Baker County State Historical Marker

Located on old Baker County courthouse square, Newton

 

BAKER COUNTY

 

This County, created by Acts of the Legis-

lature Dec. 12 & 24, 1825, is named for Col.

John Baker of Revolutionary fame. The original

County Site was at Byron but an Act of Dec.

26, 1831, established a new Site which was

named Newton for Sgt. John Newton, a Revo-

lutionary soldier. One of the hardest battles

of the Creek Indian War was fought in Baker

County at Chickasawhachee Creek in 1836.

Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff

Stafford Long, Clerk of Superior & Inferior

Courts Thomas F. Whittington, Coroner John

Gillion and Surveyor Jno. C. Neil.

 

 

004-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954

 

Photo: Keith Hair

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