Pulaski County State Historical Marker

Located at the Pulaski County Courthouse, Hawkinsville, Ga.

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PULASKI COUNTY

 

This County, created by Act of the Legislature

December 13, 1808, is named for Count Casimir

Pulaski, Polish hero of the Revolutionary

War who died fighting in Georgia and is

buried in Savannah. Court was to be held

at the home of Isham Jordan until the County

Site was selected at Hartford in 1810. It was

moved across the Ocmulgee to Hawkinsville in

1836 when this town was incorporated. Among

the first County Officers were: Sheriff Lewis

Holland, Clerk of the Superior Court Richard

H. Thomas, Clerk of Inferior Court John

Rainey, Coroner William Brocken and Surveyor

John Bush.

116-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954

Photo: Keith Hair

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