Historical Marker

First County Seat

Rocky Ford on Ga. 17 ยท Screven

Georgia marker

Inscription

FIRST COUNTY SEAT. Between 1765 and 1770 a group of settlers, mostly from North Carolina, settled and received grants for land in the vicinity of what is now Rockyford. Among these first settlers were, Benjamin Lanier, Lemuel Lanier, Valentine Hollingsworth, Francis Jones, Thomas Mills, Anthony Bonnell, Abraham Mincey, Robert Dickson and Michael Dickson.

The first county seat of Screven County was established here on Dec. 14, 1793, and the home of Benjamin Lanier, across Mile Branch from this marker, was the first Court House. 124-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953

Location

AddressRocky Ford on Ga. 17
CountyScreven
StateGeorgia
Coordinates32.663500, -81.829560

Sources

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