Pulaski County Courthouse
Hawkinsville, Georgia

Built: 1874 Architectural Style: Neoclassical Revival

The first courthouse was built at Hartford in 1812. After Hawkinsville was named the county seat in 1836, the courthouse was moved across the Ocmulgee River to the city square. By 1872, the county needed a larger courthouse, so the original courthouse was moved to a location facing the city square where it became a hotel. Construction of the new two-story brick courthouse was completed in 1874. The clock with four faces was added to the tower in 1855. The courthouse façade was changed in 1897 and construction of a three-story annex connected to the rear of the building was completed in 1910.

County History: Pulaski County was created on December 13, 1808 from what was then Laurens County. Georgia’s 36th county was named for Polish Count Casimir Pulaski who died in Savannah of wounds suffered in the Revolutionary War. The Pulaski area was also capital of the Creek Indian Confederacy.

County Seat: Hawkinsville – On December 27, 1836, the legislature approved moving the county seat from Hartford to Hawkinsville, which lay on the western bank of the Ocmulgee River opposite Hartford. Hawkinsville is named for Colonel Benjamin Hawkins, a Revolutionary War hero and the federal Indian Agent for the four Southeastern tribes.
 

Information courtesy of Carl Vinson Institute of Georgia, University of Georgia.