Coffee County State Historical Marker

Located at the Coffee County Courthouse, Douglas, Ga.

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COFFEE COUNTY

This County, created by Act of the Legislature

February 9, 1854, is named for Gen. John Coffee

who served in the Indian Wars and was a

Member of Congress in 1833-36. He built

the "Old Coffee Road," which forms part of the

border between Berrien and Coffee Counties,

over which to transport troops and supplies

to Florida. Among the first County Officers

were: Sheriff B.H. Tanner, Ordinary Thomas

Mobley, Clerk of Superior and Inferior Courts

Whittington Moore, Tax Receiver John W. Machet,

Tax Collector James R. Smith, Coroner Sim

and Surveyor Carver.

 

034-1B GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954

 

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