|
|
County History: Emanuel County was created from
Bulloch and Montgomery
counties on Dec. 10, 1812 by an act of the General Assembly.
Subsequently, portions of Emanuel County
were used to
create the following counties: Johnson (1858), Jenkins and Toombs
(1905),
Candler (1914), and Treutlen (1918).
Georgia's
39th county was named for former Georgia
governor :
David
Emanuel (1744-1810).
At
some point in 1814, the commissioners
selected the site that would later become Swainsboro as the location of
the
county seat. In an act of Dec. 6, 1822, the legislature
confirmed the
commissioners'
choice
for Emanuel
County's
seat of government and directed that the site be named
"Swainsborough". Soon shortened to "Swainsboro," the
town's name honored Col. Stephen Swain, Emanuel County's
first state senator. On Feb. 18, 1854, the legislature
changed the name
of Swainsboro to Paris
(apparently after the
French capital), confirmed Paris
as county seat, and incorporated it as a town. Apparently,
the new name
did not catch on, for on Dec. 22, 1857, the legislature reincorporated
the town
as Swainsboro.
|
|
