Spalding County State Historical Marker

Located at the Spalding County Courthouse, Griffin, Ga.

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SPALDING COUNTY

 

Spalding County was created by Act of Dec. 20,

1851 from Fayette, Henry and Pike Counties.

It was named for Thomas Spalding (1774-1851),

native of Frederica. One of the earliest

cotton and sugar cane planters in Georgia, he

was a legislator, state senator, Congressman,

and member of the Constitutional Convention

of 1798. First officers of Spalding County,

commissioned Feb. 5, 1852, were: Addison A.

Wooten, Sheriff; Henry B. Holliday, Clk. Sup.

Ct.; James S. Wood, Clk. Inf. Ct.; William L.

Gordon, Ord.; Elisha P. Bolton, tax Rec.; Pressley

Burdett, Tax Col., Hezekiah Wheeler, Coroner;

William Ellis, Surveyor.

 

126-3 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956

 

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