Georgia Superior Court, Chatham County letter, 1895.

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Georgia Superior Court, Chatham County letter, 1895.

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This collection consists of an eight page, unsigned letter to the Chatham County Superior Court Grand Jury, dated March 1895. The letter discusses the Grand Jury's service over the past year and has quotes from presentments for the December 1893 term, the March 1894 term, and the June 1894 term. Topics include drainage, public roads and bridges, the county map, public works, and the convict camp.

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Georgia. Superior Court (Chatham County)

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For several decades after the American Revolution (1775-1783), Georgia was the only state that did not have a supreme court to review the decisions made by the trial courts. Until then, the courts were divided regionally. The Supreme Court was not established until 1845. George Walton (c.1749-1804) served in many political roles in Georgia during and after the Revolutionary War. He was elected to the Provincial Congress and a delegate to the Second Continental Congress in 1776 where he was one o...