Appling County

Appling County is a Georgia historical marker in Appling County, dedicated 1955.

At the county courthouse in Baxley.

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This county, created by Acts of the Legislature Dec. 15, 1818, Dec. 21, 1819, and Dec. 20, 1824, is named for Colonel Daniel Appling, who served in the War of 1812. Residents voted Baxley as the county seat in 1872 and it was incorporated in 1875. The first seat, approved by the Legislature in 1828, was at Holmesville, which was chartered in 1854. Among the first county officers, who took office in 1820, were: Sheriff William Carter, Clerk of Superior and Inferior Courts John McAuley, Coroner James Mixon, and Surveyor Daniel S. Whitehurst.

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TodayHistorical map

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Historical maps covering this location

1806 · Carolinas, Georgia, Floridas, Bahamas. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1816, covering the location of Appling County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1816, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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This historical marker is part of the Georgia Historical Marker Program and was erected by the Georgia Historical Commission. Marker texts and locations come from the Society's own marker database.

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