Candler County
Metter, Candler County, Georgia
Marker Inscription
Candler County. Candler County was created by an Act of the Georgia Legislature July 17, 1914, out of portions of Bulloch, Emanuel and Tattnall Counties, and named for Gov. Allen D. Candler (1834-1910). Gov. Candler is famed for the preservation of Colonial and Confederate records and being the first compiler of State records. Among the first officers of Candler County were Ordinary George R.Trapnell, Sheriff Charles M. Harpen, Superior Court Clerk Joshua Everett, Tax Receiver O.L. Patterson, Tax Collector G.B. Hendricks, Surveyor J.D. McLean, Coroner T.D. Joiner and Treasurer Morgan Holloway. 021-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
Erected by Georgia Historical Commission
The Story
Candler County was created in 1914 from parts of Bulloch, Emanuel, and Tattnall Counties and named for Governor Allen D. Candler (1834–1910). Candler is remembered for preserving and first compiling Georgia's colonial and Confederate records, an early act of state historical stewardship. The marker also lists the new county's first officers.
Why it matters
The county honors the man who helped save Georgia's documentary heritage, reflecting the early-20th-century drive to preserve the state's history.
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