UPSON COUNTY, GA - HISTORY   Changed to 8th Brigade 1827

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ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georgia, PASSED IN MILLEDGEVILLE AT AN ANNUAL SESSION IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, 1827. 
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Militia. 

1827 Vol. 1 -- Page: 137

Sequential Number: 099 

Full Title: AN ACT to create a new division of Georgia Militia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the counties of Monroe, Upson and Butts, which includes the third brigade of the fifth division, and the counties of Crawford, Bibb, Houston and Dooly, which includes the third brigade of the sixth division of Georgia militia, form a new division to be known by the eighth division of Georgia militia.

IRBY HUDSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS STOCKS,

President of the Senate.

JOHN FORSYTH, Governor.

Approval Date: Assented to, 4th Dec. 1827.