Thomas County State Historical Marker

Located at the Thomas County Courthouse, Thomasville

30.83881, 83.98177

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THOMAS COUNTY

Thomas county was created by legislative

acts of Dec. 23 and 24, 1825 introduced by

Thomas J. Johnson, and named for Gen. Jett

Thomas, War of 1812 hero.

First settlers included John Parramore, Shad-

rick Atkinson, E. Blackshear, N.R. Mitchell and

John Hill Bryan. The first governing justices

were Aaron Everett, Thomas Dekle, Duncan

Ray, Simon D. Hadley and A. McMillan.

The home of prosperous farms, beautiful

mansions, with industry and culture working

side by side.

(Text by Leb Dekle, President Thomas County

Historical Society.)

136-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954

© Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia