Page:History of Pike county from 1822 to 1922.djvu/7

 History of Pike Coiiniv » Boundaries of Pike County were laid out in 1882. It was bounded on the north by Fayette and Henry ; on the East by Monroe and a part of Butts ; on the South by Upson ; on the west by FHnt River and Line creek. In 1824, a part of Pike w^as added to Upson. In 1851, the County of Spalding was formed and the northern part of Pike, in which was situated the city of Griffin, was put in the new county. The area of Pike was again greatly less- ened in 1920, when the Eastern part of the county, in which was situated the towns of Barnesville, Milner and Liberty Hill, was added to the new county of Lamar. Pike County was named for General Zebulon Montgomery Pike, a hero of the war of 1812, who lost his life in a battle with the British troops. The county site was originally old Newman near Finchers Church, but was moved to Zebu- lon in 1825. The town gets it's name from he given name of General Pike, and was suggested by Mrs. D. S. Patter- son, who was an early settler of Pike, but who died near Jackson, Ga., in 1883. The first court house was of hewn logs, and Mr. D. S. Patterson told me that he helped to hew the logs. The log house which Mr. Patterson built for a dwelling is still stand- ing 01! the farm owned by the estate of Mrs. R. W. Rogers, and is over 100 years old. The second court house was of brick and cost $8,000. The present building was erected in 1895. The following were commissioners: T. J. Cadenhead, Chairman; E. G. Aikin, J. T. Tyus, William M. Hartley, Sr., Clerk. On November 25, 1825, an act was passed by the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly of of Georgia, and signed by Governor G. M. Troup, author-