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Official Website

This area was historically occupied by the Creek Indians until Indian Removal in the 1830s. European Americans pushed them out and developed the land for cotton, bringing in thousands of African slaves to work the land.

The county is named in honor of Henry Clay, famous American statesman, member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century. Part of the Black Belt geological formation of Georgia. The county was created by a February 16, 1854, act of the Georgia General Assembly, and organized from portions of Early and Randolph counties.

Adjacent Counties

• Quitman County
• Randolph County
• Calhoun County
• Early County
• Henry County, Alabama
• Barbour County, Alabama

Cities & Communities

• Bellville
• Bethel
• Bluffton
• Cotton Hill
• Day's Crossroads
• Fort Gaines (County Seat)
• Garnersville
• Harrison's Mill
• Jeff
• Jones Crossing
• Moore's Crossroads
• Oakland
• Oketeyeconne
• Pecan
• Rick's Place
• Sutton's Corner
• Watson Crossroads
• Zetto

Links

Wikipedia

Vanishing South Georgia

National Register of Historic Places

Genealogy Trails

USGW Archives

GA Gen Web

RAOGK

Forebears.io

US Gen Net