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George A. Dame served as surveyor of Clinch County, while his son, George M. Dame, was long surveyor and also county treasurer. Another son, John T. Dame, is the pres- ent ordinary of Clinch County. H. J. Dame served a term as county attorney and several terms as mayor of Homerville, is at present school superintendent of Citrus County, Fla. Flem C. Dame served a term as county superintendent of schools and several terms as Mayor of Homerville.
THE REGISTER FAMILY.
The Register family is one of the most widely connected families of any in the county. The first one of this family to come here was Samuel Register, who removed to this sec- tion about 1825 or 1830. He had a large family. Also there were Sallie, wife of John Bennett, and Nancy, wife of William Tomlinson, Sr., who were Samuel Register's sisters.
Samuel Register married Elizabeth Skinner. He was born December Ist, 1786, and died April 8th, 1869, leaving a large estate. His children were: Guilford, David, John, Wil- liam, Samuel E., Elizabeth, who married William Patten; Martha, who married Hillery P. Mathis; Zilpha, who mar- ried John Tomlinson; Ivy Register, Eady, who married Thomas Mathis; Phoebe, who married Zachariah Lee, a daughter, who married Hillery Cowart, and one who married Moses C. Lee, and H. M. Register.
Abram Register was another early settler of this county, living here in 1870. He was born in 1801, and seems to be
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a brother of Samuel Register. He married and had a daugh- ter, Harriet, who married John Hilliard. To them were born one son, Mitchell H. Hilliard. John Hilliard was killed in the Civil War. Mrs. Harriet Hilliard was born April 4th, 1833, and after the death of Mr. Hilliard mar- ried Peter Stalvey, who died about 1888. She died Janu- ary 8th, 1910.
Guilford Register, son of Samuel Register, lived in Echols County, and was born in 1810. He was the first represen- tative from Echols County to the Legislature. He died about 1894. He lived in Hamilton County, Fla., several years prior to his death.
William Register, a son of Saumel Register, lived in Clinch County, and was born September 29th, 1814. He was married to Laurana, a daughter of George Harnage, May 24th, 1838. They had the following children, named in the order of their birth:
Samuel W. Register, John T. Register, Guilford A. Reg- ister, Oliver P. Register, Abraham R. Register, Harris Reg- ister (died in infancy), Mary E. Register, who married Elsea Allen first, later J. D. Weaver; Martha Register, who married Ezekiel S. Sirmans, Moses C. Register, Orren Reg- ister and William J. Register.
William Register accumulated much property. He died September 4th, 1893. He is buried at Cow Creek Church. His wife is also buried there.
Zilpha Register, daughter of Samuel Register, married John Tomlinson, and they had thirteen children (see Tom- linsons). She was born February 4th, 1807, and married Mr. Tomlinson about 1826. She died August 4th, 1883, and is buried at Cow Creek Church. Her son, Moses Tom- linson, was for two terms ordinary of Clinch County, and served eight years as tax collector.
Phoebe Register, daughter of Samuel Register, married Zachariah Lee, a son of Joshua Lee, and they had a son, Perry M. Lee. Mrs. Lee was born August 15th, 1823, and
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married about 1847. She died January 26th, 1905, and is buried at Prospect Church. Perry M. Lee served as clerk of the Superior Court, and is now a county commissioner of Clinch County.
Eady Register, daughter of Samuel Register, married Thomas Mathis, and they had a son, David G. Mathis. She was born about 1820, and died February 10th, 1869.
David Register, a son of Samuel Register, was for many years a justice of the peace of the 970th district. He married and had several children, among them Samuel Register, who now lives near Fargo. David Register died in 1859. Men- tion of his grandsons is made elsewhere in this connection.
Samuel Register, Sr., was the owner originally of the land whereon the town of Stockton now is. He had it laid off into town lots and developed a station when the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad was built through. The town was at first called Registerville, but later Stockton.
Samuel W. Register, a son of William Register, was for fifteen years clerk of the Superior Court of Clinch County. Another son, Guilford A. Register, served as tax collector.
