Seven Governors Have Lived in Walton County

Walton County has been the home either through birth or short residence of the following Georgia Chief Executives:

WILSON LUMPKIN (1831-1835)

ALFRED HOLT COLQUITT (1877-1882)

JAMES S. BOYNTON (1883)

HENRY D. McDANIEL (1883-1886)

CLIFFORD WALKER (1923-1927)

RICHARD B. RUSSELL, JR. (1931-1933)

Two of these illustrious sons, Colquitt and Russell, became United States Senators. Richard B. Hubbard, born on a plantation in Walton County in 1836, later moved to Texas and became Governor of that state.

GHM 147-4 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1955

Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.

Original page, with additional info, here.

Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.