Did a little wondering lately about the origins of Liberty County. Therefore I sat out to do some exploring. Having been born and raised for 17 years in Liberty County, Georgia, I was aware from books and teachings of the role it played in the founding of our country. Being the last British Colony in what is now our country, it is appropriate to consider the colony as the baby in the confederation of colonies. The county originally was settled in the early 1750s by English settlers primarily from the the then existing colony of South Carolina. As a matter of fact at the time of revolutionary rumblings the colony was so dependent upon England for its existence that it is safe to say that there was some reluctance in quite a few Georgia quarters to resist the proposals of independence. But the colony eventually went along with the idea of revolting against the British Crown. The county of Liberty threw its position soundly behind the concept of revolution. Liberty County was settled on the Ga. Coast as one of seven counties created in 1777. There were constant hostile conflicts between the settlers and the Spanish, and the Native American peoples of the area. But the settlers prevailed.