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Liberty County, Georgia
| May 11, 1750 | Three Puritans arrive to survey the land between the Ogeechee and Altamaha for possible colonization. Halfway between the two rivers they established Midway and received a grant of 31,950 acres of land. | | July 11, 1752 | First grant of land to Puritans who settled Midway | | August 6, 1752 | Second grant of land to settlers of Midway | | June 7, 1754 | Puritans, who have relocated from New England, hold the first church service at a log cabin on Midway Neck. | | February 5, 1777 | Liberty County created | | | Creation of Georgia Counties | | November 6, 1796 | Nathan Brownson died at his home in Liberty County near the town of Riceboro. He is buried at the Old Midway Cemetery. | | February 26, 1823 | Joseph LeConte, geologist, founded, along with John Muir, The Sierra Club, born, Liberty County, Georgia | | May 7, 2004 | Sonny Perdue orders a state of emergency in Georgia related to the G-8 Summit to be held on Sea Island. The order covered 6 Georgia counties, Chatham, Bryan, Libery, McIntosh, Glynn and Camden. | | | Glynn County, Georgia | | | McIntosh County, Georgia | | | Bryan County, Georgia | | | Chatham County, Georgia |
Name derivation:Named for its early involvement in the American Revolution. It was in Liberty County that the first flag of independence was raised in Georgia. Acquisition: Creek land cession of May 20, 1733 Taken from: Original county; St. John, St. Andrew and St. James before the Revolution. Counties created from: Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA Cities: Hinesville (county seat), Flemington, Riceboro Web sites: National Register of Historic Places in Liberty County, Georgia Liberty County, Georgia, links History and description:Created in 1777, Liberty is an original Georgia county. Originally inhabited by the Creek Indians, the land that formed Liberty was part of the cession of 1733. Two of Georgia's signers of the Declaration of Independence lived here: Button Gwinnett and Dr. Lyman Hall. Gwinnett made his home on St. Catherine's island, then a part of St. John's Parish while Dr. Hall called Midway home. Because two of Georgia's three signers were from the county, and a majority of residents were originally from the epicenter of the Revolution, the name Liberty was a natural choice. The county seat is Hinesville. |
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