Ware County, Georgia's 60th county, was created on December 15, 1824, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly from land that was originally part of Appling County.

It was created December 18, 1857, from Appling and Ware counties.

The church was located below Brownsborough along the Kiokee Creek in present-day Appling.

In 1816, Columbia Courthouse was chartered as the Town of Appling, named for the Appling family who had donated the land to the county, and for Colonel John Appling, a local resident who died in a campaign against the Seminole.

Appling was the political, educational, social, and religious center of the county.

When the Georgia Railroad was established, the judges determined that having trains ' passing near Appling would disturb their proceedings ; they insisted that the railway line that was built in the county from Atlanta to Augusta pass well below Appling.

In 1855, the Courthouse in Appling received a major overhaul, and after the remodeling was complete, the building was in more or less its present form.

With the 1993 passage of legislation requiring incorporated cities to provide at least three municipal services, Appling was not able to maintain its status as an incorporated city.

) Appling was one of 187 inactive cities in Georgia that lost its charter on June 1, 1995.

Appling County, the 42nd county created in Georgia, was established by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 15, 1818.

Baxley was first settled as a result of the Macon & Brunswick Railroad being built through Appling County in 1870.

* Dexter Carter, running back for San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets from 1990 to 1996, was born in Baxley and graduated from Appling County High School.

The town was originally in the 4th land District of Appling County and moved into Wayne County when the county lines were redrawn after the American Civil War ended.

Lucius Benjamin Appling ( April 2, 1907 – January 3, 1991 ) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Chicago White Sox ( 1930 – 1950 ).

Appling was born in High Point, North Carolina.

Appling was selected to seven All-Star teams ( 1936, 1939 – 1941, 1943, 1946 – 47 ).

Appling was famous among his teammates for complaining day in and day out about minor ailments such as a sore back, a weak shoulder, shin splints, or a sprained finger.

He became the White Sox's starting shortstop, replacing the forty-one year old Luke Appling, who had held the position since 1930.

* 1907 – Luke Appling, American baseball player ( d. 1991 )

* January 3 – Luke Appling, American baseball player ( b. 1907 )

The de jure county seat is Appling.

Appling is an unincorporated area, making Columbia one of only three counties in Georgia to have an unincorporated county seat.

Around 1799, William Appling deeded a tract of land to the county for the purpose of building a courthouse.

Near Appling were located Mt.

They had been steadily reported by the Freedman's Bureau, whose reports included a mob lynching of a freedman in Appling in July 1866.

During the 1870s, Appling suffered severe damage during a tornado.

Court functions remained in Appling since Georgia state law required that superior court sessions must be held at the county seat and courthouse of each county at least twice a year.

Appling retains its status as de jure county seat, but all governmental functions are carried out in Evans.

Historic sites in Appling include the Courthouse and Jail, the Marshall Monument, and various places associated with Kiokee Baptist Church.

Appling County is a county located in the U. S. state of Georgia.

Appling won another batting title in 1943 with a. 328 average and also led the league in OBP that year (. 419 ).

* The BBWAA in TSN poll names the 1940 All Star team: Frank McCormick, 1B – Joe Gordon, 2B – Luke Appling, SS – Stan Hack, 3B – Harry Danning, C – Bob Feller, Bucky Walters, Paul Derringer, pitchers ( January 8, 1941 )

Appling was a successful minor league manager after his playing days were over, winning pennants with Memphis in the Southern Association and Indianapolis of the American Association and being named minor league manager of the year in 1952 ; but his only chance to manage at the major league level was as a late-season replacement for Alvin Dark as manager of the Kansas City Athletics in 1967, leaving his major league managerial record at 10-30.

Appling County students in K-12 grades are in the Appling County School District, which consists of four elementary schools ( three include pre-school ), a middle school and a high school.

The church relocated to its current building ( 2000 Appling Road ), which seats 7, 000, on a 377 acre ( 1. 6 km² ) campus in Cordova, a Memphis suburb, in 1989.

Averill batted. 378 in 1936, leading the American League in hits with 232, but finishing 2nd to Luke Appling in the batting race ( Appling batted. 388 for the White Sox ).

Indeed, this lack of talent insured that Appling never had a chance to play in a World Series.

Appling was well known for his ability to foul off pitches, leading to the story that he once fouled off 10 pitches in a row on purpose when ownership refused to give some baseballs to autograph because they were too expensive ; he was supposedly never refused a ball again.

At his retirement celebration on March 4, the Memphis City Council honored Rogers by naming a segment of Appling Road that runs in front of the west entrance, the Adrian P. Rogers Parkway.

* Dean White as Luke Appling

Winning the MVP award, he beat out Luke Appling of the Chicago White Sox.

" While with the White Sox, the combination of he and shortstop Luke Appling was a fine duo.