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Photo Gallery: Rockdale County Courthouse
It is not clear what served as Rockdale
County courthouse prior to 1939, although it is known that a courthouse was
built in Conyers shortly after Rockdale County was created in 1870. More
recently, a brick annex was built adjacent to the courthouse.
(source: Carl Vinson site)
Marker text:
This county, created by Act of the Legislature October 18,
1870, is named for Rockdale Church, so called for the fine underlying
granite strata. Conyers, the County Site, was incorporated in 1854 and named
for a prominent physician. Smyrna Camp Ground, first Presbyterian camp
ground in Georgia lies in this county. Among the first County Officers were:
Sheriff I.W. Almand, Ordinary A.C. McCalla, Clerk of the Superior Court F.J.
Treadwell, Tax Receiver W.J. Green, Tax Collector F. W. Armistead, Treasurer
M.F. Swan, Surveyor I.F. Albert and Coroner George Rodgers.
122-1 Georgia Historical Commission 1954
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