This was the courthouse of Milton County when it was merged with Fulton County on Jan. 1, 1932. Milton County was created by an act of the legislature on Dec. 18, 1857, and was named for Homer V. Milton, a general in the War of 1812, though some claimed the name honored his ancestor John Milton, the first Secretary of State of Georgia. Among the county's first officers were Sheriff James C. Mitchell, Clerk of Superior Court Joseph W. Johnston, Clerk of Inferior Court John L. Moore, Ordinary Oliver P. Skelton, Tax Receiver Barnabas B. Johnson, Tax Collector John K.C. Shirley, Treasurer John P. Reaves, Coroner H.W. Paris, and Surveyor William Young.