W. A. Register, a son of Samuel Register and grandson of David Register, was born in Clinch County, near where Fargo now is, February 4th, 1869. He went to Florida in 1890, and engaged in the timber business in Liberty County for eight years, after which he went to Leon County, where he settled. He located near Woodville, Florida, and en- gaged in farming and stock-raising. He was elected a mem- ber of the board of county commissioners of Leon County in 1904, and served six years. In 1912 he was elected repre- sentative from Leon County in the Florida Legislature and served two years. He married Miss Cora Lee Ferrell, Dec. 4th, 1898, and has six children. Mr. Register has been quite successful in his business and has accumulated much property.
His brother, D. F. Register, also lives at Woodville, Florida. He was born in 1871, and removed to Leon County, Florida, in 1902, where he engaged in farming and
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stock-raising. His wife was Miss Alma Swearingen, of Clinch County.
Another brother, Lee Register, removed to Jasper, Flor- ida, where he has served as representative from Hamilton County in the Florida Legislature. Still another brother, Guilford C. Register, has for the last ten years or longer, served as a deputy sheriff of Clinch County, and was for one term justice of the peace of the 1219th district.
The children of Samuel W. Register, son of William Reg- ister, were Augustus Otis Register, Delia, who married Eli J. Futch; Malinda, who married J. S. Bennett; Henrietta, who married Harlen McLain; Effie, who married J. E. Jor- dan ; Bertha, who married L. S. Malone; Meddie, who mar- ried D. E. Kirkland, and Jeannette, who married H. J. Griffis, and Victoria, who married M. H. Hilliard.
The children of Guilford A. Register, son of William Reg- ister, were Elbert B. Register, Payton C. Register, Jasper D. Register, Isbin F. Register, Benjamin H. Register, Richard E. Register, Charles A. Register, Harriet, who married J. B. Coon.
Orrin Register, son of William Register, was born March 15th, 1858, and died in Lowndes County, where he had pre- viously removed, September 16th, 1911. He married a daughter of James M. Burkhalter, and they had several children.
Abraham R. Register, son of William Register, was born February 8th, 1846, and died at his home in the 970th dis- trict, October 5th, 1906. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Benj. Stalvey, and had a large family of children.
John T. Register was born February 10th, 1841, the son of William Register. He married and raised a large fam- ily of children, among whom were Perry A. Register, Lucius R. Register, Henry Register, Ben S. Register, Dallas G. Register. The elder Register died in November, 1915.
Oliver Perry Register was born January 22d, 1844, the
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son of William Register. He raised a large family. One of his daughters married Mr. L. L. DuPont. Mr. Register died in 1912.
THE MORGAN FAMILY.
The Morgans, of Clinch County, are descendants from Berrien Morgan and his wife, Linnie Nesmith, who lived in North Carolina during the Revolutionary War. Berrien Morgan was a nephew of Daniel Morgan, the famous Amer- ican general, and was the grandfather of Gen. John H. Mor- gan, the great Confederate cavalry leader. There is a tra- dition in the family that they are of Welsh descent and col- lateral descendants of Sir Henry Morgan, Governor of Jamaica, and sometimes admiral in the English navy, later as a Buccaneer he spread terror to the gilded galleons of the Spanish main.
The children of Berrien Morgan and his wife, Linnie Nesmith, were Solomon, Tom, Elihu, John, Brice and a daughter, who married Joseph Marshall.
Elihu Morgan was born in 1795, and married his cousin, Linnie Nesmith. Their children were Elihu, Thomas C., John L., Joseph and several daughters. He owned real estate in 1850 to the value of $6,000, quite a considerable amount for those days. He lived in then Clinch but now Echols County.
Thomas Morgan, son of Berrien Morgan, lived and died in Clinch County. He was born in 1796, and his wife, Eliza- beth, in 1815. They had several children, among whom was Thomas F., Martin Z. and Jonathan L. Morgan, who removed to Clinch County in 1860, from Appling County. Thomas Morgan lived to be about eighty years old.
