First Session Supreme Court of Georgia

First Session Supreme Court of Georgia (HMI6R)

Location: Talbotton, GA 31827 Talbot County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 40.617', W 84° 32.413'

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At Talbotton on Jan. 26, 1846, the first meeting of the Supreme Court of Georgia was held in the dining hall of the old Claiborne Hotel which stood one block west of this marker. Judge Hiram Warner and Judge Eugenius A. Nisbet were present. Judge Joseph Henry Lumpkin, the other member of the newly established Court, did not attend because of illness in his family.

At the Court's first session James M. Kelly of Perry was elected Reporter and Robert E. Martin of Milledgeville, Clerk. Martin was sworn in.

Fifteen attorneys were admitted to the Supreme Court during the term held at Talbotton in January 1846. The first lawyers in Georgia to qualify to practice before Georgia's highest court were: Alfred Iverson, Hines Holt, James Johnson, Marcus Johnston and Adam G. Foster of Columbus; Barnard Hill, Allen F. Owen, Edmund H. Worrill, William F. Brooks, Anthony G. Perryman, Levi B. Smith, Stephen D. Heard, Marion Bethune, and J.L. Stephenson of Talbotton; and Amos W. Hammond of Culloden.
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HM NumberHMI6R
Series This marker is part of the Georgia: Georgia Historical Society/Commission series
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Marker Number130-1
Year Placed1953
Placed ByGeorgia Historical Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, September 11th, 2014 at 7:16pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 730646 N 3618148
Decimal Degrees32.67695000, -84.54021667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 40.617', W 84° 32.413'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 40' 37.02" N, 84° 32' 24.78" W
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Area Code(s)706
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 148 Washington Ave, Talbotton GA 31827, US
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