FRANKLIN COUNTY, GEORGIA
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Franklin
County, was created in 1784 from lands obtained from the Cherokee Indian
Nation, and named for Benjamin Franklin. It covered a large part of upper
Georgia, from the present day borders of Rabun and Towns counties to Clark
and from the Savannah river to the Oconee in Hall and Jackson counties.
The county seat of Carnesville was laid out in 1805 and named for Thomas
Peter Carnes.
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