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Martin Kolb's general store and residence served as the temporary meeting place for elections and courts of the newly formed Newton County by designation of the Georgia General Assembly. The first justices of the inferior court were George Cunningham, Larkin Dunn, Willoughby Hammack, and George Lane. The first sheriff was Lemuel Wynne. Charles M. Jordan deeded the building and land to the Newton County Historical Society in 1971.
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