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Brown, Carl Hardy ... Douglas
Canady, Jolm F. Nicholls
Canon, Jake Broxton
Carter, Addison W .. . Nicholls
Carter, Ira Nicholls
Cato, Scott Douglas
Cole, Gordon Nicholls
Conner, Genevie Douglas
Currie, Fletcher T ... . Douglas
Daley, Herman W .... Bushnell
Day, John Josh. . Douglas
Day, Robert Valpo ... Douglas
Davis, Roderick S .... Douglas
Dent, Marion Lester. . Douglas
Dubose, John Lester. . Douglas
Edenfield, David Nicholls
Edenfield, Homer Nicholls
Gillis, Homer D. Axson
Green, John Nicholls
Green, Willie Nicholls
Griffin, Burney E. Douglas
Griffin, Ralph W .. Douglas
Hancock, Edd M ... Douglas
Harrell, Randall H .. Douglas
Hays, Ealey Nicholls
Hayes, Gaines E .. Douglas
Higgs, Frank G .... Douglas
Howard, George P .... Douglas
Hubert, Wiley C ..... Douglas
Hughes, Lewis W .... Douglas
Hunt, Joseph J ....... Douglas Johnson, Doctor T .... Douglas Jolison, Homer A .... Douglas
Kirkland, Daniel .... Douglas Kirkland, Fisher L .. . Nicholls Kirkland, Richard C .. Nicholls Lott, Daniel D .. Douglas
McKinnon, Virgil . Pearsou McLane, John M. Douglas Moore, Jesse C .. Douglas
Nixon, Jesse Broxton
Pearsall, Robert M ... Douglas Shaw, Thomas W .. . Douglas Sims, James HI ... Douglas Sims, Raymond T .... Douglas Slappey, Hammond .. Broxton Stalnaker, Sebron C .. Broxtou Suddath, Carl Zack ... Broxton
Suddath, Foy N .. . Broxton
Tanuer, Amos G .... . Nicholls Terrell, William B .... Douglas Teston, John D .. . Nicholls
Tomlinson, Frank M .. Douglas Upton, Thomas H .... Douglas Vickers, Cleon .. . Douglas Vickers, Harry B .... Ambrose Vickers, Johnny J .... Douglas
Vickers, Micajah J ... Douglas
Wilson, Franklin F ... Douglas Zachary, John Key. . Nicholls
Deceased
Carter, Carl
Nicholls Lewis, Claude A ...... Douglas
WARD'S HISTORY OF COFFEE COUNTY 343
List of Coffee County Officers Dating From 1854
Date
Elected Name
Office
1854 B. H. Tanner
Sheriff
Whittington Moore
Clerk Superior Court
Whittington Moore
Clerk Inferior Conrt
Thomas Mobley
Ordinary
John W. Machet
Tax Receiver
James R. Smith
Tax Collector
Carver
Surveyor
Sim Parker
Coroner
1855 James R. Smith Timothy Fussell
Tax Collector
Tax Receiver
1856 James McKinnon
Sheriff
Edward Ashley
Clerk Superior Court
Edward Ashley
Clerk Inferior Court
Timothy Fussell
Tax Receiver
James R. Smith
Tax Collector
Benjamin H. Sturges Archibald McLean
Ordinary
1857 Timothy Fussell James R. Smith
Tax Receiver
Tax Collector
1858 Mark Wilcox James K. Hilliard
Clerk Superior Court
Clerk Inferior Court
James K. Hilliard Green Gill
Coroner
Timothy Fussell
Tax Receiver
David Kirkland
Tax Collector
Daniel Morrison Timothy Fussell 1859
Tax Receiver
James W. Overstreet
Tax Collector
Treasurer
1861
Benajal Pearson A. McLean James K. Hilliard
Ordinary
Clerk Superior Court
Clerk Inferior Court
James K. Hilliard James Pearson John I. Pickren
Sheriff
Tax Receiver
Surveyor
Sheriff
Surveyor
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Date
Elected Name
Office
Alfred A. Smith
Tax Collector
Daniel Morrison
Surveyor
John T. Minix
Coroner
1862 James K. Hilliard James K. Hilliard
Clerk Superior Court
Clerk Inferior Court
J. A. Spivey
Sheriff
B. H. Sturges
Surveyor
Benajah Pearson
Treasurer
A. A. Smith
Tax Receiver and Collector
Joel Wilcox
Tax Receiver and Collector
Timothy Fussell
Clerk Superior Court
Timothy Fussell
Clerk Inferior Court
