Jackson County State Historical Marker

Located at the old Jackson County Courthouse, Jefferson, Ga.

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JACKSON COUNTY

This County, created by Act of the Legislature

February 11, 1796, is named for James Jackson

who later became Governor in 1798-1801. A

soldier of the Revolution he served in Congress

1789-91 and in the Senate 1793-95 and 1801-06.

He strongly opposed the Yazoo fraud, and died in

1806. Here in Jefferson ether was first used as an

anaesthetic in surgery by Dr. Crawford W. Long

on Marfch 30, 1842. Among the first County

Officers were: Sheriff John Hart, Clerk of Superior

Court George Taylor, Clerk of Inferior Court

Daniel W. Eaasley, Coroner Isham Williams and

Surveyor James Harper.

078-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954

© Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia

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