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  Dooly County, Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dooly County was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on May 15, 1821.
Dooly County is known for its cotton industry and is home to the Georgia State Cotton Museum.
In the county the population was spread out with 25.60% under the age of 18, 10.30% from 18 to 24, 29.80% from 25 to 44, 22.50% from 45 to 64, and 11.80% who were 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dooly_County,_Georgia   (473 words)

  
 Cobb County, Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The county's population continues to grow, having reached 663,818 according to the 2005 estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau.
In the county the population was spread out with 26.10% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 36.50% from 25 to 44, 21.50% from 45 to 64, and 6.90% who were 65 years of age or older.
County residents also elect a sheriff, district attorney, probate court judge, clerk of superior court, state court solicitor, chief magistrate judge (who then appoints other magistrate court judges), superior court judges, state court judges, tax commissioner, surveyor, and a seven-member board of education.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cobb_County,_Georgia   (1002 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Dooly County
County, in central Georgia, is one of the state's original counties, created in 1821 by the Georgia Land Lottery Act.
Dooly County's major economic focus has been agriculture; it currently claims to be the largest cotton producer in Georgia, as well as a leader in peanut production.
Among the county's places of interest are the Lilly Historic District, which includes the historic Lilly School, home of the Dooly County Arts Council; and the William H. Byrom House, built by the founder of Byromville in 1859 with slave labor.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?path=/CitiesCounties/Counties&id=h-2323   (679 words)

  
 GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Dooly County was organized by an act of the legislature approved Dec. 24, 1821 (Ga. Laws 1821, p.
Georgia's 48th county was named for Col. John Dooly (1740-1780), who commanded a regiment at the the Battle of Kettle Creek in 1779 and was killed at his home by Tories in 1780.
Until a courthouse was erected, Dooly County courts were to meet at the house of John Goldsmith.
www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/courthouses/doolyCH.htm   (854 words)

  
 Georgia Department of Community Affairs
According to the Census, in Dooly County, 46.0% of the residents were white and 49.5% were fl.
In Dooly County, 25.6% of the county’s residents were age 18 or younger, while 11.8% were age 65 or older.
Dooly County had 4.5 hospital beds per 1,000 population in 2000, which was greater than the statewide average of 3.1 beds per 1,000 population.
www.dca.state.ga.us /snapshots/p2.asp?County=Dooly   (388 words)

  
 Dooly County Probate Court ~ Dooly County History
Dooly County was created on May 15, 1821 by an act of the General Assembly.
The Dec. 24, 1821 act organizing Dooly County authorized the justices of the inferior court...
Georgia's 48th county was named for Col. John Dooly (1740-1780), who commanded a regiment at the the Battle of Kettle Creek in 1779 and was killed at his home by Tories in 1880.
www.doolycountyprobate.com /doolycountyhistory.html   (156 words)

  
 georgia.gov - Dooly County
George Busbee, governor from 1975-1983, was born and raised in Dooly County.
Roger Kingdom, gold medallist in the high hurdles at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, was born in Dooly County.
Dooly County is home to two annual events that celebrate the area's fine cuisine.
doolycounty.georgia.gov /03/home/detail/0,2232,8395123,00.html   (273 words)

  
 georgia.gov - Dooly County
Dooly County, the 48th county formed in Georgia, was created in 1821.
It was one of the original landlot counties and was later divided to make Crisp and parts of Macon, Pulaski, Turner, Wilcox, and Worth counties.
The county was named for Colonel John Dooly, a revolutionary war hero who helped prosecute Tories in 1779 and was murdered by them the following year.
doolycounty.georgia.gov /03/home/0,2230,8395123,00.html   (77 words)

  
 Georgia Division of Public Health | Counties | Dooly County
Dooly County had 9.8 licensed nursing home beds per 100 persons in 1999, compared with the state average of 5.5 per 100 persons.
In 1999, the number of physicians in the county per 10,000 persons was 11.6, compared to the state average of 19.3.
It was one of the original landlot counties and was later divided to make Crisp County and parts of five other counties.
health.state.ga.us /regional/dooly/index.asp   (208 words)

