The above picture is not the present Warren County Courthouse.
It was built about 1910 and is an example
of Neoclassical Revival architecture. It was designed by Walter
Chamberlain. Warren County's first courthouse was allegedly erected in 1809 and
served for a century until it was destroyed by fire and replaced by the 1910 courthouse.
The county seat, Warrenton, was also named for General Joseph Warren, and was
designated the county seat in 1797 and incorporated on December 8, 1810.
In 1857, Glascock County was created entirely from Warren
County (Ga. Laws 1857, p.35). Also, portions of Warren County were used to
create Jefferson County (1796), Taliaferro County (1825), and McDuffie County
(1870).
Joseph Warren
b. June 11, 1741; d. June 17, 1775
Hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill, Joseph Warren dispatched Paul Revere on his famous ride. He was a physician and American patriot, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, and was educated at Harvard College. Following the passage of the Stamp Act in 1765, he became a leader of the anti-British party. In 1774 Warren took part in drafting the Suffolk Resolves, which urged forcible opposition to Great Britain. Warren was a member of the first three provincial congresses of Massachusetts, was president of the third, and was a prominent member of the Committee of Public Safety. He also served as Grand Master of Freemasons for North America. He became a major general on June 14, 1775, during the American Revolution, and three days later he was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
The population of Warren County in the year 2000 was 6,336.
The population of Warrenton was 2,013.
Warren County is 286.8 square miles in total area size.
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