tyler's cabinet, 1844-45, as secretary of state. He served as vice president under presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, 1825-32.

Candler County. Established 1914; named in honor of ALLEN DANIEL CANDLER. A Civil War soldier who was injured at Kennesaw Mountain and lost an eye at Jonesboro. After serving as an educator he became mayor of Gainesville, 1872; was in State House of Representatives, 1873-77; Senate, 1878-79; U.S. representative, 1883-91; secretary of state for Georgia, 1894-98; governor, 1899-1902.

Carroll County. Established 1826; named in honor of CHARLES CARROLL. Signer of the Declaration of Independence who served as senator from Maryland, 1777-1800.

Catoosa County. Established 1853; named in honor of CHIEF CATOOSA. Indian Chief.

Charlton County. Established 1854; named in honor of ROBERT MILLEDGE CHARLTON. State legislator, 1829; U.S. District Attorney, 1830; Superior Court judge, eastern district, 1832; U.S. senator, 1852-53; mayor of Savannah.

Chatham County. Established 1777; named in honor of WILLIAM LORD Pitt, EARL OF CHATHAM. English nobleman, entered Parliament, 1735. Secretary of state and leader of House of Commons, 1756.

Chattahoochee County. Established 1854; named for the Chattahoochee River, an Indian word which translates "painted stone."

Chattooga County. Established 1838; named for the CHATTOOGA River

Cherokee County. Established 1830; named in honor of the CHEROKEE INDIAN TRIBE.

Clarke County. Established 1801; named in honor of ELIJAH CLARKE. Twice wounded Georgia militia officer who fought at Alligator Creek, 1778; Wafford's Iron Works, 1780; Musgrove's Mill, 1780; Augusta, 1780; and Long Cane, S.C., 1780.

Clay County. Established 1854; named in honor of HENRY CLAY. Kentucky congressman, 1803; U.S. senator, 1806-07, 1810-11; representative from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1815-21, and 1823-25; secretary of state to President Adams. Ran unsuccessfully three times for the presidency, 1824, 1832 and 1844.

Clayton County. Established 1858; named in honor of AUGUSTIN SMITH CLAYTON. Member and clerk of House of Representatives, 1810-15; Superior Court judge, 1819-25; and U.S. representative, 1832-35.

Clinch County. Established 1850; named in honor of DUNCAN LAMONT CLINCH. Third Infantry Army officer who fought in first and second Seminole Wars. U.S. representative, 1844-45.

Cobb County. Established 1832; named in honor of THOMAS WILLIS COBB. U.S. representative, 1817-21, 1823-24; U.S. senator, 1824-28; Superior Court judge, 1828.

Coffee County. Established 1854; named in honor of JOHN COFFEE. Georgia militia officer wounded in Creek Indian Battle, 1814; state senator, 1819-27; U.S. Representative, 1833-36.

 Colquitt County. Established 1856; named in honor of WALTER TERRY COLQUITT. Chattahoochee circuit court judge, 1826; Methodist clergyman, 1827; Senate, 1834 and 1837; U.S. representative, 1839-40, 1842-43; U.S. Senator, 1843-48.

Columbia County. Established 1790; named in honor of CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. Italian navigator who sailed from Spain and discovered San Salvador in 1492.

Cook County. Established 1918; named in honor of PHILLIP COOK. Senator, 1859, 1860, 1863 and 1864; Confederate Army officer; U.S. representative, 1873-83; secretary of state, 1890-94.

Coweta County. Established 1825; named in honor of WILLIAM McINTOSH, general, Chief of the Cowetas.

Crawford County. Established 1822; named in honor of WILLIAM HARRIS CRAWFORD. Representative, 1803-07; U.S. senator, 1807-13; Senate president pro tempore, 1812; U.S. minister to France, 1813-15; U.S. secretary of war in President Madison's cabinet, 1815-16; secretary of the Treasury in President Madison's cabinet, 1816-25; circuit judge, 1827-34.

