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WARREN COUNTY
This County, created by Act
of the Legislature Dec. 19, 1793, is named for Gen. Joseph Warren,
Massachusetts Revolutionary hero killed at the Battle of Bunker
Hill. What is claimed to have been the first iron works and woolen
mill in Georgia was established near Georgetown. Among the first
County Officers were: Sheriffs Peter Hodo & David Neal, Ordinary
Septimus Weatherby, Clerks of Superior Court Wyche Goodwin &
Isiah Tucker, Clerk of Inferior Court Turner Persons, Surveyor
Ehelred Thomas and Coroner John Trant.
149-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1954
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The University of Georgia
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