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Originally named Randolph County, Jasper County was created
from Baldwin County on Dec. 10, 1807 by an act of the General
Assembly (Ga. Laws 1807, p. 3). Georgia's 31st county was named
for Virginia congressman John
Randolph (1773-1833), whose political views were popular
in Georgia. On Dec. 10, 1810, a legislative act renamed the county
because of Randolph's opposition to the War of 1812 (though eventually
he was forgiven and in 1828 would be recognized by having another
new Georgia county named in his honor). On this day, the county
became Jasper County in honor of Revolutionary War hero Sgt.
William Jasper, who during the siege of Savannah was mortally
wounded while retrieving his regiment's flag from the British.
[See
statute of Jasper].
In 1821, a portion of Jasper County was used to create Newton
County.
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