Crisp County. Established 1905; named in honor of CHARLES FREDERICK CRISP. Confederate soldier held as prisoner of war, 1864-65; circuit court solicitor general, 1872-77; Superior Court judge, 1877-82; U.S. representative, 1883-96.

Dade County. Established 1837; named in honor of FRANCIS LANGHORNE DADE. Officer in U.S. Infantry, killed in ambush by Seminole chiefs Micanope and jumper, December 28, 1835.

Dawson County. Established 1857; named in honor of WILLIAM CROSBY DAWSON. Representative, compiler, laws of Georgia, 1820-30; fought in Creek War, 1836; U.S. representative, 1836-41; Superior Court judge, Ocmulgee Circuit, 1845; U.S. senator, 1849-55.

Decatur County. Established 1823; named in honor of STEPHEN DECATUR. Commander of schooner Enterprise in Tripolitan War and United States in War of 1812; forced Barbary Pirates to submit to terms. Killed in a duel with Commodore James Barrow, 1820.

DeKalb County. Established 1822; named in honor of JOHANN DEKALB. French army officer who aided American colonists; was commissioned major general in Continental Army, 1777; died of injury at Battle of Camden, N.J., 1780.

Dooly County. Established 1821; named in honor of JOHN DOOLY. Georgia militia officer who was killed with his family by Tories in 1780.

Dougherty County. Established 1853; named in honor of CHARLES DOUGHERTY. Judge of the western circuit.

Douglas County. Established 1870; named in honor of STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS. Illinois House of Representatives, 1836-37; land office registrar; Illinois Secretary of State, 1840-41; representative and senator from Illinois. Defeated by Abraham Lincoln for the presidency, 1860.

Early County. Established 1818; named in honor of PETER EARLY. Twenty-fifth governor of Georgia, 1813-15; U.S. representative, 1803-07; Superior Court judge; state senator, 1815-17.

Echols County. Established 1858; named in honor of ROBERT M. ECHOLS. Georgia assembly; infantry officer U.S. Regiment, 1847; killed at Natural Bridge, Mexico, Dec. 3, 1847.

Effingham County. Established 1777, named in honor of FRANCIS LORD HOWARD, Earl of Effingham, 1763; officer of British army, favored colonists in struggle for independence.

Elbert County. Established 1790; named in honor of SAMUEL ELBERT. Governor of Georgia, 1785; grenadier company officer; expedition against English in east Florida; defended Savannah; wounded and taken prisoner Briar Creek, 1779.

Emanuel County. Established 1812; named in honor of DAVID EMANUEL. Twentieth governor of Georgia, 1801; Revolutionary War; Georgia legislature; president Georgia Senate.

Evans County. Established 1914; named in honor of CLEMENT ANSELM EVANS. Judge; state senator, 1859; Army officer wounded at Gettysburg; Methodist minister, 1866.

FANNIN COUNTY. Established 1854; named in honor of JAMES WALKER FANNIN. War hero killed, March 27, 1836.

Fayette County. Established 1821; named in honor of MARQUIS DE LAFAYEE. Resigned from French military service to aid American cause of independence; commissioned Major General in Continental Army, 1777; returned to Paris, 1781; became commander-in-chief of the National Guard, 1789; captured by Austrians, 1792; revisited U.S. in 1784 and 1824-25.

Floyd County. Established 1832; named in honor of JOHN FLOYD. Officer of the Georgia militia; fought Creek and Choctaw Indians; State House of Representatives, 1820-27; U.S. representative, 1827-29.

Forsyth County. Established 1832; named in honor of JOHN FORSYTH. Attorney General of Georgia. 1808; U. S. representative; U.S. senator; U.S. minister to Spain, 1819-23; thirty-first governor of Georgia, 1827-29; U.S. secretary of state under presidents Jackson and Van Buren, 1834-41.

Franklin County. Established 1784; named in honor of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Printer; founded Pennsylvania "Gazette," 1728; clerk of Pennsylvania General Assembly; postmaster of Philadelphia; provincial assembly; deputy postmaster general of the British North American Colonies; Continental Congress; signed the Declaration of Independence, 1776; Pennsylvania constitutional convention, 1776; commissioner and minister to France, 1776-85; governor of Pennsylvania, 1785-88; federal constitutional convention, 1787.

