Screven County State Historical Marker

Located on a Small Memorial Park in the Middle of US 301 in Downtown Sylvania, Ga.

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SCREVEN COUNTY

 

Screven County was created by an Act of the General

Assembly of Georgia, December 14th, 1793. It was named for General

James Screven. The first county seat and court house was the

home of Benjamin Lanier at what is now Rocky Ford.

 

In a companion Act the first county court officials were

named as follows: Justices of Peace; Nathaniel Hudson, John Greene,

Jr., Benjamin Richardson, Samuel Dunn, Robert Stafford, Luke Mizell,

McKeen Greene, James Bevil, Joseph Plumer, Robert Williamson, Samuel

Bird, John Loney, James Bird, James William, James H. Rutherford,

Daniel Blackburn and William Pearce, Esquires.

 

The Justices of the Inferior Court named in the Act creat-

ing Screven County were: Benjamin Lanier, Caleb Howell, Lemuel

Lanier, Paul Bevil and Drury Jones. In the first election held in

Screven County, January 20th, 1794, the following officers were elected:

Sheriff, William Coursey; Clerk of the Superior Court, Thomas

Hylton; Clerk of the Inferior Court, Robert Williams; Surveyor,

Robert Stafford; Register of Probate, Lemuel Lanier; and Coroner,

William Briger.

124-6 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1952

Photo: Ed Jackson

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