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Randolph County was created on December 20, 1828, and named after the Virginia planter and politician John Randolph. [3]He was honored originally as the namesake of present-day Jasper County but, because of his opposition to U.S. entry into the War of 1812, the Georgia General Assembly changed the county name on December 10, 1812.
When county seats have been moved, a new courthouse was typically constructed. Courthouses in Georgia have also been destroyed by disasters including fire, tornadoes, war, and arson. The most recent county courthouse to suffer a disaster was the burning of Hancock County, Georgia's courthouse in August 2014.
English: This is a locator map showing Randolph County in Georgia. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
Cuthbert Historic District, in Cuthbert in Randolph County, Georgia, is a 315 acres (1.27 km 2) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1] It is centered around U.S. 82 and U.S. 27. It includes Greek Revival, Gothic, and Plantation Plain architecture.
Cuthbert was founded by European Americans in 1831 as seat of the newly formed Randolph County, after Indian Removal of the historic tribes to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. John Alfred Cuthbert, who represented Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1819 to 1821, is its namesake.
The county was very large and otherwise lacked European-American settlement. It was replaced in 1828. Pond Town evolved to become the town of Ellaville and became the county seat of Schley County in 1857. Lumpkin was named the county seat of Randolph County on December 2, 1830.
Other courts, including county recorder's courts, civil courts and other agencies in existence on June 30, 1983, may continue with the same jurisdiction until otherwise provided by law. [12] Each county in Georgia has at least one superior court, magistrate court, probate court, and where needed a state court and a juvenile court; in the ...
Stewart County was created by an act [3] of the Georgia General Assembly on December 23, 1830, from land that had been part of Randolph County, Georgia. [4] The county is named for Daniel Stewart, a Revolutionary War veteran, and fighter against American Indians. He was one of the four great-grandfathers of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt. [5]