Fulton County. Established 1853; named in honor of ROBERT FULTON. Inventor, experimented with a submarine boat in France, 1801; built the Clermont, a steamboat, which sailed up the Hudson River, 1807. Campbell and Milton counties merged with Fulton, January 1, 1932.

Gilmer County. Established 1832; named in honor of GEORGE ROCKINGHAM GILMER. Officer in campaign against Creek Indians; House of Representatives, 1818, 1819 and 1824; U.S. representative, 1827-29, 1833-35; governor, 1829-31, 1837-39.

Glascock County. Established 1857; named in honor of THOMAS GLASCOCK. Georgia constitutional convention; officer in War of 1812; Seminole War, 1817; House of Representatives, 1821, 1823, 1831, 1834 and 1839; U.S. representative, 1835-39.

Glynn County. Established 1777; named in honor of JOHN GLYNN. Member of Parliament.

Gordon County. Established 1850; named in honor of WILLIAM WASHINGTON GORDON. Graduated West Point, 1814; Third Lieutenant, 1815; aide to General Gaines, resigned 1815; first president of Georgia Central Railroad.

Grady County. Established 1905; named in honor of HENRY WOODFIN GRADY. Newspaperman; Georgia representative of New York Herald, 1871; editor and part owner of Atlanta Constitution, 1880.

Greene County. Established 1786; named in honor of NATHANIEL GREENE. Officer Continental Army, 1775; commanded Army of the South, 1780; president of the court of Inquiry for Major Andre.

Gwinnett County. Established 1818; named in honor of BUTTON GWINNETT. Second president of Georgia Provisional Council; signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1776; Georgia constitutional convention, 1777; acting president and commander-in-chief of Georgia, 1777; killed in a duet with General Lachlan McIntosh.

Habersham County. Established 1818; named in honor of JOSEPH HABERSHAM. Served as officer of the First Georgia Regiment, 1776; Continental Congress, 1785-86; postmaster general, 1795-1801.

Hall County. Established 1818; named in honor of LYMAN HALL. Ninth governor of Georgia Provisional Council, 1774-75; signer of Declaration of Independence, 1776; physician; governor of Georgia, 1783.

Hancock County. Established 1793; named in honor of JOHN HANCOCK. First governor of Massachusetts (Commonwealth). Massachusetts provincial legislature, 1766-72; served three terms in Continental Congress, was president one term; first signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1776; major general of Massachusetts Militia; Massachusetts constitutional convention, 1780; governor of Massachusetts; 1780-85 and 1787-93.

Haralson County. Established 1856; named in honor of HUGH ANDERSON HARALSON. Representative, 1831-32; Senator, 1837-38; major general Georgia militia, 1838-50; U.S. Representative, 1843-51.

Harris County. Established 1827; named in honor of CHARLES HARRIS. Lawyer, alderman or mayor of Savannah, Georgia for about 30 years; offered many judicial posts but declined them.

Heard County. Established 1830; named in honor of STEPHEN HEARD. Sixth governor; Battle of Kettle Creek, 1781; president of Georgia council, 1782; chief justice inferior court.

Henry County. Established 1821; named in honor of PATRICK HENRY. Virginia House of Burgesses, 1765; Continental Congress, 1774-76; governor of Virginia, 1776-79 and 1784-86; Virginia constitutional convention, 1788.

Houston County. Established 1821; named in honor of JOHN HOUSTON. Chairman of Georgia Sons of Liberty, 1774; Continental Congress, 1775-76; executive council, 1777; governor, 1778 and 1784.

Irwin County. Established 1818; named in honor of JARED IRWIN. Officer of Georgia militia; constitutional convention, 1789; representative, 1790; governor, 17%-98 and 1806-09; permanent constitutional convention, 1798.