John L. Morgan was a son of Berrien Morgan, and was born in 1802. He died in 1888, and is buried at the Homer- ville cemetery. He was for many years ordinary of Clinch County. He had several children, among whom were his sons, John L. Morgan, Jr., Thomas C. Morgan, Joseph,
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Hampton, Lemuel T., William R., and Quarterman B. Morgan, and a daughter, who married Hon. John Williams.
Thomas C. Morgan, son of Elihu Morgan, Sr., married Jane Moody, and their children were Mary, Parthenia, George, Linnie, Granville, Sherod and Jonathan Morgan. Thomas C. Morgan married a second time, Ellen Penning- ton, and their children were Henry, Della, Ellen, Linnie, Thomas and Staten Morgan. Parthenia Morgan married John C. Hargreaves. Her mother, Jane Moody, was a daughter of Isaac Moody, and his wife, Sarah Carter.
Jonathan L. Morgan was born in 1832, and as above stated, was a son of Thomas Morgan. He married Susan Hargreaves, and they had three children, viz .: A. H. Mor- gan, Mrs. Frank C. Folks, Mrs. Linnie Taylor. The elder Morgan died in Waycross, May 5th, 1907. His son, Abra- ham H. Morgan, served one term as clerk of the Superior Court of Clinch County.
George Morgan, son of Thomas C. Morgan, Sr., removed to Inverness, Fla., whence he carried 2,000 head of cattle. Sherod Morgan now lives in Hamilton County, Fla. Gran- ville Morgan, another son, now lives several miles below Homerville.
Other members of the Morgan family who have lived in Clinch County, are: Charles S. Morgan, born 1845, who was a lawyer at Homerville a few years following the war; Jacob Morgan, born 1842; and John T. Morgan, born 1836.
The Morgan family is widely scattered throughout the United States, and are all descendants of three brothers who landed in this country about 1660. Dr. John Morgan, a relative of Berrien Morgan, named above, established the first medical college in America at Philadelphia. It is now the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania.
THE LEE FAMILY.
Joshua Lee was probably the earliest member of the Lee family to live in Clinch. He was a brother to Jesse Lee,
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who lived in this section and died here. Joshua Lee mar- ried Martha Ford, a native of North Carolina, while he was born in South Carolina. To them were born several children, among them being Zachariah Lee, who married Phoebe Reg- ister ; Nancy Lee, who married Tyre Mathis; Jemima, who married John Mathis; and Sarah, who married Isaac D. Hutto, and Elizabeth, who married James Patten. Joshua Lee died about 1855, and is buried at Prospect Church. He removed to this county from where Milltown now is and settled four miles north of where DuPont now is, about 1847.
Zachariah Lee was born October 4th, 1816, and married Phoebe Register, daughter of Samuel Register, Sr. They had a son, Perry M. Lee, who served one term as clerk of the Superior Court of Clinch County, and is at present a county commissioner of Clinch County. The elder Lee died May 23, 1884. He is buried at the North cemetery.
Nancy Lee, who married Tyre Mathis, was born in 1808. They had several children, among whom was Martha, who married James T. Touchstone, and Celie, who married Greenberry Holt. The children of Martha and James T. Touchston were Henry W. Touchston, William Touchston, Frank Touchston, Mrs. Rosetta Drawdy, Mrs. D. A. Smith, and Mrs. Annie Cornelius. Bettie, daughter of Mrs. Holt, married Joseph P. Smith, and among their children are Wil- liam and H. P. Smith, and Emma, who married J. T. Dame.
Jemima Lee, who married John Mathis, was born about 1810, and they had several children, among them Ezekiel Mathis.
Sarah Lee, who married Isaac D. Hutto, was born in 1820. Mr. Hutto was for many years pastor of Prospect Church in this county. They had no children, but had an adopted son, Jackson N. Hutto.
Elizabeth Lee, who married James Patten, of Berrien County, was born about 1815. They had ten children, viz. : William, Jethro, James, Jehu and Matthew Patten, Nancy,
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who married John F. Clements; Leta, who married Ivy Register; Sallie, who married John Crosby; Mary, who mar- ried John Clements, and Elizabeth, who married John J. Drawdy. Mrs. Patten died about 1880.
