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Photo Gallery: Haralson County Courthouse
Marker
text:
This County, created by Act of the Legislature Jan. 26, 1856, is named for
Gen. Hugh A Haralson, member of Congress and Chairman of the Committee on
Military Affairs during the Mexican War. The County Site is named for James
Buchanan, last Democratic President before the War. Among the first County
Officers were: Sheriff John K. Holcombe, Clerk of Superior Court Van A.
Brewster, Clerk of Inferior Court Jesse M. Jeams, Tax Receiver Hiram Ray,
Tax Collector Alfred H. Green, Ordinary George H. Hamilton, Surveyor William
D.F. Mann and Coroner John McClung.
071-1 Georgia Historical Commission 1954 |