Terrell County State Historical Marker

Located at the Terrell County Courthouse, Dawson, Ga.

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TERRELL COUNTY

This County, created by Act of the Legislature

February 16, 1856, is named for Dr. William

Terrell who died in 1855. He served in Congress

from 1817 to '21. Eight miles west of here

was fought the Battle of Echo-wa-noth-away

Swamp in the Creek Indian War in 1836. Old

Herod Town, an important Indian village, stood

eight miles south. Among the first County

Officers were: Sheriff Andrew I. Baldwin, Clerk

of Superior Court Meyron Weston, Clerk of

Inferior Court Daniel Lashley, Ordinary

Ludwell M. Lennard, Tax Receiver Isaac Abbott,

Tax Collector James W. Johnston, Coroner

Bright W. Trewitt and Surveyor Daniel Lawken.

135-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954

Photo: Keith Hair

© Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The Univesity of Georgia

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