BANKS COUNTY
1858 Dr. Richard Banks of Gainesville
County Seat: Homer - 1850 Homer Jackson, prominent early settler
1914 David Crenshaw Barrow, University of Georgia Chancellor
County Seat: Winder - 1884 Seaborad Airline Railroad President John H. Winder of Raleigh
Towns: Auburn, Bethlehem, Carl, Statham & Winder
DAWSON COUNTY
1857 William C. Dawson, who served in the Congress & the U.S. Senate
County Seat: Dawsonville
Towns: Dawsonville
ELBERT COUNTY
1790 Revolutionary War General Samuel Elbert, commander of Georgia's Continental forces
County Seat: Elberton - 1866 General Samuel Elbert (Chartered in 1803)
Towns: Bowman & Elberton
FORSYTH COUNTY
1832 Georgia Attorney General John Forsyth
County Seat: Cumming - 1834 Colonel William Cumming of Augusta, editor and attorney
Towns: Cumming
1784 Benjamin Franklin
County Seat: Carnesville - 1819 Clarke County resident Thomas Peter Carnes, judge and Georgia legislator
Towns: Canon, Carnesville, Franklin Springs, Lavonia & Royston
HABERSHAM COUNTY
1818 Joseph Habersham, mayor of Savannah, Postmaster General under Washington
County Seat: Clarkesville - 1823 Georgia Governor John C. Clark (1819-1823)
Towns: Alto, Baldwin, Batesville, Clarkesville, Cornelia, Demorest, Mt. Airy & part of Tallulah Falls
HALL COUNTY
1818 Dr. Lyman Hall, signer of the Declaration of Independence, later Georgia Governor (1783)
County Seat: Gainesville - 1821 General Edmund P Gaines, who served in the War of 1812
Towns:
Chestnut Mountain, Clermont, Flowery Branch, Gainesville, Gillsville,
Lake Lanier Islands, part of Lula, Oakwood & Murrayville
HART COUNTY
1853 Nancy Hart, Revolutionary War heroine
County Seat: Hartwell - 1856 Nancy Hart
Towns: Bowersville & Hartwell
JACKSON COUNTY
1796 General James Jackson, hero of Yazoo affair
County Seat: Jefferson - 1833 President Thomas Jefferson
Towns: Arcade, Braselton, Commerce, Hoschton, Jefferson, part of Maysville, Nicholson, Pendergrass and Talmo
LUMPKIN COUNTY
1832 Wilson Lumpkin, Congressman, U.S. Senator and Georgia governor
County Seat: Dahlonega - 1833 Derived from Cherokee for “yellow money”
Towns: Dahlonega
MADISON COUNTY
1811 President James Madison
County Seat: Danielsville - 1817 Revolutionary General Allen Daniell
Towns: Carlton, Colbert, Comer, Danielsville, Hull & Ila
RABUN COUNTY
1819 Georgia Governor William Rabun (1817-19)
County Seat: Clayton - 1823 Judge Augustin S. Clayton
Towns: Clayton, Dillard, Lakemont, Mountain City, Rabun Gap, Sky Valley, part of Tallulah Falls, Tiger, Wylie
Originated in 1874
County Seat: Toccoa - Cherokee tribe named the area "Toccah," meaning beautiful
Towns: Toccoa, Martin
TOWNS COUNTY
1856 Georgia Governor George W. Towns (1847-1851)
County Seat: Hiawassee - 1870 Derived from Cherokee a-yu-wa-si, meaning meadow or savanna
Towns: Hiawassee & Young Harris
UNION COUNTY
1832 Named to demonstrate the area’s loyalists to Union in tariff debates
County Seat: Blairsville - 1835 Local newspaper editor, Francis
Towns: Blairsville & Suches
WHITE COUNTY
1857 David T. White, Georgia legislator
County Seat: Cleveland - 1870 Colonel Benjamin Cleveland of King’s Mountain
Towns: Cleveland, Helen, Robertstown & Sautee
Sunny 66 oF
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