Dooly County was
created by an act of the Georgia
General Assembly on May 15, 1821.
It was one of the original landlot
counties created from land ceded
from the Creek nation. The
entire county of Crisp and parts of
Macon, Pulaski, Turner, Wilcox and
Worth counties were formed from
Dooly's original borders.
The County was named
for Colonel John Dooly, a Georgia
Revolutionary War hero who helped
prosecute Tories in 1779 and was
murdered by them the following year.
