Stewart County GaArchives Photo Place.....Lumpkin And Stewart County Marker December 1, 2005
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 LUMPKIN AND STEWART COUNTY  
Lumpkin, named for Wilson Lumpkin, Governor, Congressman and 
Senator, first the County Seat of Randolph County, became the 
Seat of Government of Stewart County when that county was consti- 
tuted from Randolph December 23, 1830. On a hill between two 
Indian trails to Florida, the first Courthouse, built of logs in 
August 1830, was used as a blockhouse in the Indian outbreak in 
1836. A two story frame Courthouse stood until 1895, when one 
of brick, cornerstone laid by Masons, was built and repaired and 
rebuilt in 1922 after damage by fire. 
 
Stewart County was named for Brig. Gen. Daniel STEWART, 
Revolutionary soldier brevetted for bravery in Georgia's Indian 
Wars. 
 In this County are Providence Canyons, sites of fort McCreary, 
Fort Jones, Oconee Village, Battle of Shepherd's Plantation 
Indian Mounds and Roanoke. First officers of Stewart County were: 
William DUNCAN, Needham R. BRYAN, Henry  AUDULPH, 
Judges of Inferior Court; Sampson L. LUMPKIN, Surveyor;
 Edward STURDIVANT, Coroner; Thomas M. DENNIS, 
Clerk Inferior Court; Thomas R. MANGHAM, Clerk Superior 
Court; Jonathan F. BRIDGES, Sheriff; James S. LUNSFORD, 
Tax Receiver; Cullen ROBERTS, Tax Collector. 
128-8 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1955  


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