Jesse Lee, brother to Joshua Lee, had several children, among them John and Moses Lee, and a daughter who mar- ried James O. Patten. Moses Lee lived in Berrien County, where his descendants are numerous. John Lee married Elinor Wetherington, and their children were: John Lee, Jr., Elinor, who married James Chisholm ; Julia, who married Levi Knight; Moses, who married Amanda Clements ; Jesse, who married Sallie Tomlinson; James, who married Lavinia Smith; William J. Lee, who married Rhoda, daughter of John F. Clements and grand-daughter of Joshua Lee.
There was also another family of Lees in this county. James J. Lee was born in 1819. His wife, Jemima, was born in 1821. They had several children. James Lee was born in 1829, and his wife, Catherine, in 1833. They had seven children. Some of these lived in and near the Okefinokee Swamp. Henry Lee, born 1835, is one of the oldest living members of this branch.
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County Officers of Clinch County. 1850-1916.
ORDINARIES.
P REVIOUS to 1852, the Inferior Court had jurisdic- tion over estates, probates of wills, guardianships and other matters which the Ordinary has jurisdiction over at present, and the Inferior Court sat as a Court of Ordinary for that purpose; but in 1850 an Act was passed, amended in 1851, creating the office of Ordinary in this State.
(The word "removed" indicates removal from the county. )
The following have been ordinaries of Clinch County since 1852 :
Name
Commissioned
Term of Office
Guilford Lastinger
Jan. 27, 1852
1852-1856
Richard H. Burkhalter
April 8, 1856
1856-1858
John L. Morgan
Jan. 29, 1858 1858-1864
Hampton Morgan (removed)
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William W. Griffin
Aug. 21, 1868
1868-1871
John L. Morgan
Nov. 9, 1871
1871-1873
Moses Tomlinson
Jan. 18, 1873
1873-188I
John L. Morgan 1
Jan. 27, 1881
1881-1885
Martin S. Corbitt
Jan. 13, 1885
1885-1889
George Cornelius
Jan. 7, 1889
1889-190I
William T. Howell
Oct.
1900 1901-1905
John T. Dame
Oct. 17, 1904
1905-1917
W. V. Musgrove.
1916
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John C. Kirkland
April 12, 1850
1850-1852
George W. Newbern
Jan. 14, 1852
1852-1854
Archibald D. Laslie
Jan. 10, 1854
1854-1856
David O'Quin
April 8, 1856
1856-1868
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Name
Commissioned
Term of Office
H. D. O'Quin
Aug. 21, 1868 1868-187I
James Tomlinson
Feb. 7, 1871
1871-1873
Edward T. Dukes
Jan. 18, 1873 1873-1875
Perry M. Lee_
Jan. 14, 1875
1875-1877
Cornelius A. Smith (resigned) __ Jan. 17, 1877
1877-1880
David O'Quin (appointed) Dec. 6,1880
Abraham Morgan Jan. 13, 1881
1880-188I 1881-1883
Bryant R. Johnnson (resigned) -Jan. 9, 1883 1883-1884
William A. Ecord
March 4, 1884
1884-1893
Samuel W. Register (died)
Jan. 6, 1893 1893-1908
A. O. Register
June 25, 1908 1908-1909
Austin J. Gibbs
Nov. 3, 1908
1909-192 I
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Ezekiel J. Sirmans
Apr. 12, 1850
1850-1852
Robert G. Dickerson 1
Jan. 10, 1852
1852-1853
Moses Giddens
May 17, 1853
1853-1854
Henry Joyce
Jan. 10, 1854 1854-1855
Isaac D. Hutto
Jan. 9, 1855
1855-1857
Charles Cowart
Jan. 12, 1857 1857-1858
Jesse P. Prescott 1 1
Jan. 13, 1858 1858-1859
Timothy Alderman 1 1
Jan. 17, 1859
1859-1864
William M. Austin
Feb. 16, 1864
1864-1866
Samuel W. Register 1
Jan. 22, 1866 1866-1868
Martin S. Corbitt Aug. 21, 1868
1868-1871
Madison M. Caswell 1
Feb. 7, 1871
1871-1883
William J. Rives
Jan. 9, 1883
1883-1885
Guilford A. Register
Jan. 13, 1885
1885-1887
William Griffis Jan. 8, 1887 1887-1889
Moses Tomlinson
Jan. 7, 1889
1889-1897
M. M. Monk (resigned)
Oct. 14, 1896 1897-1904
David C. Sirmans
Oct. 17, 1904
1905-1907
Lucius R. Register
Nov. 1, 1907
1907-1909
C. H. Dickerson
Nov. 3, 1908
1909-1921
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W. V. MUSGROVE Elected Ordinary Clinch County, 1916.
