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(Act of Dec. 15, 1818).
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the state of Georgia in General Assembly met, and by the authority
of the same, That the territory lying south and south-west
of the Oakmulgee and Altamaha rivers, and bounding of the counties
of Wayne, Camden, and the East Florida line, the Chattahoochee
river, and the Creek temporary boundary line, do form three counties,
viz:
All that part of said territory which lies west of a line
to commence on the above temporary line, and two and three-fourth
miles on the east side of Flint river, and running south to the
southern boundary of this state, shall form one county, to be
called Early county. And all the balance of said territory, which
lies west of a line to commence at the ford of the Oakmulgee,
commonly called Blackshear's ford, and running south to the same
boundary, shall form a county, called Irwin county. And the balance
of said territory shall form one other county, called Appling
county.
Source: Ga. Laws 1818, p. 27
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