Glascock County State Historical Marker

Located at the Glascock County Courthouse, Gibson, Ga.

(text)

GLASCOCK COUNTY

This County, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 19, 1857, is named for Gen. Thomas Glascock who served in the War of 1812 and the Seminole War. He was a Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives and a Member of Congress from 1835 to '39. Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff Augustus C. Reece, Ordinary Francis M. Kelly, Clerk of Superior Court Richard Walden, Clerk of Inferior Court Daniel Glover, Tax Receiver Abraham Brassell, Tax Collector Tobias Logue, Surveyor Seaborn Kitchens and Coroner Seaborn Glover.

062-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954

Photo: Keith Hair

© Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University of Georgia

Go to Georgia Historic Markers web site

Go to Glascock County Courthouse page

This page has been accessed times from sites outside the Institute since September 27, 1999. This page was last modified on .