1864 D. Lott
Ordinary
M. Daniel
Sheriff
Timothy Fussell
Clerk Superior Court
J. M. Ashlang
Clerk Inferior Court
A. Lott
Tax Receiver
E. Pickren
Tax Collector
D. Anderson
Coroner
J. Ellis
Surveyor
G. W. Smith
Treasurer
WV. Byrd
Coroner
1866 John Hill
Sheriff
John J. Smith
Clerk Superior Court
John J. Smith
Clerk Inferior Court
L. B. Daniels
Surveyor
George W. Smith
Treasurer
John J. Pickren
Tax Receiver
Alfred A. Smith
Tax Collector
1868 L. P. Gaskin
Clerk Superior Court
J. Denton
Sheriff
J. C. Wilson
Tax Receiver
B. H. Sturgis
Surveyor
J. Anderson W. B. Overstreet
Tax Collector
1870
Louis C. Wilcox
Ordinary
1871 James M. Denton Simon P. Gaskin
Coroner
Sheriff
Clerk Superior Court
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Date Elected Name
Office
Daniel Gaskin
Tax Receiver
Henry L. Paulk
Tax Collector
Benajah Pearson
Treasurer
Tharpe Bailey
Surveyor
Benjamin Minchew
Coroner
Timothy Fussell
Ordinary
Simon P. Gaskin
Clerk Superior Court
Riley Wright
Sheriff
Jesse Lott
Tax Receiver
Henry L. Paulk
Tax Collector
Vincent Ricketson
Treasurer
Tharpe Bailey
Surveyor
Benjamin Minchew
Coroner
1875 Riley Wright
Clerk Superior Court
Thomas N. Cady John J. Pickren
Tax Receiver
Daniel Gaskin
Tax Collector
Vincent Ricketson
Treasurer
Tharpe Bailey
Surveyor
Henry Love
Coroner
1877 Thomas Young
Ordinary
Riley Wright
Clerk Superior Court
Jonathan Jowers
Sheriff
Daniel Newbern
Tax Receiver
Daniel Lott
Tax Collector
Vincent Ricketson
Treasurer
Hiram Ellis
Surveyor
Joseph Ward
Coroner
W. H. Love
Clerk Superior Court
Clerk Superior Court
1879 C. A. Ward James Stevens
Sheriff
John Tucker
Tax Receiver
Allen Carver
Tax Collector
Vincent Ricketson
Treasurer
Hiram Ellis
Surveyor
Joseph Ward A. H. Ennis 1881 Elijah Paulk
Coroner
Sheriff
Ordinary
1873
Sheriff
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Date Elected Name Calvin A. Ward
Office
Clerk Superior Court
A. H. Ennis
Sheriff
John Tucker
Tax Receiver
B. W. Douglas
Tax Collector
Vincent Ricketson
Treasurer
David Summerlin
Surveyor
Byril Merritt
Coroner
1882 Manning Peterson 1883 C. A. Ward Manning Peterson
Clerk Superior Court
John Fussell
Tax Receiver
B. W. Douglas
Tax Collector
Elias Roberts
Treasurer
James Gillis
Surveyor
Henry Love
Coroner
1885
Elijah Paulk C. A. Gaskin
Clerk Superior Court
John H. Hall
Sheriff
B. W. Douglas
Tax Collector
David Summerlin
Tax Receiver
Elias Roberts
Treasurer
J. S. Heriot
Surveyor
Matthew Royal
Coroner
1887 J. J. Lott
Clerk Superior Court
J. H. Hall
Sheriff
T. P. O'Neal
Tax Receiver
J. J. Carver
Tax Collector
Elias Roberts
Treasurer
Mark Lott
Surveyor
Elias Batten
Coroner
1889
H. L. Paulk
Ordinary
Giles J. Lott
Clerk Superior Court
William Tanner
Sheriff
David Summerlin
Tax Receiver
B. W. Douglas
Tax Collector
Richard Kirkland
Treasurer
James C. Gillis Burwell Merritt
Surveyor
Coroner
Sheriff
Sheriff
Ordinary
WARD'S HISTORY OF COFFEE COUNTY 347
Date
Elected Name
Office
1891 J. J. Lott
Clerk Superior Court
W. M. Tanner
Sheriff
J. W. Roberts
Tax Receiver
J. J. Meeks
Tax Collector
Vincent Ricketson
Treasurer
J. W. Solomon
Surveyor
George Chaney
Coroner
1893 John Vickers Giles J. Lott
Ordinary
Clerk Superior Court
W. A. J. Smith
Sheriff
Thomas Daniel
Tax Receiver
B. W. Douglas
Tax Collector
Vincent Ricketsou
Treasurer
Tharpe Bailey
Surveyor
William Hutto
Coroner
1895 D. W. Gaskin
Clerk Superior Court
W. M. Tanner
Sheriff
M. E. Vickers