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TAX RECEIVERS.
Name
Commissioned
Term of Office
Benjamin Cornelius
April 12, 1850
1850-1856
Jesse W. Carter
April 8, 1856
1856-1857
Benjamin Cornelius
Jan. 12, 1857 1857-1862
Timothy Alderman
Jan. 23, 1862 1862-1864
Benjamin Cornelius (died)
Feb. 16, 1864
1864-1874
William J. Rives
Jan. 14, 1875
1875-188I
John C. Jones (died)
Jan. 13, 1881 1881-1904
B. E. Mattox
June 9, 1904 1904-1905
J. B. Coon
Oct. 17, 1904
1905-192I
COUNTY TREASURERS.
Prior to 1868, the clerk of the Inferior Court was treas- urer of the county. In 1915 the treasurer's office was abol- ished and the county authorities authorized to select some banking institution in the county to handle the county's funds without charge,-to become effective January 1, 1917.
Name
Commissioned
Term of Office
Riley Johnson (resigned)
Aug. 21, 1868
1868
Allen Smith (appointed) Nov. 28, 1868
1868-1871
Alfred Newbern
Feb. 7, 1871
1871-1877
Henry C. Moore (died)
Jan. 17, 1877
1877-1891
W. H. Gary (appointed)
June 23, 1891
1891
Sherod Smith (died)
July 27, 1891 1891
Lewis Smith
Nov. 28, 1891
1891-1893
Andrew J. Caswell (died)
Jan. 6, 1893 1893
Chas. F. Hitch (appointed)
Aug. 21, 1893
1893
R. G. Dickerson (resigned)
Sept. 12, 1893
1893-1896
George M. Dame (appointed) __ Oct. 12, 1896
1896-1897
Perry A. Register
Oct. 14, 1896
1897-1899
George M. Dame
Oct. 19, 1898
1899-1903
John F. Hughes
Oct. 8, 1902
1903-1909
T. F. M. Sweat
Nov. 3, 1908 1909-1913
Randall Corbitt
Oct. 19, 1912 1913-1915
W. H. Hunter
Nov. 1, 1914
1915-1917
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SHERIFFS.
Name
Commissioned
Term of Office
Charles Cowart
April 12, 1850
1850-1851
Cornelius Joyce
March 11, 1851
1851-1854
Thomas Mobley (resigned)
Jan. 10, 1854
1854
David O'Quin
May 16, 1854
1854-1856
Shimuel Timmerman
April 8, 1856
1856-1858
James Waters
Jan. 13, 1858
1858-1861
Shimuel Timmerman t 1
Jan. 10, 1861
1861-1862
Jesse Smith
Jan. 23, 1862
1862-1864
Shimuel Timmerman
Feb. 16, 1864
1864-1866
Harrison Jones (left county)
Jan. 22, 1866
1866-1867
William M. Austin
Jan. 10, 1867
1867-1868
Joseph E. Bass
Oct. 26, 1868
1868-1871
James M. Nelms.
Feb. 7, 1871
1871-1873
Robert N. Brady (killed)
Jan. 18, 1873
1873-1875
David H. Johnson
Jan. 14, 1875
1875-1879
John T. Courson.
Jan. 8, 1879
1879-1881
Jerry M. Jeffords
Jan. 13, 1881
1881-1887
B. E. Mattox.
Jan. 8, 1887
1887-1889
Frank Dickerson 1
Jan. 7, 1889
1889-1897
Bryant O'Steen
Oct. 14, 1896
1897-1901
S. A. Sweat
Oct. 10, 1900
1901-1909
Perry R. Lee
Nov. 3, 1908
1909-192I
SURVEYORS.
