Stephens County State Historical Marker

Located at the old Stephens County Courthouse, Toccoa, Ga.

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STEPHENS COUNTY

This County, created by Act of the Legislature

August 18, 1905, is named for Alexander

Hamilton Stephens, Vice President of the

Confederacy. A state legislator and Senator

he was elected to Congress at 31, serving

from 1843 to 1859. Elected to the Senate

in 1866 he was refused his seat but again

served in Congress from 1873 to '82 when he

became Governor. He died March 4, 1883.

Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff

W.A. Stowe, Clerk of Superior Court W.A. Bailey,

Ordinary B.P. Brown Jr., Tax Receiver M.C. Jarrett,

Tax Collector C.L. Mize, Treasure C.H. Dance,

Coroner Sidney Williams and Surveyor M.B. Collier.

127-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954

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