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Camden County, Georgia
| October 29, 1765 |
Four parishes added:St. Thomas and St. Mary (Camden County);St. David and St. Patrick (Glynn County)
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Glynn County, Georgia |
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Camden County, Georgia |
| February 5, 1777 |
Camden County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Camden County, Georgia |
| August 3, 1796 |
Point Peter (sometimes spelled Pointe Petre) is completed, St. Mary's, Georgia |
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Camden County, Georgia |
| November 29, 1800 |
Jefferson (or Jeffersonton) named Camden County seat. Until this time St. Marys had served as temporary county seat. |
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Camden County, Georgia |
| March 21, 1806 |
Andrew Jackson Miller born, Camden County, Georgia
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Camden County, Georgia |
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Andrew Jackson (A. J.) Miller |
| January 10, 1815 |
British troops land on Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia. |
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Camden County, Georgia |
| January 13, 1815 |
600 British troops attacked Point Peter, overwhelming its 130 soldiers. The British seized St. Marys, looted jewelry and fine China from its residents, and burned the fort. |
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Camden County, Georgia |
| January 15, 1815 |
Captain Massias informs General John Floyd that the British have captured "Point Petre" and St. Marys (Camden County, War of 1812)
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Camden County, Georgia |
| September 21, 1836 |
Duncan Clinch resigns his commission in the army and settles near St. Marys, Camden County, Georgia
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Duncan L. (Lamont) Clinch |
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Camden County, Georgia |
| January 3, 1871 |
In a special election, the voters of Camden County choose to move the county seat from Jefferson to St. Marys. |
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Camden County, Georgia |
| August 11, 1923 |
Camden County seat moved from St. Marys to Woodbine |
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Camden County, Georgia |
| February 3, 1971 |
An explosion at a Thiokol chemical plant killed 34 people and injured 150.
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Thiokol Chemical Explosion near Woodbine, Georgia |
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Camden 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. |
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Glynn County, Georgia |
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McIntosh County, Georgia |
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Liberty County, Georgia |
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Bryan County, Georgia |
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Chatham County, Georgia |
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Camden County, Georgia |
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Sonny Perdue |
| April 15, 2007 |
A tree felled by lightning strikes power lines near Waycross, starting the largest wildfire in the history of the state |
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Fires scorch Okefenokee and Southeast Georgia |
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Camden County, Georgia |
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Charlton County, Georgia |
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Ware County, Georgia |
| June 2, 2007 |
Tropical storm Barry strikes Pinellas County, Florida and moves northeast, bringing rain needed to douse fires in Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp and nearby Waycross |
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Fires scorch Okefenokee and Southeast Georgia |
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Charlton County, Georgia |
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Camden County, Georgia |
Name derivation: Named in honor of Earl of Camden, Charles Pratee, an outspoken protagonist of the United States.
Acquisition: Creek cessions of Nov. 10, 1763 and Nov. 12, 1785 - previously organized in 1765, Parishes of St. Thomas and St. Mary
Taken from: Original county
Counties created from: Charlton
Cities: Woodbine (county seat), Kingsland, St. Marys
Web sites:
Camden County, Georgia history
National Register of Historic Places in Camden County, Georgia
Camden County, Georgia, links
History and description This Southeast Georgia coastal county includes Cumberland Island. The Florida-Georgia state line (St. Mary's River) forms the southern boundary of Camden. Second county organized in the state, and named for the During the American Revolution a number of violent confrontations occurred within the political boundaries of today's Camden County. The coastal area was popular throughout the 1800's with Andrew Carnegie building his Dungeness mansion here in the 1880's.
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