D. J. Blackburn
April 12, 1850
1850
Elijah Mattox
April 12, 1850
1850-1852
D. J. Blackburn 1
Jan. 10, 1852
1852-1854
Joseph B. Johnson
Jan. 12, 1854
1854-1857
Joseph J. Cohen
Jan. 12, 1857
1857-1858
Elias H. Tyler
Jan. 13, 1858
1858-1861
Jesse S. Sineath
Jan. 10, 1861
1861-1864
I. T. Mclendon
Feb. 16, 1864
1864-1866
Jesse S. Sineath
Jan. 22, 1866
1866-1868
William Gaines
Aug. 21, 1868
1868-1873
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Name
Commissioned
Term of Office
Isaac T. Mclendon
Jan. 18, 1873
1873-1875
George A. Dame
Jan. 14, 1875
1875-1877
Jackson J. Taylor
Jan. 17, 1877
1877-1881
George M. Dame.
Jan. 13, 1881
1881-1895
S. R. Kirton
Jan. 9, 1895
1895-1899
J. B. Coon.
Oct. 19, 1898
1899-1905
F. F. Cornelius
.Oct. 17, 1904
1905-1915
Thomas C. Conine
Nov. 1, 1914
1915-1921
CORONERS.
Joseph L. Rogers
April 12, 1850
1850-1851
John Mathis
Jan. 16, 1851
1851-1858
John Q. Findley 1
-Jan. 13, 1858
1858-1861
John Mathis
Jan. 10, 1861 1861-1864
Sherod Tomlinson 1 1 1 1
Feb. 16, 1864
1864-1868
J. R. Dickerson
Aug. 21, 1868
1868-187I
James M. Kight 1
Feb. 7, 1871
1871-1873
John T. Courson 1
Jan. 18, 1873
1873-1875
Daniel Dickerson
Jan. 14, 1875
1875-1877
Benjamin O'Steen 1 1
Jan. 17, 1877
1877-188I
Stephen D. Findley
Jan. 13, 1881
1881-1883
Guilford A. Register 1
-Jan. 9, 1883
1883-1885
William Parker
-Jan. 13, 1885
1885-1887
D. F. McDuffie.
Jan. 8, 1887 1887-1889
Augustus M. Tomlinson
Jan. 7, 1889
1889-1891
George D. Gibbs (died)
Jan. 10, 1891
1891-1893
John B. Kirkland.
Jan. 6, 1893
1893-1897
Tarlton McMillan
Oct. 14, 1896 1897-1905
W. R. Findley (removed)
Oct. 17, 1904
1905-1912
C. W. Byrd ( appointed)
Dec. 10, 1912
1912-1913
G. R. Thigpen (removed) Oct. 19, 1912 1913
B. F. Thomas
Nov. 1, 1914
1915-1917
John L. Cason
1916 1917-1921
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COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
Previous to 1871 the control of school matters was vested in the justices of the Inferior Court, the Ordinary and one citizen appointed by the judge of the Superior Court, while the clerk of the Inferior Court was ex-officio secretary of the school board. This was amended in 1870, and later in 1872.
Name
Commissioned
Term of Office
H. D. O'Quin.
June 3, 1871
1871-1882
George W. Newbern
Jan. 16, 1882
1882-1892
Charlton H. Smith
May 30, 1892 1892-1899 W. T. Dickerson
1899-19II
Flem C. Dame
1911-1914
M. A. Cornelius
1914-1917
Joseph O. Rogers
1917-1921
JUSTICES OF THE INFERIOR COURT.
This court, composed of five justices, exercised the powers of the County Court, Court of Ordinary and Board of County Commissioners. They were abolished in 1868.
