Jefferson County Court House
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Built on the site of the First Capital of Georgia, which was destroyed by Sherman’s Army on the famous march to the sea in 1865; this building is modern in every respect. On the grounds is to be seen a granite marker erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy to commemorate the burning of the “Yazoo Fraud” papers early in the nineteenth century. All documents in connection with this gigantic steal were burned with “fire drawn from Heaven” Genuine Curteich-Chicago |