An Oak Tree, Bert and Barney, and A Clock That Rang 580 Times: Rabun County’s Five Courthouses
Rabun County built four courthouses between 1824 and 1908 even though the county was sparsely populated, poor and isolated from the world. One more went up in the mid-1960s. This total does not include the oak tree that served as the county’s first hall of justice. When Rabun was established in 1819, the population of