David Johnson
Apr. 12, 1850
1850-1853
Isham F. Johnson
Apr. 12, 1850
1850-1853
Hiram Sears
Apr. 12, 1850 1850-1853
Manning Smith
Apr. 12, 1850
1850-1853
Francis H. McCall 1 1
Feb. 16, 1852
1852-1853
Manning Smith
Jan. 17, 1853
1853-1854
David Johnson
Jan. 17, 1853
1853-1854
Tyre Mathis
Jan. 17, 1853
1853-1854
Timothy Alderman
Jan. 17, 1853
1853-1854
1 Solomon Wilkes I 1 1
Jan. 17, 1853
1853-1854
William M. Nichols I 1 1
Jan. 24, 1854
1854-1855
Archibald Hodges 1 1
Jan. 24, 1854
1854-1858
John L. Morgan
Jan. 24, 1854
1854-1857
Robert F. White
Jan. 24, 1854
1854-1856
Duncan Giddens
Jan. 24, 1854
1854-1857
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Name
Commissioned
Term of Office
Jacob Lightsey
Jan. 16, 1855
1855-1857 John J. North.
Apr. 8, 1856 1856-1857
William M. Nichols 1
Jan. 12, 1857 1857-1858
John J. North.
Jan. 12, 1857 1
1857-1861
John L. Morgan 1
Jan. 12, 1857 1857-1858
George W. Newbern
Jan. 12, 1857 1857-1858
Manning Smith
Jan. 12, 1857 1857-1861 1858-1861
James Whitehurst
Feb. 11, 1858
1858-1861
Cornelius Joyce
Feb. 11, 1858
1858-1861
John S. Henderson
Jan. 29, 1858
1858-1861
Jonathan Knight
Jan. 10, 1861
1861
John L. Morgan
Jan. 10, 1861
1861-1865
David Johnson
Jan. 10, 1861
1861
Jacob Lightsey
Jan. 10, 1861
1861-1862
Sherod Tomlinson
Jan. 10, 1861
1861
Joel Strickland.
Sept. 10, 1861 1
1861-1865
William M. Austin 1
Sept. 10, 1861
1861-1864
Robert G. Dickerson 1 I
Sept. 10, 1861
1861-1865
Thomas G. Ramsey
Sept. 19, 1862
1862-1865
H. A. Mattox
Mar. 26, 1864
1864-1865
Quarterman B. Staten 1 1 1
Jan. 23, 1865 1865-1868
R. B. Johnson
-Jan. 23, 1865
1865-1868
Charles Strickland
Jan. 23, 1865
1865-1868
H. A. Mattox
Jan. 23, 1865
1865-1868
John L. Morgan
-Jan. 23, 1865
1865-1868
CLERKS INFERIOR COURT. (Abolished 1868.)
John C. Kirkland
Apr. 12, 1850
1850-1852
George W. Newbern
_Jan. 14, 1852
1852-1854
Archibald D. Laslie
Jan. 10, 1854 1854-1856
David O'Quin
Apr. 8, 1856
1856-1868
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1 1
1 1
1
I 1
1
Shimuel Timmerman
Feb. 11, 1858
1
1
1 1
1 1
1
1
1 1
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History of Clinch County, Georgia
JUDGES COUNTY COURT.
This court was created in 1866, and the first judge served until 1868, when he removed. It seems that there was no judge appointed in his stead until 1882. The court was abolished to take effect 1886. It was again established in 1901, and has been in existence ever since. The judge of the court is ex-officio clerk of the court under the present law.
Name
Commissioned
Term of Office
Ziba King (removed)
May 10, 1866
1866-1868
Cornelius A. Smith
Apr. 11, 1882
1882-1884
B. A. Whittington
Dec. 16, 1884 1884-1886
S. C. Townsend (resigned)
Nov. 2, 1901
1901-1904
George H. Cornelius
July 14, 1904
1904-1905
Robert M. Crum
Oct. 19, 1905
1905-1909
B. W. Cornelius
Nov. 1, 1909 1909-1913
S. L. Drawdy.
Oct. 28, 1913
1913-1917
SOLICITORS COUNTY COURT.
Lyman A. Sirmans
May 10, 1866
1866-1868
Robert G. Dickerson 1
Nov. 4, 1901
1901-1907
H. J. Dame
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