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| | Colquitt County, Georgia Genealogical Records Information |
 | | County Seat: The act creating Colquitt County authorized the justices of the county's first inferior court to select a site for the county seat, purchase the land, lay it off into town lots, sell the lots, and use the proceeds to construct a courthouse and other public buildings. |
 | | Soon after the county's creation, the inferior court selected the settlement of Ocklockoney (Ochlockoney), located on the Ochlockonee River in the center of the new county. |
 | | Settled around 1850, Ocklockoney's name was changed to Moultrie in 1857 to honor Gen. William Moultrie (1730)-1805), a hero of the American Revolution who later served two terms as governor of South Carolina. |
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