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Dougherty County was created Dec. 15, 1853 by an act of the
General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1853-54, p. 296). Dougherty County
was formed entirely from Baker County, with its original boundaries
specified as:
Beginning at the extreme North East corner of said county,
and thence West on the present county line between the same and
Lee County, until it intersects with the most westerly main run
of the Chickasawhatchie Creek, embracing in said new county,
all of Grinnett's Causeway, and certain Islands known as the
Pine Islands, thence down said westerly run to the point where
it intersects with the land district line, running from East
to West, and dividing the first, second and third districts of
Baker County from the seventh, eighth and ninth districts of
the same, thence East on said district line to the point where
it intersects with the county line between Irwin and Baker Counties,
thence North on said line to the point where it intersects with
said most North Eastern extreme point of said Baker County .
. . .
Additionally, portions of Worth County were transferred to
Dougherty County in 1854 and 1856. Georgia's 103rd county was
named for Athens judge Charles Dougherty, a strong advocate of
states' rights in the 1850s.
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