Jackson County. Established 1796; named in honor of JAMES JACKSON. Served as lieutenant in Revolutionary War, wounded at Midway, Georgia; brigadier general, 1778; U.S. representative, 1789-91; U.S. senator, 1793-95; governor, 1798-1801; U.S. senator, 1801-06.

Jasper County. Established 1807; named in honor of WILLIAM JASPER. Officer in Colonel William Moultrie's Second South Carolina Infantry, 1775; distinguished himself during attack on Fort Moultrie, June 28, 1776; killed while planting South Carolina flag at battle of Savannah, October 9, 1779. Originally Randolph County, name changed in 1812.

Jeff Davis County. Established 1905; named in honor of JEFFERSON DAVIS. Graduated U.S. Military Academy, 1828; Black Hawk War, 1830-31; representative from Mississippi, 1845-46; commanded Mississippi Riflemen, 1846; with General Taylor in Mexico, 1846; declined appointment as brigadier general, 1847; senator from Mississippi, 1847-51; U.S. secretary of war in cabinet of President Pierce, 1853-57; senator from Mississippi, 1857-61; major general of Mississippi militia, 1861; president of provisional Confederate congress, 1861; president of the Confederacy, 1862; captured, 1865; indicted for treason, 1866; paroled, 1867.

Jefferson County. Established 1796; named in honor of THOMAS JEFFERSON. Virginia House of Burgesses, 1769-74; signer of Declaration of Independence, 1776; governor of Virginia, 1779-81; Virginia house of delegates, 1782; Continental Congress, 1783-85; U.S. Minister to France, 1784-87; U.S. Secretary of State in cabinet of President Washington, 17(0-93; vice president of the U.S., 1797-1801; President of the United States, 1801-09.

Jenkins County. Established 1905; named in honor of CHARLES JONES JENKINS. State legislature, 1830; Georgia attorney, 1831; solicitor general middle circuit, 1831; elected ten times to legislature, 1836-49; speaker of the house, 1840, 1843 and 1845; senator, 1856; supreme court, 1860; governor, 1865-68; president constitutional convention, 1877.

Johnson County. Established 1858; named in honor of HERSCHEL VESPASIAN JOHNSON. U.S Senator, 1848-49; Superior court judge of Ocmulgee circuit, 1849-53; governor, 1853-57; senator in Second Confederate Congress, 1862-65; president of constitutional convention, 1865; elected senator but not permitted to qualify, 1866; judge of the middle circuit, 1873-80.

Jones County. Established 1807; named in honor of JAMES JONES. First lieutenant Georgia militia, 1790; House of Representatives, 1796-98; constitutional convention, 1798; U.S. representative, 1799-1801.

Lamar County. Established 1920; named in honor of LUCIUS QUINTUS CINCINNATUS LAMAR. Georgia House of Representatives, 1853; representative from Mississippi, 1857-60 and 1873-77; lieutenant colonel and colonel 18th Mississippi regiment; diplomatic mission to Russia, France and England for the Confederate States, 1863; professor, University of Mississippi, 1866-6 7; senator from Mississippi, 1877-85; secretary of the Interior in President Cleveland's cabinet, 1885-88; U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1888-93.

Lanier County. Established 1920; named in honor of SIDNEY LANIER. Tutor, Oglethorpe College, 1860-61; private in Macon volunteers, 1861; wrote "Tiger Lilies" and many other poems; practiced law at Macon, 1868-72; lecturer in English literature at Johns Hopkins University.

Laurens County. Established 1807; named in honor of JOHN LAURENS. Served in Revolutionary War under General George Washington; wounded at battle of Germantown, October 4, 1777; captured one of the redoubts at Yorktown, Virginia; received Cornwallis' sward. Killed in skirmish, Combahee River, South Carolina, 1782.

Lee County. Established 1825; named in honor of RICHARD HENRY LEE. Justice of the peace Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1757; Virginia House of Burgesses, 1758-75; Continental Congress, 1774-80; signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1776; Virginia House of Delegates, 1777, 1780 and 1785; Continental Congress, 1784-87; senator from Virginia, 1789-92.

