Bacon
County was created in 1914 from parts of Appling, Pierce, and Ware
counties. Pioneers of these counties became Bacon's first settlers.
Georgia's 149th county is named after Augustus Octavius Bacon, (1839-1914).
Augustus was born in Bryan County, Ga., October 20, 1839, and served
in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was a candidate
for Presidential Elector from Georgia in 1868, a member of the Georgia
state house of representatives in 1871-83, and a U.S. Senator from
Georgia, 1895-1914. Augustus died in Washington, D.C., February
14, 1914, and he is interred at Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. Alma
is the county seat and the only incorporated municipality in Bacon
County. Alma's name is an acronym composed from the first letters
in the names of Georgia's four state capitals: Augusta, Louisville,
Milledgeville, and Atlanta.
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