
This cheerful and optimistic mural is an unlikely landmark, but it’s definitely become one in Jeffersonville

This cheerful and optimistic mural is an unlikely landmark, but it’s definitely become one in Jeffersonville

Peggy Anderson writes: “Did you know this courthouse replaced the one dismantled in Marion and moved to Jeffersonville when it became the county seat? It took six years, to dismantle, move it, and rebuild, and was used until it burned. Then this one was built.”
J. W. Golucke was the architect.
National Register of Historic Places

A monument on the courthouse lawn honors Earl Hamrick, one of the longest-serving sheriffs in U. S. History. It reads, simply: W. Earl Hamrick, Sr., Sheriff, Twiggs County, January 1, 1941 – December 31, 1988, “A Living Legend”