  
 ACCG - Association County Commissioners of Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Although the 1960 remodeling of the old 1890 Dooly County Courthouse presents attractive and functional modifications to the old building, it is a long distance from a pure restora-tion.
In 1836, the county seat was moved to the larger village of Drayton on the banks of the Flint River at the western boundary of the sprawling new county.
This building burned in 1847 destroying all of the county’s records, and in 1848 a 40’ x 50’ two-story frame court-house, probably similar to those at nearby Tazwell, Preston and Cusseta was erected on Vienna’s ample square.
www.accg.org /detail.asp?ID=4005   (813 words)

  
 Descendants of John Fleming - Part 2
She swore also that at the time that she filed for a widow’s pension, she was 71 years of age, a resident of Pulaski County, and that William Green Fleming was a member of the Regiment of Georgia Volunteers, Alford Battalion, commanded by Captain Alfred C. Bostwick, and that he was discharged in Columbus, Georgia.
She was born on May 31, 1828 in Franklin County, North Carolina; died on November 11, 1877 in Hawkinsville, Georgia; and was buried in that city’s Orange Hill Cemetery.
She was the widow of the late James Fleming of this county and step-mother of Mr.
www.mindspring.com /~jtfleming/jf-2.htm   (9867 words)

  
 13WMAZ.com - Top Stories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Dooly County Investigator Randy Lamberth says he now knows how the door was unlocked more than once.
Cobb County authorities say a man has died of an apparent heart attack during a roller coaster ride at Six Flags Over Georgia.
Paulding County officials have charged a convicted rapist with the murder of former Macon resident Jennifer Ewing.
www.wmaz.com /news/top_stories.aspx?storyid=9814   (410 words)

  
 Dooly Co
Dooly County was formed in 1821 as an original county from the Creek cessions.
Dooly is bordered by the counties of Macon, Houston, Pulaski, Wilcox, Crisp and Sumter.
Dooly County Courthouse suffered a fire in 1847 and earlier marriage records were destroyed.
gen.culpepper.com /archives/ga/dooly.htm   (4844 words)

  
 HB 938 - GeorgiaNet
4 The tax commissioner of Dooly County or the designee thereof 5 shall provide application forms for the exemption granted by 6 this Act and shall require such information as may be 7 necessary to determine the initial and continuing 8 eligibility of the owner for the exemption.
It shall be the duty of any person granted the 19 homestead exemption under this Act to notify the tax 20 commissioner of Dooly County or the designee thereof in the 21 event that person for any reason becomes ineligible for that 22 exemption.
The homestead exemption 27 granted by this Act shall be in lieu of and not in addition 28 to any other homestead exemption applicable to Dooly County 29 ad valorem taxes for county purposes.
www.state.ga.us /cgi-bin/pub/leg/legdoc?billname=1997/HB938&docpart=full   (544 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Dooly County, Ga.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries.
Any corrections to county locations would be greatly appreciated.
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/GA/DL.html   (543 words)

  
 Wilcox County Georgia
Wilcox County was named for General Mark Willcox, state legislator and one of the founders of the Georgia Supreme Court.
These counties were the home of many Revolutionary War Soldiers who were granted land or drew land in the land lotteries.
Wilcox County is the state's second largest producer of watermelons and among the top producers of cantaloupe.
www.wilcoxga.com   (1083 words)

  
 Legislative Search -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
HB 1778 Dooly County; tax commissioner; salary 1.
Floyd 138th HB 1778 A BILL to amend an Act entitled "An Act to abolish the offices of tax collector and tax receiver in the County of Dooly," so as to change the salary of the tax commissioner; and for other purposes.
17 The salary of the tax commissioner of Dooly County shall 18 be an amount established by the Board of Commissioners of 19 Dooly County, but not less than the minimum salary 20 established by general law for such office, and shall be 21 paid in installments from the funds of Dooly County.
www.state.ga.us /services/leg/ShowBillPre.cgi?year=1995&filename=1995/HB1778   (333 words)

  
 Dooly County Marriages
Hodges, Lemuel married Mcclelland, Sarah A. on 19 Jul 1847 in Dooly County,
Pipkin, Ada married Williford, Semantha on 17 Dec 1848 in Dooly County,
Floyd, Matthew married Wellman, Chrisham on 24 Jul 1850 in Dooly County,
www.usgennet.org /usa/ga/county/dooly/dooly_county_marriages.htm   (1853 words)

