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Wayne County, Georgia
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Seventy years after General James Oglethorpe settled the colony
of Georgia and 27 years after that colony became one of the 13 original states, Wayne County came into being. It
was created by an Act of the Legislature in 1803 after the Wilkinson Treaty was signed with the Creek Indians on
January 16, 1802, which ceded part of the Tallassee Country and part of the lands within the forks of the Oconee
and Ocmulgee Rivers to the United States.
The county was named for Mad Anthony Wayne whose military career had made him a well known hero. When he surprised
the British garrison at Stony Point on July 15, 1779, he acquired the nickname “Mad” Anthony. From one siege to
another, he was a vital member of General George Washington’s staff serving well under General Nathaniel Greene
and coming to Georgia in 1781 in his service during the American Revolution.
The county seat is Jesup, Georgia
Cities and towns
Jesup
Odum
Screven
Gardi
Mt. Pleasant
Former towns
Waynesville (There is another community named Waynesville in Brantley County, Georgia.)
Tuckersville
Pendarvis
Fort Barrington
Williamsburg
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Website Updates:
Sep 2009: St. Pauls Episcopal Church Christening Records |
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Adjacent Counties
Tattnall County
(north)
Long County
(northeast)
McIntosh County
(east)
Glynn County
(southeast)
Brantley County
(south)
Pierce County
(southwest)
Appling County
(northwest)
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