Emanuel County

Emanuel County is a Georgia historical marker in Emanuel County, dedicated 1954.

On West Main Street in front of Emanuel County Chamber of Commerce in Swainsboro.

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This County, created by Acts of Legislature December 10, 1812 & December 6, 1813, is named for David Emanuel, Governor in 1801, several times a legislator, and President of the Senate. A place 1 mile from the center of the County was designated as County Site in 1814 and named Swainsboro for a prominent local family in 1822. The name was changed to Paris in 1854 but the original name was later revived. Among the first Count Officers were: Sheriff Josiah Whitney, Clerk of Superior & Inferior Courts Stephen Rich and Tax Collector & Receiver James Fitzgerald.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

Carolinas, Georgia, Floridas, Bahamas, 1806, covering the location of Emanuel County, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Carolinas, Georgia, Floridas, Bahamas, 1806, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Emanuel County Courthouse and Sheriff Department140 ft

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