Liberty County. Established 1777; descriptive.

Lincoln County. Established 1796; named in honor of BENJAMIN LINCOLN. Major general in Continental Army, 1776; at siege of Yorktown, received sword of Cornwallis, 1781; secretary of war, 1781-83; stopped Shay's Rebellion, 1787; lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, 1788; Collector of the Port, Boston, Massachusetts, 1789-1808,

Long County. Established 1920; named in honor of CRAWFORD WILLIAMSON LONG. Physician; used sul-ether in surgical operation at Jefferson, 1841.

Lowndes County. Established 1825; named in honor of WILLIAM JONES LOWNDES. South Carolina House of Representatives, 1806-10; captain of militia, 1807; representative from South Carolina, 1811-22; died at sea, 1822.

Lumpkin County. Established 1832; named in honor of WILSON LUMPKIN. House of Representatives, 1808-12; Senate, 1812-15; U.S. representative, 1815-17 and 1827-3 1; governor, 1831-35; U.S. senator, 1837-41.

Macon County. Established 1837; named in honor of NATHANIEL MACON. Revolutionary War; North Carolina senate, 1780-82, 1784 and 1785; representative from North Carolina, 1791-1815; Speaker House of Representatives, 1801-07; senator from North Carolina, 1815-28; president North Carolina constitutional convention, 1835.

Madison County. Established 1811; named in honor of JAMES MADISON. First general assembly of Virginia, 1776; Continental Congress, 1780-83 and 1786-88; federal constitutional convention, 1787; representative from Virginia, 1789-97; U.S. secretary of state in cabinet of President Jefferson, 1801-09; President of the U.S., 1809-17.

Marion County. Established 1827; named in honor of FRANCIS MARION. Brigadier general, commander of Marion's brigade, known as "the Swamp Fox"; harassed English troops in the Revolutionary War; won battle of Eutaw Springs; served in South Carolina state Senate, 1782-90. His military tactics were the forerunner of the present US Army Rangers.

McDuffie County. Established 1870; named in honor of GEORGE McDUFFIE. South Carolina House of Representatives, 1818-20; Representative from South Carolina, 1821-34; governor of South Carolina, 1834-36; senator from South Carolina, 1842-46.

McIntosh County. Established 1793; named in honor of WILLIAM MCINTOSH. Creek Indian chief, leader of Lower Creeks served in Seminole War, 1817-18; brigadier general U.S. Army, killed by his tribesmen who considered him a traitor.

Meriwether County. Established 1877; named in honor of DAVID MERIWETHER. Elected thirteen times to Kentucky legislature, 1832-83; Kentucky constitutional convention, 1849; Kentucky secretary of state, 1851; senator from Kentucky, 1852; governor of New Mexico territory, 1853-55; Kentucky House of Representatives, 1858-85; Speaker, Kentucky House of Representatives, 1859.

Montgomery County. Established 1793; named in honor of RICHARD MONTGOMERY. Provincial Congress, 1775; brigadier general Continental Army; killed leading assault against Quebec, 1775.

Morgan County. Established 1807; named in honor of DANIEL MORGAN. Teamster under General Braddock, 1755; lieutenant in Pontiac's War, 1764; captain in Dunmore's War, 1774; captain Virginia riflemen, 1775; captured at Quebec, December 31, 1775; colonel of Virginia regiment, 1776; brigadier general at battle of Saratoga, 1780; defeated General Tarleton at battle of Cowpens, 1781; commanding Virginia militia suppressed Whiskey Insurrection in Pennsylvania, 1794; Representative from Virginia, 1797-99.

Murray County. Established 1832; named in honor of THOMAS W MURRAY. Legislature, 1818, speaker of the house; nominated for U.S. Congress but died before election.

Muscogee County. Established 1826; named in honor of MUSCOGEE INDIAN TRIBE.

Newton County. Established 1821; named in honor of JOHN NEWTON. Sergeant who, with William jasper, captured ten British soldiers who were taking colonial prisoners to Savannah to be hanged.

