History of Clinch County, Georgia, revised to date, Part 13

Author: Huxford, Folks, 1893-
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: [Macon, Ga., The J.W. Burke company
Number of Pages: 348


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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 :


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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.


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John T. Dame


Oct. 17, 1904


1905-1917


W. V. Musgrove.


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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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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


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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


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TAX RECEIVERS.


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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.


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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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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


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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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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


I


1


1 1


1 1


1


I 1


1


Shimuel Timmerman


Feb. 11, 1858


1


1


1 1


1 1


1


1


1 1


1


1


1


1


I


1


1


1


1 1 1


I


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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