Tax Receiver
B. W. Douglas
Tax Collector
R. G. Kirkland
Treasurer
Tharpe Bailey W. F. Liedfelt
Coroner
1897
Thomas J. Young
Ordinary
D. W. Gaskin
Clerk Superior Court
William Tanner
Sheriff
Dennis Vickers
Tax Receiver
T. L. Paulk
Tax Collector
R. G. Kirkland
Treasurer
Tharpe Bailey
Surveyor
H. M. Teston
Coroner
1899
D. W. Gaskin
Clerk Superior Court
William Tanner
Sheriff
W. B. Courson
Tax Receiver
T. L. Paulk
Tax Collector
William Vickers
Treasurer
D. J. Pearson
Surveyor
G. M. Ricketson Coroner Thomas Young Ordinary
1901
Surveyor
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Date
Elected Name
Office Clerk Superior Court
D. W. Gaskin
W. W. Southerland
Sheriff
M. Paulk
Tax Receiver
Thomas Daniel
Tax Collector
HI. Sears J. C. Gillis
Surveyor
Dr. William Carter
Coroner
1902
D. W. Gaskin
Clerk Superior Court
W. W. Southerland
Sheriff
D. S. Wall
Tax Receiver
T. T. Tanner
Tax Collector
Hamilton Sears, Sr. G. L. Miller William Vickers
Surveyor
Coroner
1904 W. P. Ward
Ordinary
D. W. Gaskin
Clerk Superior Court
W. W. Southerland
Sheriff
C. W. Corbett
Tax Receiver
§W. L. Kirkland
Tax Collector
W. M. Vickers
Treasurer
W. B. Mills
Surveyor
1906
Eugene Merrier Sessions Fales
Clerk Superior Court
J. R. Overman
Clerk Superior Court
David Ricketson
Sheriff
Daniel Vickers
Tax Receiver
Ben Morris
Tax Collector
J. T. Relihan
Treasurer
G. L. Miller Eugene Merrier
Coroner
W. P. Ward
Ordinary
J. R. Overman
Clerk Superior Court
David Ricketson
Sheriff
C. D. Kirkland
Tax Receiver
Solomon Sears
Tax Collector
Richard Vickers
Treasurer
D. M. Douglas
Surveyor
$E. M. Paulk, first elected-died.
Coroner
Surveyor
1908
Treasurer
Treasurer
WARD'S HISTORY OF COFFEE COUNTY 349
Date
Elected Name W. B. Adams
Coroner
1910 J. R. Overman
Clerk Superior Court
David Ricketson
Sheriff
B. W. Tanner
Tax Receiver
Daniel Vickers
Tax Collector
J. T. Relihau
Treasurer
B. M. Douglas
Surveyor
E. Smith
Coroner
1912 W. P. Ward
Ordinary
J. R. Overman
Clerk Superior Court
J. C. Gillis
Sheriff
D. S. Wall
Tax Receiver
Daniel Moore
Tax Collector
W. L. Kirkland
Treasurer
C. B. Porter
Surveyor
G. L. Sims
Coroner
1913
George W. Kight
Surveyor
1914 A. W. Haddock Dan Wall
Clerk Superior Court
David Ricketson
Tax Receiver
Lige S. Sapp
Tax Collector
Tim Tanner
Treasurer
George W. Kight
Surveyor
G. L. Sims
Coroner
1916
W. P. Ward
Ordinary
A. W. Haddock
Clerk Superior Court
W. M. Tanner
Sheriff
E. S. Sapp
Tax Receiver
Ben Morris
Tax Collector
J. A. Crosby
Surveyor
G. L. Sims
Coroner
W. P. Ward 1920
Ordinary
Sessions Fales
Clerk Superior Court
W. M. Tanner
Sheriff
John R. Vickers Willis Newbern
Tax Collector
Surveyor
D. H. Peterson
Tax Receiver
Office
Sheriff
Dan Vickers
Clerk Superior Court
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Date
Elected Name
Office
G. L. Sims
Coroner
George W. Kight
Surveyor
1924
Ivy W. Bryant
Surveyor
W. P. Ward
Ordinary
Sessions Fales
Clerk Superior Court
William Tanner
Sheriff
J. M. Lott
Tax Receiver
G. L. Sims
Tax Collector
S. H. Christopher
Surveyor
W. W. Southerland
Coroner
1926 Cleon Fales
Clerk Superior Court
1928 H. F. Brown
Tax Collector
W. P. Ward
Ordinary
Cleon Fales
Clerk Superior Court
R. C. Relihan
Sheriff
J. M. Lott
Tax Receiver
Noah Burkett
Tax Collector
D. H. Peterson
Surveyor
W. W. Southerland
Coroner
COFFEE COUNTY (Created February 9, 1854)
Placed in Southern Circuit, February 9, 1854. Acts 1853-54, D. 294.