Oconee County. Established 1875. Indian word for "the place of springs" or "the water eyes of the hills."

Oglethorpe County. Established 1793; named in honor of JAMES EDWARD OGLETHORPE. First governor under the trustees. Colonizer; landed at Charleston, 1733; returned to England, 1734; second trip, 1736; advocated religious freedom; returned to England, 1743; surrendered charter of Georgia, 1752; general commander of English forces, 1765.

Paulding County. Established 1832; named in honor of JOHN PAULDING. One of the captors of Major John Andre, 1780; received silver medal from Congress and pension of $200.

Peach County. Established 1924. Descriptive, Georgia peach.

Pickens County. Established 1853; named in honor of ANDREW PICKENS. Fought Cherokee Indians, 1760; captain to brigadier general, Revolutionary War, 1779-81; awarded sword by Congress for victory at Cowpens, 1781; fought Cherokee Indians, 1782; South Carolina House of Representatives, 1781-94; South Carolina constitutional convention, 1790; representative from South Carolina, 1793-95; major general of militia, 1795; South Carolina House of Representatives, 1800-12.

Pierce County. Established 1857; named in honor of FRANKLIN PIERCE. New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1829-33; representative from New Hampshire, 1833-37; senator from New Hampshire, 1837-42; colonel in Mexican war; brigadier general, 1847; New Hampshire constitutional convention, 1850; president of the U.S., 1853-57.

Pike County. Established 1822; named in honor of ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE. Soldier and explorer; Pike's peak (first sighted by him) bears his name; colonel in War of 1812, was killed in Toronto, Canada.

 Polk County. Established 1851; named in honor of JAMES KNOX POLK. Chief clerk Tennessee senate, 1821-23; Tennessee House of Representatives, 1823-25; representative from Tennessee, 1825-39; governor of Tennessee, 1839-41; President of the U.S., 1845-49.

Pulaski County. Established 1808; named in honor of CASIMIRE PULASKI. Polish nobleman who came to America in 1777 to aid American independence; fought at Brandywine and Germantown; mortally wounded at siege of Savannah, 1779.

Putnam County. Established 1807; named in honor of ISRAEL PUTNAM. Served in French and Indian War, 1754-63; Pontiac's War, 1764; major general Continental Army, 1775-79; commanded at New York and Philadelphia.

Quitman County. Established 1858; named in honor of JOHN ANTHONY QUITMAN. Mississippi House of Representatives, 1826-27; chancellor of Mississippi, 1828-35; president Mississippi senate, 1835-36; acting governor of Mississippi, 1835-36; judge high court of errors and appeals, 1838; brigadier general volunteers, IM; major general regular army, 1847; governor of Mississippi, 1850-5 1; representative from Mississippi, 1855-58.

Rabun County. Established 1819; named in honor of WILLIAM RABURN. State assembly; president of Senate; governor, 1817-19; died in office, 1819.

Randolph County. Established 1828; named in honor of JOHN RANDOLPH. Representative from Virginia, 1799-1813, 1815-17, 1819- 25, 1827-29 and 1833; senator from Virginia, 1825-27; Virginia constitutional convention, 1829; U.S. minister to Russia, 1830-31; fought duel with Henry Clay, 1826.

Richmond County. Established 1777; named in honor of CHARLES LENNOX, THIRD DUKE OF RICHMOND. Third son of second Duke of Richmond; British Minister Extraordinary in Paris, 1765; secretary of state for Southern Department, 1766; resigned, 1767; favored American colonies and wanted troops withdrawn, 1778.

Rockdale County. Established 1870. Descriptive of the vein of rock located throughout the county.

Schley County. Established 1857; named in honor of WILLIAM SCHLEY. Superior Court judge, 1825-28; House of Representatives, 1830; U.S. representative, 1833-35; governor, 1835-37.

Screven County. Established 1793; named in honor of JAMES SCREVEN. Served as officer of 3rd Georgia Rangers, 1776; resigned, 1778; brigadier general Georgia militia; killed at Midway Church, Liberty County, Georgia.

