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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4325958" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_County,_Georgia" target="_blank">Douglas County, Georgia - Wikipedia</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">This is the made up story by an Atlanta reporter and has no backup information/history to justify:</span></p><p><strong>HISTORY</strong></p><p><strong>Name</strong></p><p>The county was created during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_Era_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">Reconstruction</a> after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" target="_blank">US Civil War</a> when many African Americans were serving in the Georgia legislature, and was named Douglass County after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionist" target="_blank">abolitionist</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass" target="_blank">Frederick Douglass</a>, but the name was soon changed when Confederate Democrats regained power and expelled the reconstructionists.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_County,_Georgia#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> They renamed it Douglas County (one 's') after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Arnold_Douglas" target="_blank">Stephen A. Douglas</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_County,_Georgia#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> an Illinois senator and the Democratic opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election of 1860. The existing historical marker makes no mention of the original name and says:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_County,_Georgia#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">The below is my addition:</span></p><p>The above naming account of Douglas county is contradicted by an exhaustive investigation by a local historian Lisa Land Cooper as detailed in this article:</p><p><a href="http://douglascountyhistory.blogspot.com/2017/08/douglas-county-georgia-was-named-for.html" target="_blank">Every Now and Then: Douglas County, Georgia was named for Stephen A. Douglas</a></p><p></p><p>Historical Marker:</p><p>This county, created by Act of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_General_Assembly" target="_blank">Legislature</a> October 1, 1870, was named for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas" target="_blank">Stephen A. Douglas</a>, the "Little Giant," a Vermonter who was Congressman from Illinois 1843 to '47, Senator from '47 to '61, and Democratic candidate for President in 1860 on the ticket with gov. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_V._Johnson" target="_blank">Herschel V. Johnson</a>, of Georgia, for Vice President. Among the first County Officers were: sheriff T.H. Sellman, Clerk of Superior Court A.L. Gorman, Ordinary Wm. Hindman, Tax Receiver Jno. M. James, Tax Collector M.D. Watkins, Treasurer C.P. Bower, Surveyor John M. Hughey.</p><p>The county was created from the part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_County,_Georgia" target="_blank">Campbell county</a> which was northwest of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattahoochee_River" target="_blank">Chattahoochee River</a>. The remainder of Campbell became <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Fulton,_Georgia" target="_blank">southwest Fulton</a> at the beginning of 1932.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Note: I live 7 miles from the old Campbell county, now South Fulton.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4325958, member: 18222"] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_County,_Georgia']Douglas County, Georgia - Wikipedia[/URL] [COLOR=#ff0000]This is the made up story by an Atlanta reporter and has no backup information/history to justify:[/COLOR] [B]HISTORY Name[/B] The county was created during [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_Era_of_the_United_States']Reconstruction[/URL] after the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War']US Civil War[/URL] when many African Americans were serving in the Georgia legislature, and was named Douglass County after the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionist']abolitionist[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass']Frederick Douglass[/URL], but the name was soon changed when Confederate Democrats regained power and expelled the reconstructionists.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_County,_Georgia#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] They renamed it Douglas County (one 's') after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Arnold_Douglas']Stephen A. Douglas[/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_County,_Georgia#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] an Illinois senator and the Democratic opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election of 1860. The existing historical marker makes no mention of the original name and says:[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_County,_Georgia#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] [COLOR=#ff0000]The below is my addition:[/COLOR] The above naming account of Douglas county is contradicted by an exhaustive investigation by a local historian Lisa Land Cooper as detailed in this article: [URL='http://douglascountyhistory.blogspot.com/2017/08/douglas-county-georgia-was-named-for.html']Every Now and Then: Douglas County, Georgia was named for Stephen A. Douglas[/URL] Historical Marker: This county, created by Act of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_General_Assembly']Legislature[/URL] October 1, 1870, was named for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas']Stephen A. Douglas[/URL], the "Little Giant," a Vermonter who was Congressman from Illinois 1843 to '47, Senator from '47 to '61, and Democratic candidate for President in 1860 on the ticket with gov. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_V._Johnson']Herschel V. Johnson[/URL], of Georgia, for Vice President. Among the first County Officers were: sheriff T.H. Sellman, Clerk of Superior Court A.L. Gorman, Ordinary Wm. Hindman, Tax Receiver Jno. M. James, Tax Collector M.D. Watkins, Treasurer C.P. Bower, Surveyor John M. Hughey. The county was created from the part of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_County,_Georgia']Campbell county[/URL] which was northwest of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattahoochee_River']Chattahoochee River[/URL]. The remainder of Campbell became [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Fulton,_Georgia']southwest Fulton[/URL] at the beginning of 1932. [COLOR=#ff0000]Note: I live 7 miles from the old Campbell county, now South Fulton. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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