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The area of DeKalb county was acquired by the state of Georgia as a result of the 1821 Treaty of Indian Springs with a faction of the Muscogee (Creek). DeKalb County, formed in 1822 from Henry, Gwinnett and Fayette counties, took its name from Baron Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), a Bavarian-born former officer in the French Army, who fought for the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary ...
When DeKalb County Commissioner Ken Davis made the decision to run for CEO instead of seeking re-election, Ellis decided to run to replace Davis. In the November 2000 election, Ellis defeated two challengers to serve the citizens in the commission's fourth district, and he was reelected in 2004.
In April 2001, shortly after Jones became CEO, he voted, along with five other DeKalb County Commissioners, to offer life and health insurance benefits to the domestic partners of gay and unmarried County employees. DeKalb was the first county in Georgia to offer such benefits. [14] During his administration, DeKalb County established the first ...
Michael L. Thurmond (born January 5, 1953) is an American author, attorney and politician serving as the chief executive officer of DeKalb County, Georgia.A Democrat, he was previously a representative in the Georgia Assembly.
Pages in category "County commissioners in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
A monument honoring late civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis is one step closer to completion after DeKalb County commissioners The post John Lewis statue replaces confederate memorial in Georgia ...
Because the one county where the banished criminal is technically allowed to live is so unpopulated, the banished criminals will leave the state of Georgia rather than move to that county. [4] Georgia is the only state that still allows sole commissioner county government. As of 2021, seven of the state's 159 counties operate under that system.
Shifting county lines changing the center of population; A few county seats have regained their position of county seat after losing it: Morgan was the county seat of Calhoun County from 1856 to 1923; it was re-designated the county seat in 1929; Stark(s)ville was the county seat of Lee County from 1832 to 1854, and then again from 1856 to 1872