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Webster County was created by act of the legislature on December 16, 1853, and was originally named Kinchafoonee. It was organized in 1854, when Preston was chartered. An act of February 21, 1856, changed the name to Webster in honor of Daniel Webster, the New England orator and statesman. Among the first Kinchafoonee County officers in 1854 were Sheriff Carey T. Cox, Clerk of Superior Court James G. Hall, Clerk of Inferior Court John D. King, Ordinary E. B. Swiney, Surveyor Jno. McCain, and Coroner James R. Moore. The first Webster County officers included Sheriff John P. Beaty, Clerk of Superior Court James G. M. Ball, Clerk of Inferior Court Wm. R. Redding, Ordinary David G. Rogers, Tax Receiver Eben E. Little, Tax Collector Alexander Winzor, Surveyor John McCain, Coroner John D. Jones, and Commissioners George M. Hay, John W. Easters, William H. Hallen, Henry W. Spears, and James G. M. Ball.
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