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Other Information: The
act creating Taylor County provided that until a courthouse could
be built, the Fifty Mile Station on the Muscogee Railroad would
serve as temporary courthouse. Sometime thereafter, a new courthouse
was built in Butler. This building was torn down in 1935 and
replaced by the current courthouse (see
early photo).
County Courthouse Historical
Marker: Click
here
County History:
Taylor County was created on Jan. 15, 1852 by an act of the General
Assembly (Ga. Laws 1851-52, p. 61). Created from Macon, Marion,
and Talbot counties, Taylor County's original boundaries were
specified as:
Beginning at Walker's Ferry on Flint river in Talbot county,
running thence along Walker's Ferry Road to Prattsburg; thence
due south until it strikes the twelve mile station on lot number
two hundred and fourteen, in the fifteenth district of Talbot
county; thence along the Fort Perry road to Patsiliga Creek;
thence up said creek to the district line between the fifteenth
and sixteenth districts; thence on said line until it strikes
Cedar Creek in Marion county; thence down said creek until it
strikes Turner's Bridge, Macon county; thence along the road
leading to the burnt bridge on Whitewater Creek, Macon county;
thence on a straight line running north east until it strikes
Horse Creek on the south-west corner of lot of land number one
hundred and sixty-two in the thirteenth district, Macon county;
thence to the north-west corner of lot number one hundred and
ninety-four in said district; thence on a direct line due east
until it strikes Flint river between lots [numbers] two hundred
and forty six and two hundred and forty-seven in the first district
of Macon county; thence up said river to the mouth of Patsiliga
Creek; thence along the old Talbot line to Walker's Ferry, the
starting point.
Georgia's 99th county was named for Pres.
Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), who died in July 1850 in the
second year of his term as chief executive.
County Seat:
The legislation creating Taylor County authorized the justices
of the county's new inferior court to select the location of
the county seat, purchase land, lay it off into town lots, sell
the lots, and contract for construction of public buildings. Until
such actions were taken, the act provided that elections and other
county business take place at the Fifty Mile Station on the Muscogee
Railroad. In 1852 or 1853, the inferior court designated the county
seat as a site on the railroad one-half mile from Fifty Mile Station.
The new county seat was named Butler in honor of Gen. William
O. Butler (1791-1880), who gained fame as a hero of the Mexican
War. The General Assembly incorporated Butler as a town on Feb.
8, 1854 (Ga. Laws 1853-54, p. 232).
Maps
Size of County (Total
Area): 379.6 square miles
County Rank in Total
Area: 66th out of 159
Population:
Taylor County
City of Butler
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