  
 Crisp/Dooly EC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Since 1930, the Dooly county population declined by 45% while Crisp County grew slightly.
Forty nine percent of Dooly County residents and 40.7 percent of Crisp County residents are fl, compared to a state average of 27%.
Evidence of distress and poverty in these counties is evident in that transfer payments (retirement, disability, social security, welfare, food stamps, unemployment insurance) accounted for 27 % and 24.6% of total personal income in Dooly and Crisp Counties respectively.
www.ezec.gov /ezec/ga/crisp.html   (674 words)

  
 Count the Vote.org - Dooly County, Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Below are the certified election results from Dooly County, Georgia for the years 1998 and 2002.
The REP candidate, Sonny Perdue, was running on the issue of replacing the state flag with the Confederate flag.
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 11,525 people, 3,909 households, and 2,767 families residing in the county.
www.countthevote.org /dooly_county.htm   (414 words)

  
 Reports to Sheriff's Office / Sumter County, Ga - 09/29/98
Ground truth investigation of a severe weather event which occurred on the night of Friday, April 17, 1998 indicates a Severe Thunderstorm formed over Sumter County around 10 pm EDT and moved east-northeast across Dooly, Houston, Pulaski, Bleckley and Laurens counties of Central Georgia.
Floyd reported he and his crew removed from five to seven trees off county and city roadways during the night and next day.
The storm continued northeast across the northern tip of Houston County where only minor wind damage was reported at a mobile home park.
www.srh.noaa.gov /ffc/html/cga498.shtml   (1350 words)

  
 Welcome to the Probate Court of Dooly County Official Website...
This is the Official Probate Court of Dooly County Website.
This site is to be utilized for a better understanding of the services and processes offered by The Probate Court of Dooly County.
The Probate Court of Dooly County is responsible for the following areas:
www.doolycountyprobate.com   (145 words)

  
 Dooly County, Georgia Genealogical Records Information
This page is for the general information on Dooly County, Georgia.
Which includes Dooly County, Georgia County Records, Dooly County, Georgia History, Dooly County, Georgia Facts, Dooly County, Georgia Genealogical Addresses and websites related to Dooly County, Georgia Genealogy in general.
OR maybe you have some free time and want to earn a little extra money running errands and helping someone in desperate need of a document in the local county courthouse, library, or archive, or maybe take a picture of a tombstone in a local cemetery or of a house across town.
www.mygeorgiagenealogy.com /ga_county/doo.htm   (1434 words)

  
 Crisp County Resource Guide
The Coalition is a Family Connection collaborative that works to improve circumstances for family and children in Dooly County.
This Community organization has partnered with residents in Crisp and Dooly Counties in order to "work together in a well-educated, active, attractive, and sustainable community in which families are self-sufficient and children whole." Initiatives have been taken to promote services for people with disabilities.
Dooly County Health department provides preventive services for the community.
www.coe.uga.edu /hsmi/selfadvocacy/crispresguide.html   (1929 words)

  
 Digital Dooly County, Georgia maps and map.
Dooly County Map, Maps of Dooly County and all Georgia County Maps.
Our map of Dooly County is fully editable, logically layered (View Layer Directory), and royalty free.
Every county map is available, but we may not yet have your county of interest completed.
www.creativeforce.com /county_maps/county_maps.asp?ID=428   (224 words)

  
 NACo
NACo collects information on counties, such as county officials, courthouse addresses, county seats, cities within a county as well as various statistical and geographical information.
To see a listing of the counties for a state, select a State from the map or from the state pull down menu.
You may also search for a particular county by entering the county name in the space provided below then click the "Search for Matches" button.
www.naco.org /counties/counties/county.cfm?id=13093   (104 words)

  
 Cordele Dispatch, Cordele, GA - Dooly County to host statewide training
VIENNA —; Dooly County has been selected to host a Quality Growth Training Practicum session sponsored by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
All Dooly County citizens who would like to participate in this local government planning process are encouraged to do so.
They will then recommend innovative approaches to improving the economic vitality and quality of life for Dooly County and its municipalities by focusing on key elements to be addressed in the comprehensive plan.
www.cordeledispatch.com /local/local_story_025232105.html   (454 words)

  
 =» Dooly County Homes for Sale & REALTOR® MLS Listings | Find Your Dooly County REALTOR® Here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
We can help you find Dooly County Real Estate during your next home purchase or sale.
A Realtor can provide valuable expertise to aid you in Dooly County's dynamic real estate environment.
Local marketing data, national economic trends, and assistance through every step of the transaction are just some of the features of working with a Dooly County REALTOR®.
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