Wilkinson County State Historical Marker

Located at the Wilkinson County Courthouse, Irwinton, Ga.

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WILKINSON COUNTY

 

This County was created by Acts of the Legis-

lature May 11, 1803 and Dec. 7, 1805. It is

named for James Wilkinson, Revolutionary Gen-

eral, and formed from part of the lands acquired

from the Creeks by the Treaty of Fort Wil-

kinson (on the Oconee) at which the General

was a U.S. Commissioner. Irwinton, named for

Gov. Jared Irwin, is located on the site of

an English trading post that existed prior to

1715. Among the first County Officers were:

Sheriff Edmund Hogan; Clerk of Superior Court

Archibald McIntire; Clerk of Inferior Court

William Brown; Ordinary Drury Gilbert; Tax

Receiver Arthur Burney; Tax Collector William

O'Neal; Coroner Charles Ray and Surveyor

Britton McCullers.

 

158-7 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956

 

(Note: State records indicate that this is marker 158-2. However, the marker carries the number 158-7.)

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