Berrien County

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

At the county courthouse in Nashville.

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Berrien County, created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on February 25, 1856, was named for John Macpherson Berrien, “the American Cicero.” Born on August 23, 1781, and died January 1, 1856, he was Judge of the Eastern Circuit, US Senator, and US Attorney General. The county seat, Nashville, was named for General Francis Nash of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. The first county officers, commissioned on April 21, 1856, were Sheriff John Studstill, Clerk of Courts Richard A. Peeples, Tax Receiver John A. Money, Tax Collector John M. Futch, Coroner James Dobson, Surveyor Seaborn J. Bradford, and Ordinary John Lindsey.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1776 · A general map of the southern British colonies in America comprehending North and South… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1816, covering the location of Berrien 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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