Photo credit: David Seibert

Year Erected: 1954

Marker Text: This County, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 13, 1858, is named for Col. Robert M. Echols, for 24 years a member of the General Assembly. He was a President of the Georgia Senate and a Brigadier General in the Mexican War during which he died. Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff James S. Carter, Ordinary James P. Y. Higdon, Clerk of Superior & Inferior Courts Jesse P. Prescott, Tax Receiver John E. McMullen, Tax Collector Samuel E. Prescott, Treasurer James Carter, Surveyor Duncan McLeod and Coroner John Sellers.