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Crisp County was created from Dooly County by an act of August 17, 1905. It was named for Charles Frederick Crisp, a Georgia lawyer, judge, and Congressman who was born in Sheffield, England, to actor parents touring the British Isles. Judge Crisp served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1891 to 1893. The first officers of Crisp County, commissioned on October 10, 1905, were S.W. Coney, Ordinary; J.A. Littlejohn, Clerk of Superior Court; G.W. Sheppard, Sheriff; J.M. Davis, Tax Receiver; John C. Fenn, Tax Collector; B.N. Williams, Treasurer; W.T. Cheeves, Surveyor; and L.M. Sumner, Coroner.
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