File:Ben Hill County Historic Marker.jpg

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English: Historical Marker in front of Ben Hill County Courthouse in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia

Historical marker reads:

Ben Hill County

Ben Hill County, created by Act of July 31,
1906 from Irwin and Wilcox Counties, was
named for Benjamin Harvey Hill (1823-1882),
"one of America's greatest orators." A staunch
supporter of the administration in the Confed-
erate Senate, after the War Between the States
he was an influential member of the U.S. House
of Representatives and Senate. First officers
of Ben Hill County, commissioned Jan. 5, 1907,
were: C.M. Wise, Ordinary, D.W.M. Whitley, Clerk
Superior Court; W.H. Fountain, Sheriff; E. Gibbs,
Tax Receiver; W.L. Smith, Tax Collector; J.H.
Goodman, Treasurer; Oscar Barron, Surveyor;
William McCormick, Coroner.

009-2 Georgia Historical Commission 1956
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Source Own work
Author Michael Rivera
Camera location31° 42′ 52.12″ N, 83° 15′ 00.71″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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