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Other Information:
Likely, Talbot County business and court sessions initially were
conducted at private houses. Reportedly, a brick courthouse was
built in Talbotton in 1831. Evidence of this building is found
in James Silk Buckingham's 1839 diary, where he records seeing
"a good brick court-house" in Talbotton. The building
burned in early 1892, and the present courthouse was completed
later that year (see
early photo).
County Courthouse Historical
Marker: Click
here
County History:
Talbot County was created from Muscogee County on Dec. 14, 1827
by an act of the General Assembly (click here
for legal description of its original boundaries). In 1852, part
of Talbot County was used to form Taylor County.
Georgia's 73rd county was named for former governor Matthew Talbot (1762-1827).
County Seat:
In an act of Dec. 24, 1827, the legislature provided that on
the first Monday in Feb. 1828, voters of Talbot County would
assemble at the house of Darling R. Allen and elect the county's
first officials (Ga. Laws 1827, p. 65). The act also authorized
the justices of the county's inferior court to select the site
for the county seat and to arrange for construction of public
buildings. That court selected a site, which it named Talbotton.
On Dec. 20, 1828, the legislature formally designated Talbotton
county seat and incorporated it as a town (Ga. Laws 1828, p.
149).
Maps
Size of County (Total
Area): 394.8 square miles
County Rank in Total
Area: 62nd out of 159
Population:
Talbot County
City of Talbotton
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