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Glascock County was created by act of the legislature on Dec. 19, 1857, and was named for Gen. Thomas Glascock, who served in the War of 1812 and the Seminole War. He was Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives and a member of Congress from 1835 to '39. Among the first county officers were Sheriff Augustus C. Reece, Ordinary Francis M. Kelly, Clerk of Superior Court Richard Walden, Clerk of Inferior Court Daniel Glover, Tax Receiver Abraham Brassell, Tax Collector Tobias Logue, Surveyor Seaborn Kitchens, and Coroner Seaborn Glover.
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