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Other Information:
This is the fifth courthouse for Jackson County. Prior to building
of a courthouse, superior court was held at the home of Thomas
Kirkpatrick beginning in Aug. 1796. In 1799, Clarkesboro was
designated county seat of Jackson County and a courthouse was
built. In 1800, the General Assembly moved the county seat to
Jefferson, where a wooden courthouse subsequently was built.
In 1820, a brick courthouse was built. The fourth courthouse
was built in 1879 (see
photo) Because of rapid population growth in Jackson County,
county officials began planning for a new courthouse in 2002
and purchased land outside the downtown area for consturction
of a new courthouse and county government buildings. The project
was completed in 2004.
County Courthouse Historical
Marker: Click
here
County History:
Jackson County was created from Franklin County on Feb. 11, 1796
by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1796, p. 14). Portions
of Jackson County were used to create the following counties:
Clarke (1801), Madison (1811), and Barrow (1914).
Georgia's 22nd county was named for Revolutionar War general
James
Jackson (1757-1806). After the war, Jackson served in both
houses of Congress, resigning from the U.S. Senate in 1795 to
return to Georgia to fight against the Yazoo Fraud. Because of
his role leading to the repeal of the Yazoo Act, the General
Assembly elected him as governor (1798-1801). Subsequently, the
legislature elected him to return to the U.S. Senate.
County Seat:
Jefferson [named for Pres. Thomas Jefferson], first settled at
an unknown date, designated county seat in 1800, and incorporated
Nov. 24, 1806.
Maps
Size of County (Total
Area): 343.0 square miles
County Rank in Total
Area: 84th out of 159
Population:
Jackson County
City of Jefferson
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