Walton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Giles, Thomas January 24, 1917
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The Banner, January 25, 1917
OBITUARY OF THOMAS GILES (JUDGE) FROM 1872-1889
The Banner, January 25, 1917

Transcribed by C. Epps Bond, December 13, 2005


Giles, Thomas (Judge) from 1872-1889

FORMER Ordinary of 
  Walton County Dead 
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(Special to the Banner) 

Monroe, Ga., Jan 24 – Judge Thomas Giles, who from 1872 to 1889 was ordinary 
of Walton county and who for a number of years prior to that time served as 
clerk in the ordinary’s office under Judge Jesse Mitchell, is dead at the home 
of his nephew, A. C. Kelly, in this city. 

Judge Giles was a native of Walton  county, and was 77 years of age.  He was a 
public-spirited man and gave liberally of his wealth to public enterprises.  
He donated one hundred acres of valuable land and $5,000in cash to the Fifth 
District Agricultural and Mechanical School of this place.  It was while Judge 
Giles was in office as ordinary that Walton’s $30,000 courthouse and $10,000 
jail were built without extra taxation to the people. 

The funeral and burial will take place from the First Baptist church tomorrow 
morning at 11 o’clock.


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