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Campbellton
Historical Display 2 - By: Laurie Searle, May 2017

The Story behind the County Seat
A decision on the location site of the county seat provided an early source of controversy among the inhabitants.

Judge Walter T. Colquitt, an initial settler in the area and plantation owner along the Chattahoochee, called for it to be located near his property at a small settlement named Pumpkintown.

In turn, another county magistrate, Judge Francis Irwin, offered his eighty acres of undeveloped land on the Chattahoochee eight miles to the north with an added incentive of free lots for prospective builders and inhabitants. Backed by Alfred, George and Lang Camp and other prominent Campbell landowners, members of the fledgling county government promptly sided with Irwin and on December 23, 1829 the state legislature issued a charter for the incorporation of the town of Campbellton as the county seat. By 1835, streets and lots in Campbellton were surveyed and staked out and construction had begun on a brick courthouse and jail for the county.
Historical Displays
When the City of Chattahoochee Hills acquired the Beavers House in 2017, Laurie Searle created a series of displays to document the history of the home and its surrounding area. 

Return to the Main Page for the other displays.
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DISPLAY BOARD

The following information from the display board have been uploaded as PDF files.
  • Campbellton
  • Campbellton Timeline
  • Campbellton Town Square Landmarks
  • Campbellton Photos
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        • St. Paul AME Church
        • Vernon Grove Baptist Church
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        • Brock-Tombstones
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      • Camp Family >
        • Camp-Map
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      • Condor Family >
        • Condor-Map
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      • Dearing Family >
        • Dearing-Map
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      • Duggan Family >
        • Duggan-Map
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      • Floyd Family >
        • Floyd-Map
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        • Floyd 2004 Photos 1
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        • Floyd 2004 Photos 4
      • Harrison Family >
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      • Lassetter Family >
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      • Varner Family >
        • Varner Map
        • Varner-Tombstones
      • Watkins Family >
        • Watkins Map
        • Watkins-Tombstones
      • Whiteside Rd
      • Zellars Family >
        • Zellers Map
        • Zellers-Tombstones
    • Primitive Cemeteries >
      • Cochran Mill Park - 1 >
        • Cochran Mill Park 1 Map
        • Cochran Mill Park - 1 Tombstones
      • Cochran Mill Park - 2 >
        • Cochran Mill Park 2 Map
        • Cochran Mill Park - 2 Tombstones
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