Ben Hill County State Historical Marker

Located on Ben Hill County Courthouse Square, Fitzgerald

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BEN HILL COUNTY

 

Ben HIll County, created by Act of July 31,

1906 from Irwin and Wilcox Counties, was

named for Benjamin Harvey Hill (1823-1882),

"one of America's greatest orators." A Staunch

supporter of the administration in the Confed-

erate Senate, after the War Between the States

he was an influential member of the U.S. House

of Representatives and Senate. First officers

of Ben Hill County, commissioned Jan. 5, 1907,

were: C.M.Wise, Ordinary; D.W.M. Whitley, Clerk

Superior Cout; W.H. Fountain, Sheriff; E. Gibbs,

Tax Receiver; W.L. Smith, Tax Collector, J.H.

Goodman, Treasurer; Oscar Barron, Surveyor;

William McCormick, Coroner.

 

009-2 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956

 

Photo: Keith Hair

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