Seminole County. Established 1920; named in honor of the SEMINOLE INDIAN TRIBE

Spalding County, Established 1851; named in honor of THOMAS SPALDING. House of Representatives, 1794; constitutional convention, 1798; Senate, 1805--06; commissioner to determine Georgia-Florida boundary line.

Stephens County. Established 1905; named in honor of ALEXANDER HAMILTON STEPHENS. House of Representatives, 1836-41; Senate, 1842; U.S. representative, 1843-59; vice president of Confederate provisional government, 1861; imprisoned for five months, 1865; elected senator by Georgia, but did not present his credentials as Georgia was not readmitted to representation, 1866; U.S. representative, 1873-82; governor, 1882-83.

Stewart County. Established 1830; named in honor of DANIEL STEWART. Brigadier general, Continental Army.

Sumter County. Established 1831; named in honor of THOMAS SUMTER. Lieutenant colonel Sixth Continental Regiment; brigadier general of militia, 1780; voted the thanks of Congress, 1781; South Carolina state senate, 1781-82; Representative from South Carolina, 1789-93 and 1797-1801; Senator from South Carolina, 1801-10.

Talbot County. established 1827; named in honor of MATTHEW TALBOT. Member state constitutional convention, 1798; Senator, 1808; president of Senate, 1818-23; ex officio governor, 1819. (Oct – Nov, 1819 following death of Gov. William Raburn).

 Taliaferro County. Established 1825; named in honor of BENJAMIN TALLAFERRO. Officer in Revolutionary War; president state senate; delegate state constitutional convention, 1798; U.S. representative, 1799-1802; Superior Court judge.

Tattnall County. Established 1801; named in honor of JOSIAH TATTNALL. In Revolutionary War under General Anthony Wayne, 1782; colonel of Georgia regiment promoted to brigadier general, 1801; House of Representatives, 1795 and 1796; U.S. senator, 1796-99; governor, 1801-02.

Taylor County. Established 1852; named in honor of ZACHARY TAYLOR. Twelfth president of the U.S., 1849-50.

Telfair County. Established 1807; named in honor of EDWARD TELFAIR. Member of state council of safety in 1775 and 1776; delegate to the Provincial Congress at Savannah in 1776; member of the Continental Congress, 1777-79 and 1780-83; one of the signers of the Articles of Confederation and delegate to constitutional convention; governor, 1786 and 1790-93.

Terrell County. Established 1856; named in honor of WILLIAM TERRELL. Physician; House of Representatives, 1810-13; U.S. representative, 1817-21.

Thomas County. Established 1825; named in honor of JETT THOMAS. Captain of artillery under General John Floyd; major general, state militia; built state capitol at Milledgeville, 1807.

Tift County. Established 1905; named in honor of NELSON TIFT. Founded Augusta guards, 1835; Baker County inferior court, 1840-41 and 1849; colonel militia Baker County, 1840; House of Representatives, 1841, 1847, 1851-52; editor Albany "patriot," 1845-58; captain in Confederate Navy, 186 1; U.S. representative, 1868-69.

Toombs County. Established 1905; named in honor of ROBERT TOOMBS. Commanded a company in Creek War serving under General Scott, 1836; House of Representatives, 1837-40 and 1841-44; U.S. representative, 1845-53; U.S. senator, 1853-61; Confederate provisional congress; secretary of state of the Confederate States; brigadier general Confederate Army.

Towns County. Established 1856; named in honor of GEORGE WASHINGTON BONAPARTE TOWNS. House of Representatives, 1829-30; Senate, 1832-34; U.S. representative, 1835-36, 1837-39 and 1846-47; governor, 1847-51.

Treutlen County. Established 1918; named in honor of JOHN ADAM TREUTLEN. Provincial Congress, 1775; first governor under the constitution, 1777-78.

Troup County. Established 1825; named in honor of GEORGE MICHAEL TROUP. House of Representatives, 1803-05; U.S. Representative, 1807-15; U.S. Senator, 1816-18; governor, 1823-27; U.S. Senator, 1829-33.

