The Court House

<center><b>This Court House</b><br> 1848-1849 was erected by order of court<br> in quarterly session entered on<br> the 6th day of March 1848<br> whereby for that purpose were appointed commissioners<br> John W. Nash - Wm. S. Dance<br> R.F. Graves - Philip St. George Cocke<br><br> <b>The First Court House</b><br> 1778 or thereabouts was erected at Scottville<br> here, and 1796 the adjacent brick building standing<br> in which was the office of Clerk of Court until 1950<br><br> 1777 when the county was formed<br> Richard Ligon furnished the plat (1723 patent land) for<br> <b>The Court House Square</b><br><br> This tablet was erected by the Board of Supervisors 1951</center>