Placed in Brunswick Circuit, February 8, 1856. Acts 1855-56, p. 215.
Placed in Alapaha Circuit, October 17, 1870. Acts 1870, p. 37.
Changed from Alapaha to Brunswick Circuit, December 4, 1871. Acts 1871-72, p. 31.
Changed from Brunswick to Waycross Circuit, January 1, 1910. Acts 1910, p. 94.
SOLICITORS GENERAL Southern Circuit
John S. Winn, February 1st, 1854-November 10th, 1855. Edward T. Sheftall, November 10th, 1855 - October, 1859, resigned.
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Brunswick Circuit
William H. Dasher, February 9th, 1856; October 5th, 1857; October 7th, 1861; October 1st, 1865.
Joseph S. Wiggins, October 1st, 1865; July 21st, 1868. (Vacant by change in government.)
Peter Bedford, October 3rd, 1868. (Term from July 21st, 1868.)
Isaac W. Christian, September 1st, 1869-January 19th, 1870.
Alapaha Circuit (Abolished December 4th, 1871).
Andrew J. Liles, November 29th, 1870-December 4th, 1871. Brunswick Circuit
Simon W. Hitch, January 19th, 1872-January 1st, 1873; January 1st, 1877-January 1st, 1881.
George B. Mabry, January 1st, 1881-January 1st, 1885.
J. L. Carter, January 1st, 1885-1889.
William Gordon Brantley, January 1st, 1889-January 1st, 1893-September 1st, 1896, resigned.
William M. Toomer, September 1st, 1896-January 1st, 1897. John William Bennett, January 1st, 1897; January 1st, 1901; January 1st, 1905; January 1st, 1909.
E. Lawton Walker, January 1st, 1909; died 1909.
Joseph Henry Thomas, February 6th, 1909; January 1st, 1911; January 1st, 1913; January 1st, 1917.
Waycross Circuit
Marcus David Dickerson, October 5th, 1910 (App. term from January 1st, 1910; qual. December 17th, 1910); January 1st, 1915; January 1st, 1919.
Allen B. Spence, January 1st, 1919; January 1st, 1923; Janu- ary 1st, 1927 to date.
JUDGES
Peter Early Love, Judge of the Superior Courts in the South- ern Circuit, November, 1852, to October, 1859.
Judges of the Brunswick Circuit
Arthur Erwin Cochren, from February, 1856, to January, 1860.
William Moultrie Sessions, from January, 1860, to 1864. Arthur Erwin Cochren, from January 10th, 1864, to 1865.
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William Moultrie Sessions, from September, 1865, to January, 1873.
John W. O'Neal, from November, 1870, to 1871.
John L. Harris, from January, 1873, to January, 1879.
Martin T. Mershon, from May, 1879, to October, 1886.
Courtland Symns, from November, 1886, to January, 1887.
Sponsor Rome Atkinson, from January 1st, 1887, to April, 1892.
Joel L. Sweat, from April, 1892, to January, 1899.
Joseph William Bennett, from January, 1889, to July, 1902.
Francis Willis Dart, from January 1st, 1902, to January 1st, 1903.
Thomas Augustus Parker, from January, 1903, to January, 1910.
