| Jackson County, founded in
1822, is the third oldest in the state. It was named in honor of Andrew Jackson, the first
American governor of Florida, who went on to serve as President of the United States. The
county seat was located in Marianna (originally "Bumpnose") in 1829. A history
of Washington County (which was created from Jackson) states that a temporary county seat
also existed at a site called "Big Spring of the Choctawhatchee." The name
Marianna is a transposition of the first names of Mrs. Anna Maria Beveridge who, along
with her husband Robert, founded the town in 1827. The Beveridges donated land and built
the first of four courthouses that eventually would occupy the site. |
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