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Photo date 11/27/08


Left side plaque reads:


BRICK STORE

DECEMBER 24, 1821


THE GENERAL STORE AND RESIDENCE OF MARTIN KOLB WAS

NAMED BY THE GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS THE

TEMPORARY MEETING PLACE FOR ELECTIONS AND COURTS

OF THE NEWLY FORMED NEWTON COUNTY.


THE FIRST JUSTICES OF THE INFERIOR COURT WERE GEORGE

CUNNINGHAM, LARKIN DUNN, WILLOUGHBY HAMMACK

AND GEORGE LANE. THE FIRST SHERIFF WAS

LEMUEL WYNNE.


THE BUILDING AND LAND WERE DEEDED TO THE

NEWTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

BY CHARLES M. JORDAN IN 1971.


PLACED BY LANDMARKS COMMITTEE

NEWTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SITE 1 OCTOBER 18, 1990


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