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Webster County's Original Boundaries

Webster County's Original Boundaries

(From an Act of Dec. 16, 1853).

SEC. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the second Monday in January next, a new County shall be laid out from the County of Stewart, to be included within the following limits:

Beginning at the northwest corner of lot of land, number one hundred and sixty-six, in the thirty-second District of Stewart County, thence due south as the land-lines run through the thirty-second, twenty fourth and nineteenth Districts to the Randolph line, thence east ward along the line dividing the Counties of Randolph and Stewart to the southeast corner of Stewart County, thence north along the line dividing the Counties of Stewart and Sumter to the northeast corner of Stewart County, thence along the dividing line of Stewart and Marion Counties to the place of beginning.

Source: Ga. Laws 1853, p. 304.


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