Turner County. Established 1905; named in honor of HENRY GRAY TURNER. Private Confederate Army, 1861; advanced to captain; wounded at battle of Gettysburg; House of Representatives, 1874-76, 1878 and 1879; U.S. representative, 1881-97; associate justice Supreme Court, 1903.

Twiggs County. Established 1809; named in honor of JOHN TWIGGS. Major general, 1781; aide of General Greene; commissioner to negotiate treaty with the Creek Indians, 1783.

Union County. Established 1832. Descriptive

Upson County. Established 1824; named in honor of STEPHEN UPSON. Born in Connecticut, 1786; lawyer; graduated from Yale; moved south because of ill health; established law practice in Georgia, 1808. Died at age 40, August 1824.

Walker County. Established 1833; named in honor of FREEMAN WALKER. House of Representatives, 1807-11; mayor of Augusta, 1818-19; U.S. senator, 1819-21; mayor of Augusta, 1823.

 Walton County. Established 1818; named in honor of GEORGE WALTON. Secretary Provisional Congress, 1774; delegate Continental Congress, 1776-81; signer Declaration of Independence, 1776; colonel of militia captured at battle of Savannah; held prisoner until 1779; governor, 1779-80; chief justice, 1783-86; governor, 1789; judge of Superior Courts of eastern judicial circuit, 1790; chief justice, 1793; U.S. senator, 1795-96; judge of the middle circuit 1799-1804.

Ware County. Established 1824; named in honor of NICHOLAS WARE.

Warren County. Established 1793; named in honor of JOSEPH WARREN. Physician; president of Provincial Congress, 1775; major general Continental Army, 1775; killed at battle of Breed's Hill (Bunker Hill), June 17, 1775.

Washington County. Established 1784; named in honor of GEORGE WASHINGTON. Successfully led Continental Armies to victory in Revolutionary War, 1781; presided over federal constitutional convention, 1787; first President of the U.S., 1789-97.

Wayne County. Established 1803; named in honor of ANTHONY WAYNE. Nicknamed "Mad Anthony"; army officer wounded at Three Rivers Battle, 1776; captured at Stony Point; awarded thanks and gold medal from Congress, 1779; after serving in Pennsylvania was U.S. Representative, 1791-92; returned to lead Army to victory over Indian at Fallen Timbers, 1793.

Webster County. Established 1853; named in honor of DANIEL WEBSTER. Served as a New Hampshire Representative, 1813-17; Massachusetts Representative, 1823-27; Senator, 1827-41, 1845-50; was Secretary of State in the cabinets of Presidents Tyler, 1841-43, and Fillmore, 1850-52. Originally Kinchafoonee County named changed in 1856.

Wheeler County. Established 1912; named in honor of JOSEPH WHEELER. Army officer; U.S. Representative from Alabama, 1881-82, 1883 and 1885-1900; returned to Army; helped negotiate surrender of Spanish Army in Cuba, 1898; authored many books.

White County. Established 1857; named in honor of DAVID T.WHITE.

Whitfield County. Established 1851; named in honor of GEORGE WHITFIELD. A clergyman of the Church of England who arrived in Savannah, 1738; built an orphanage there in 1740; was compiler of hymnbook, 1753.

Wilcox County. Established 1857; named in honor of MARK WILCOX. Army officer.

Wilkes County. Established 1777; named in honor of JOHN WILKES. A member of England’s House of Commons who, during the American Revolution, favored the colonies.

Wilkinson County. Established 1803; named in honor of JAMES WILKINSON. Army officer in Revolutionary War; fought against Indians; was representative of U.S. in Louisiana Territory take-over; served there as first governor, 180547; led attacks by troops against Canadian border, War of 1812.

Worth County. Established 1853; named in honor of WILLIAM JAMES WORTH. Much honored military officer who served as commandant at U.S. Military Academy, 1820-28; and following numerous other awards was presented sword by Congress, 1847.

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