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Clay County was created by act of the legislature on February 16, 1854, and was named for Henry Clay, the famous statesman who died in 1852. Near Fort Gaines, the county site, stood the actual fort built in 1816 for defense in the Creek Indian Wars and named for Gen. Edmond P. Gaines, who ordered its construction. Among the first county officers were Sheriff George R. Holloway, Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts Warren Sutton, Ordinary John H. Jones, Tax Receiver John H. Gilbert, Tax Collector Peter Lee, County Surveyor Bennett H. Thornton, and Coroner Churchill Patrick.
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Fort Gaines, Georgia · United States
