 Welcome to the
Liberty County GAGenWeb
project, a part of The USGenWeb
family! Prior to the formation of Liberty
County, most of the area was located in St.
John's parish. At the outbreak of the
Revolutionary war the parish of St. John
possessed nearly one-third the wealth of the
entire province; and its inhabitants were
remarkable for their upright and independent
character. By the constitution, adopted in
convention at Savannah on the 5th day of
February, 1777, the parishes of St. John, St.
Andrew, and St. James, were consolidated into
one county called LIBERTY. The counties then
named and defined within the limits of Georgia
were eight in all:--Wilkes, Richmond, Burke,
Effingham, Chatham, Liberty, Glynn, and
Camden.
While to each of the other counties was
accorded a representation of ten members,
fourteen were allowed to Liberty in
consideration of its extent and importance.
Sunbury was permitted two special and
additional members to represent the trade of
the place. The land was held by the Creek
Indians prior to the creation of the
parishes. The county was named in honor of
Button Gwinnett and Lyman Hall, both of
Midway, who were Georgia's first delegates
to the Continental Congress. They were also
signers of the Declaration of Independence.
 Lyman
Hall moved to present day Liberty County
where he served as a physician to the early
citizens of the county. Elected Governor of
Georgia in 1783, he became the first in that
office to exercise strong executive
leadership. An advocate of public schools,
Hall helped to charter the University of
Georgia. The county's historical sites
include the Midway Museum, located in a
typical 18th-century house; the Dorchester
Church built in 1854; and Fort Morris.
Naturalist, mathematician and scholar Louis
LeConte, for whom the LeConte pear was
named, resided in Liberty County. His home
is now the site of the LeConte Botanical
Gardens. Button Gwinnett, one of the signers
of the Declaration of Independence, was from
St. Catherine's Island in Liberty County.
During 1789, the state legislature took
land from Liberty County to enlarge Glynn
County. The Legislature created McIntosh
County (1793) and Long County (1920) from
Liberty County. And between 1794 and 1871,
there were a number of acts shifting small
amounts of land between Liberty and McIntosh
counties.
Today, Liberty's neighboring counties are:
Long,
Tattnall,
Evans,
Bryan,
and McIntosh.
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What's New
I am the new County
Coordinator for Liberty County. Please
contact me if you have data to share
here.
Carolyn Jarrard
If you are a repeat visitor to the Liberty
County GAGenWeb, the data update page
is an excellent source to show you what
new data has been added to the site since
your last visit. Data files are listed in
reverse chronological order.
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