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The land that would form Liberty County was ceded to the English
by the Creeks in the Treaty
of Savannah on May 21, 1733, confirmed and expanded by agreements
of 1735 and 1736. By an act
of March 15, 1758, the colonial legislature created seven
parishes. With the outbreak of the American Revolution, Whig
forces took control of government in Georgia. On Feb. 5, 1777,
they adopted the state's first constitution -- the Constitution
of 1777. Art.
IV of that document transformed the existing colonial parishes
into seven counties, with Indian ceded lands forming an eighth
county. Liberty County, which was sixth on the list and thus
is considered Georgia's sixth county, consisted of all of Saint
John, Saint Andrew, and Saint James parishes (see
map). The county was named to recognize the American colonies'
declaration of independence from British rule.
In 1789, the legislature took land from Liberty County to
enlarge Glynn County. Legislators created McIntosh County (1793)
and Long County (1920) from Liberty County. Also, between 1794
and 1871, there were a number of acts shifting small amounts
of land between Liberty and McIntosh counties.
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