Atkinson County State Historical Marker

Located on Atkinson County Courthouse Square, Pearson

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ATKINSON COUNTY

Atkinson County was created by an act of the

Georgia legislature in 1917, out of lands

previously in Clinch and Coffee Counties.

The county was organized Jan. 1, 1918. The

first officers were J.W. Roberts, Ordinary; Wiley

M. Sumner, Clerk Superior Court; E.D. Leggett,

Sheriff and Charles E. Stewart, Representative

in legislature.

Members of the first Board of Commissioners,

created in 1919, were Jeff Kirkland, David

Weathers and J.M. Roberts Sr. The first Clerk

to the Commissioners and County Attorney

was L.A. Hargreaves.

002-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954

Photo: Keith Hair

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