The Waycross Circuit
Thomas Augustus Parker, from January, 1910, to January, 1914.
J. W. Quincey, from January, 1914, to January, 1915.
J. J. Summerall, from January, 1915, to January, 1924.
Harry Day Reid, from December, 1924, to February, 1928. J. Dorcey Blalock, from February, 1928, to January, 1929. Marcus David Dickerson, from January, 1929, to date.
SENATORS Coffee County
1855-56 Mark Lott
1857-58 Matt Ashley
1859-60 Mark Lott
Note: Coffee County was placed in the Fifth Senatorial Dis- triet by an ordinance of the Constitutional Convention of 1861. (Confederate Records of Georgia, vol. 1, p. 727.)
Fifth Senatorial District
1861-63 Thomas Hilliard
1877
George W. Newbern
1863-65 Rowan Pafford
1878-79
William Bardin Folks
1865-66 B. B. Pedford 1880-81 C. A. Smith
1868-70 Newsom Corbitt 1882-83
Wm. A. McDonald (Rev.)
1871-72 M. Kirkland
1873-74 M. Kirkland
1884-85 J. M. Wilcox (Rev.)
1875-76 George W. Newbern 1886-87 Franklin B. Sirmans
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1888-89 Frank V. Folks
1905-06 Franklin B. Sirmans
1890-91 J. W. Boyd
1907-08 George W. Deen
1892-93 Franklin B. Sirmans 1909-10 Calvin A. Ward, II.
1894-95 Leon A. Wilson 1911-12 Walter T. Dickerson
1896-97 Jeff. Wilcox, M.D.
1913-14 Joel L. Sweat
1898-99 Robert G. Dickerson
1915-16
Calvin Augustus
Ward
1902-04 Frank L. Sweat
1917-18 Robert G. Dickerson
Note: By a constitutional amendment approved in 1918 seven additional senatorial districts were created. Coffee was placed in the Fourth District (Acts 1918, p. 84).
Forty-Sixth District
1919-20 John K. Larkins
1925-26 Samuel F. Memory
1921-22 George W. Taylor 1927 Walter Bennett
1923-24 E. L. Grantham
1929 J. C. Brewer
Under an act approved December 23rd, 1843 (Acts 1843, pp. 17-19) the state was divided into forty-seven senatorial dis- tricts. Up to this time cach county was entitled to one senator. See Georgia's Official Register, 1927, p. 446.
On January 19th, 1852, a constitutional amendment was adopted providing a return to the former basis of repre- sentation, viz., one senator from each county, chosen biennially by the electors thereof. (Acts 1851-52, p. 48.) See Georgia's Official Register, 1927, p. 470.
In 1859, the State Senate contained 132 members. Governor Brown, in his annual message to the Legislature dated November 3rd, 1859, recommended a reduction of membership. Governor Brown recommended only 33 Senatorial Dis- tricts. However, it was deemed best to create 44. . A constitutional amendment, approved in 1918, added seven new districts, bringing the total to 51, which is the number at present. See Georgia's Official Register, 1927, p. 480.
COFFEE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES
1855-56 Rowan Pafford
1863-65 Elisha Lott
1857-58 John P. Wall
1865-66 John P. Wall
1859-60 James R. Smith
1868-70 James R. Smith
1861-63 Elisha Lott
1871-72 John M. Spence
1900-01 Lemuel Johnson
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1873-74
John Lott
1900-01
Arthur Lott
1875-76 J. M. Wilcox
1902-04
T. L. Paulk
1877 James Pearson
1905-06
C. A. Ward
1878-79
S. D. Phillips
1907-08
C. A. Ward
1880-81
William Gaskin
1909-10
J. I. Hatifield
1882-83
Dennis Paulk
1911-12
Elias Lott, Sr.
1884-85
Arthur Lott
1913-14
C. E. Stewart
1886-87
William Vickers
1915-16
C. E. Stewart
1888-89
Elijah Tanner
1917-18
C. E. Stewart
1890-91
Thomas P. O'Neal
1919-20
J. W. Quincey
1892-93
Jeff Wilcox
1921-22
J. W. Quincey
1894-95
John Fussell
1923-24
Daniel HI. Meeks
1896-97
Daniel Lott
1925-26
George M. Ricketson
1898
1927-28
J. M. Thrash
1899
Elijah Tanner
1929-30
J. M. Thrash
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