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Macon County, Georgia
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Macon County
was created in 1837 from Houston and Marion counties, effective
December 14th of that year. The 91st county, it was named for General
Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina, who served in the U.S. Congress for
37 years and ran for U.S. vice president. Parts of the county were used
to create Taylor and Peach counties, in 1852 and 1924 respectively.
The first county seat was actually not chosen until 1838 when the
county's inferior court selected Lanier. The Georgia General Assembly
designated it so on December 29th of that year and incorporated it as a
town. The Central of Georgia Railroad was then built through Oglethorpe
in the 1850s, and the assembly called for a referendum on moving the
seat to Oglethorpe in February of both 1854 and 1856. Little is known
about the first vote, but the second resulted in the change to the new
county seat the following year.
The infamous Andersonville National Cemetery is at the southwestern tip
of the county. During the American Civil War, 13,000 died there from
starvation and disease.
Cities and towns
Ideal -- Marshallville --
Montezuma -- Oglethorpe
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Updates:
27 Dec
2007: Infantry Announcements; Feb 2010: Deaths 1919 to 1925; 2 Bios;
Several Obits
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Adjacent Counties
Peach County (northeast)
Houston County (east)
Dooly County (southeast)
Sumter County (south)
Schley County (southwest)
Taylor County (northwest)
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