Telfair County, GA
History
The historic Creek people occupied much of this area of Georgia. Telfair County was established by European Americans on December 10, 1807 as part of Georgia. Development of the county largely took place after Indian Removal in the 1830s of the Creek Confederacy, who had occupied a large territory, including the southern two thirds of present-day Georgia, for thousands of years. They were removed to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River, in today's Oklahoma. The county is named for Edward Telfair, the sixteenth governor of Georgia and a member of the Continental Congress.Many of the first European-American settlers were Scottish immigrants and Scots-Irish migrants who traveled down the backcountry from Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Source: Wikipedia
Modern Day Adjacent Counties
Wheeler County (northeast)Jeff Davis County (southeast)
Coffee County (south)
Ben Hill County (southwest)
Wilcox County (west)
Dodge County (northwest)
Laurens County (north)